c/dataisbeautiful · by ModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.works · 2y

Age gap between husbands and wives in the United States.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/23749463

Source: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/08/15/a-growing-share-of-us-husbands-and-wives-are-roughly-the-same-age/

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8 Comments

Beaver@lemmy.ca · 28 pts · 2y (5 replies)

Republicans hate this one trend.

NarrativeBear@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y (4 replies)

Look like its headed for a reversal. Come on sugar mama!

Ejh3k@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y

My wife is nearly 7 years older than me, and it's great.

davidgro@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I'm helping that trend. On this chart I'd be at -6

abobla@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y

The hero we need, not the one we deserve

Beaver@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 2y

The privileged need to be put in their place.

cordlesslamp@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 2y

My dad is 12 years older than my mom.

Kelly@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

If I'm reading the fine print correctly this is looking at mixed gender marriages currently cohabitating in the given year, not weddings.

I wonder what the average age difference at time of wedding is? Thats going to be a different number than this which will have 40 year long marriages contributing to the 2022 figure.

I guess longer lived marriages be overrepresented because they contribute to the average for more years.