Akno - Because in liberal leaning states the number of married couples per hundred people is less, the divorce rates are obviously going to be lower.
Example:
State A - 2,000 people, 500 marriages & 100 of those divorced
State B - 2,000 people, 250 marriages & 125 of those divorced
State A has half of its people married and a tenth divorced
State B has a fourth of its people married and a sixteenth divorced
State A has a fifth of marriages end in divorce
State B has half its marriages end in divorce
State B has less divorces per 1,000 people, but more per 1,000 marriages
Right. I misread the page I used, thought it was 1,000 married people, not 1,000 people. My error.
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