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by Philip N. Cohen

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Science says: Get married at age Whatever You Want (and these are the odds of divorce)

May 29, 2022May 29, 2022Categories Research reports8 Comments on Science says: Get married at age Whatever You Want (and these are the odds of divorce)

Divorce odds are lowest for women who marry later, and for people who've been married a long time.

Very important social scientist says — wait, Brad Wilcox did what now?

March 31, 2020April 2, 2020Categories In the news4 Comments on Very important social scientist says — wait, Brad Wilcox did what now?

The best news you'll read all day.

Divorce fell in one Florida county (and 31 others), and you will totally believe what happened next

August 1, 2019Categories Research reportsLeave a Comment on Divorce fell in one Florida county (and 31 others), and you will totally believe what happened next

You can really do a lot with the common public misperception that divorce is always going up.

Wilcox plagiarism denial and ethics review

June 14, 2019June 14, 2019Categories Me @ work1 Comment on Wilcox plagiarism denial and ethics review

The only argument he makes is to underline the word "not." So do you trust him?

Wilcox and colleagues plagiarized my work in the New York Times

May 20, 2019June 17, 2019Categories Me @ work5 Comments on Wilcox and colleagues plagiarized my work in the New York Times

You could split hairs, but why?

Do rich people like bad data tweets about poor people? (Bins, slopes, and graphs edition)

April 21, 2019June 17, 2019Categories In the news2 Comments on Do rich people like bad data tweets about poor people? (Bins, slopes, and graphs edition)

How a Brad Wilcox tweet taught me nothing at all, but inspired me to write this post.

The happiness scamcession

April 6, 2019Categories In the news5 Comments on The happiness scamcession

Eight pretty happy men in the General Social Survey changed the course of history.

Who are you gonna marry? That one big assumption marriage promotion gets totally wrong

May 8, 2018May 14, 2018Categories Me @ work8 Comments on Who are you gonna marry? That one big assumption marriage promotion gets totally wrong

Economically, the next marriage they (say they will) get from "marriage promotion" won't be as good as the average real marriage.

No, early marriage is not more common for college graduates

March 14, 2018March 16, 2018Categories Research reports4 Comments on No, early marriage is not more common for college graduates

By age 24, 19.9% of non-college graduates have been married, compared with 12.9% of college graduates.

The new Wilcox thing is complete bologna and/or just dishonest

October 5, 2016October 6, 2016Categories In the news2 Comments on The new Wilcox thing is complete bologna and/or just dishonest

Brad Wilcox concludes we need marriage promotion to improve school outcomes. Surprise.

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Philip N. Cohen

I’m a sociologist at the University of Maryland, College Park. See my website at philipncohen.com for more information.

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