I am actually taking a class that is very involved in this subject. THe divorce rate is high...but it is also misleading becuase 70% of divorced people get remarried. And it is all marriages ever...over many years...not just one. So it's not like 50% of the people this year got divorced....it's 50% of people ever (a lot of which were couples that had been married 20+ years). Society has also become more accepting of POSSLQ (this is an actual term refering to Persons (of) Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters) This has led to less people feeling the need to become married. THey just live together without taking that final step. More women are also going to college and no longer feel or the pressure to get married right out of high school. Also, more and more people are going for advanced degress....starting in 1990 about 40,000 people a year recieve a PhD. This pushes back plans of marriage and children.
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pass that old silver goblet with the Phi Mu upon it and we'll all have another round of *cheer* cuz it's not for knowledge that we came to college but to have fun while we're here!
[This message has been edited by DBPM04 (edited May 05, 2001).]
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