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Until Death Do Us Part

Cochava and Dan A paradise of married bliss? Let's have a look at the statistics (March 2000)

Members and candidates for membership
age group single divorced remarried married widowed Total
above 60 - 9 2 73 17 101
40-60 9 9 3 83 1 105
20-40 62 2 - 45 - 109
Total 71 20 5 201 18 315

Single: Not living with a partner on a permanent basis.
Divorced: Legally divorced or just permanently separated
Remarried: Living with a partner on a permanent basis after a divorce (not after being widowed)
Married: Any permanent partnership

And this in a society where there are no economic penalties for getting divorced. On the contrary: Both partners get flats; well, actually one of them gets to keep the old one and the other is assigned a new one. Single members get a small addition to their budget, the idea being that they need a bit more money to go and look for a new partner.

We must be doing something right.

 

March 2000, updated June 2000


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