Today's dose of marriage and family factoids
- In the big cities, do men or women have higher average salaries? Answer: In U.S. big cities, women in their 20s working full-time jobs earn more than men of the same age (cited in Reuters)
- Which country has the higher birthrate, Canada or mainland China? Answer: China (via Wikipedia)
- How rich are "deadbeat dads"? Answer: they're broke. Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement data shows that two-thirds of those who owe child support nationwide earned less than $10,000 in the previous year. According to the largest federally funded study of divorced dads ever conducted, unemployment, not willful neglect, is the largest cause of failure to pay child support. (source)
- Do attitudes toward divorce (going into a marriage) affect marital quality? Answer: Yes. Research suggests that those with favourable attitudes towards divorce are likely to invest less in their marriages, reducing perceived quality.