156 years of marriage and divorce in the United States [OC]

    by rhiever

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    1. Data source: Data source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics (2000-2023), combined with historical data I scraped from CDC reports back in 2015 (1867-1999).

      Tools: Python / matplotlib

    2. BenjaminDrover on

      It would make more sense to plot marriages per 1000 single people and divorces per 1000 married people.

    3. I grew up in the 70’s and people living together was pretty scandalous. I recall my old Swede immigrant relatives being shocked at the cohabitation in the old country. By the time I graduated from High School in the 80’s, it was expected.

    4. AccurateArcherfish on

      Can you plot homicide rates too? I’m curious how seriously people take, “until death do you part.” /s

    5. Big oof on the spike in divorces right after WW2 and right before the boom in marriages. Wonder how many of those were from soldiers marrying young before getting shipped out

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