[iteria]

I would be interested to compare this to homicide rates. Because I remember reading that when no fault divorce was allowed male lifespan increased.

I also think it's too early to really look at these rates. Of course many women would be happy they weren't destitute when they got married during a time when women couldn't have bank accounts. Of course men would feel put out when they were used to having everything handled by their wife and existed during a time where joint custody was not so common.

I'd like to see these studies again in 20 or so years when most people surveyed got married out of commitment instead of life necessity.

[Jensson]

> I'd like to see these studies again in 20 or so years when most people surveyed got married out of commitment instead of life necessity.

We are already there, what kind of world are you imagining? The need for women to marry was removed 50-60 years ago in the west, there hasn't been a necessity to marry in a really long time, you might have some really old couples left from the time before that but it wouldn't affect statistics much.

[orwin]

That's definitely true, in my grandmother family, it was was an open secret (or rather a mean and quite unfunny running joke) that her aunt managed to get out of her arranged marriage after ten years by "inadvertently" poisoning her abusive husband. I can only speculate that they had fertility issues since after 10 years they did not had any kids, and that could have been a reason why he became violent.