March 24, 2009

Why Righties and Lefties? Scientists Have Hands Full. - washingtonpost.com

Why Righties and Lefties? Scientists Have Hands Full. - washingtonpost.com

This is not about divorce, but it's a great example of how to approach a similarly complex set of statistical phenomena, giving due respect to interrelated bundles of causes and effects, and yet still drawing some meaningful conclusions.

April 07, 2007

China's divorce rate has been overstated by 100%

China admits goofing divorce statistics
EarthTimes.org  -- 27 Jan 2007

Beijing, Jan 27 (DPA) China has halved its divorce rate after statisticians
admitted that they had counted the number of people and not the number of
divorces in the annual figure, state media said Friday.

The official divorce rate is likely to drop from 2.76 per 1,000 in 2005 to
about 1.3 per 1,000 last year, the official China Daily newspaper said.

The National Bureau of Statistics previously calculated the rate based on
the number of divorcees, making the level of divorce in China appear as high
as that in some Western nations.

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The Demographics of Divorce-United States

Robert Hughes, Jr., Ph.D., The Demographics of Divorce -- United States and Missouri.

This clearly-written article explains what the different divorce rates do and don't mean, and suggests some less "newsy" but more substantial stats that indicate what the "true" divorce rate may be. It's an excellent demystification of divorce rates nationwide, but also contains a demographic overview of divorce in Missouri.

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March 27, 2007

NY Times on divorce in red & blue states

Old but good: "To Avoid Divorce, Move to Massachusetts"
By PAM BELLUCK
11/14/04
Interviews many experts on various reasons behind variations in divorce between states.

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