[ckozlowski]

If you look at the Myers-Briggs personality types listed at TypeLogic, you'll see for the INTJ type (most often associated with engineering types) as being said to often "Work at" a relationship.

This is, I know, a weak argument at best, but I would toss out as something to ponder that perhaps there's a higher incidence of analytic types to dissect and improve their relationship.

...or simply inclined to remain with the status quo. You decide.

[GFK_of_xmaspast]

If you look at the Zodiac, most engineers are earth signs, and you know how hard it is to get along with them.

[ckozlowski]

I've heard of a lot of the criticism about the MBTI as well, and I agree with a majority of it. I'd thought my disclaimer sufficed enough to ward off the down votes.

In any case, it was thrown out there to see what sticks. "What makes a relationship work" is hard to measure at best. But I have to think, just as the article makes some generalized assumptions from some rough figures, there might be a correlation to other rough observations, even if they don't hold up to scientific levels of scrutiny.

tl;dr: I don't think any of what's being discussed is able to be isolated as a defining factor of what makes marriage successful. But it's interesting to speculate.

[ryan-allen]

INFP engineer chiming in. While MBTI is not scientifically credible, nor is Freudian psychoanalysis but it was a big deal in it's time. But hey, you're a fire sign.

You can't throw the baby out with the bathwater, and while we're at it, check out the FFM [1], it's got stats and everything!

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_personality_traits

[dhimes]

So that your point is not lost:

http://skepdic.com/myersb.html

[vkjv]

While INTJ are most often associated with engineers, most engineers are not. INTJ is pretty rare, I think somewhere around 1%, which would make it only account for roughly 20% of engineers and scientists [citation needed].

Honestly, with money being one of the leading causes of divorce, I would say a reasonable assumption is just that engineers make more of it and are more likely to spend what they do have wisely.

[creshal]

> I would say a reasonable assumption is just that engineers make more of it

And have a low chance of suddenly getting laid off, and good chances at quickly finding new employment (at least compared to the vast majority of jobs).