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More Recent Stats on Long Marriages, Part 2 – The Stats

In Part 1, I defined how I’d interpret the results from the Number, Timing, and Duration of Marriages and Divorces: 2001 report Jade pointed out to me that was issued in February 2005. It presented more current findings than the other report I’d found, and also some different (and interesting) stats. That’s what’s presented below. (For your ease of reference, I’m including the Groups breakdown from Part I again so you’ll know which dates I’m referring to.) The Groups The report categorized those married between certain dates, but I’m assigning them group numbers. Group 1 – 1955 to 1959 Group … Continue reading →

More Recent Stats on Long Marriages, Part 1 – Definitions

Last week I provided some stats on long marriages from a U.S. Census Bureau document issued in February 2002 called Number, Timing, and Duration of Marriages and Divorces: 1996 by Rose M. Kreider and Jason M. Fields. How I missed the more current one, I don’t know, but Jade “The Muse” walker pulled through again by sharing a link with me to a more recent document. Again, it was issued by the U.S. Census Bureau and was authored by Rose M. Kreider, but it is entitled Number, Timing, and Duration of Marriages and Divorces: 2001 and was issued in February … Continue reading →

Stats on Long Marriages

Around the same time she sent me a link that resulted in the article Long Marriages: This Family Knows How to Do It, Jade “The Muse” Walker (as I think I’ll now start calling her) also tipped me off to another story about long marriages. This one wasn’t so much an article though. It was posted on a blog called “Kristen’s Brooklyn, NY Blog” and was an invitation. As Jade put it, “Now that’s what I call an Exclusive party.” It certainly was. A man named Marty Markowitz, who’s apparently the Brooklyn Borough President, and his wife hosted an event … Continue reading →