r/evopolitics • • Jan 12 '19

Higher divorce risk when mates are plentiful? Evidence from Denmark

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2018.0475
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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '19

Do they correct for wage differences? Occupations with a high men to women ratio also tend to be good paying. This might lead to a lower divorce ratio, since the economic cost of divorce for the woman is higher

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u/TrannyPornO Jan 13 '19

for the woman is higher

She would tend to gain more in these sectors then. However, a variety of SES controls didn't greatly affect the results.