Saturday, November 20, 2010

Marriage Probability Statistics

Statistics are always funny to ponder. Check out the latest marriage probability statistics provided by MSN.com. Do you agree? Disagree?

1. If you live in the U.S., your chances of getting married before reaching age 40 are 86 percent if you're a woman, 81 percent if you're a man.

2. If you have a high IQ, you're 29 percent more likely to get married than a person with a low IQ.

3. There's a 75 percent chance that you'll remarry if you've divorced.

4. If you live in Nebraska, you're 30 percent more likely to get married than if you live in Washington, D.C.

5. If you're a woman who was not overweight as an adolescent, you're 20 percent more likely to get married than a woman who was overweight as an adolescent.

6. Women who lived with both biological or adoptive parents at age 14 are 12 percent more likely to marry than those who didn't.

7. If you're a born-again Christian, you're 19 percent more likely to get married than an atheist is.

8. If you're a college graduate, you're nine to 14 percent more likely to get married than someone who never finished high school.

9. If you're living with a lover for the first time, there's a 65 percent chance that you'll be married within five years.

10. A "conscientious" man is at least 50 percent more likely to get married than a man who isn't conscientious.

11. A single woman serving in the U.S. military is more than 200 percent more likely to get married than single civilian women are.

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