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    Kentucky’s divorce rate has plummeted.
    Between 2016 and 2023 it fell 25%, 
    compared with a nationwide decline of 18%

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I would be interested to see if the national divorce rate dropping was because marriage rates were dropping, if by convention/expense/etc., and therefore decreasing unhappy marriage

Or a realization that it's difficult or impossible to survive (or maintain a standard of living) in a single-income household.

> it's difficult or impossible to survive (or maintain a standard of living) in a single-income household.

You aren't wrong. We've been in a 4-income economy since 2020. Housing here is up 2x since 2020 and 5x from mid 1990s.

Very interesting I didn't realize divorce rates were dropping across the nation. Still seems like KY is ~40% better than the average.

When you're at the bottom the only direction is up: marriage rates

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