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Marriage gap

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The marriage gap describes observed economic and political disparities in the US between those who are married and those who are single. [1]

24 relations: Abortion, Achievement gap in the United States, Cohabitation, Conservatism, Correlation and dependence, Correlation does not imply causation, Cost of raising a child, Democratic Party (United States), Digital divide, Economic inequality, Equal opportunity, Gender pay gap, Generation gap, Marriage, Moderate, Modern liberalism in the United States, Republican Party (United States), Same-sex marriage, School voucher, Single person, The National Marriage Project, United States, University of Virginia, W. Bradford Wilcox.

Abortion

Abortion is the ending of pregnancy by removing an embryo or fetus before it can survive outside the uterus.

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Achievement gap in the United States

The achievement gap in the United States is the observed, persistent disparity in measures of educational performance among subgroups of U.S. students, especially groups defined by socioeconomic status (SES), race/ethnicity and gender.

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Cohabitation

Cohabitation is an arrangement where two people who are not married live together.

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Conservatism

Conservatism is a political and social philosophy promoting traditional social institutions in the context of culture and civilization.

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Correlation and dependence

In statistics, dependence or association is any statistical relationship, whether causal or not, between two random variables or bivariate data.

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Correlation does not imply causation

In statistics, many statistical tests calculate correlations between variables and when two variables are found to be correlated, it is tempting to assume that this shows that one variable causes the other.

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Cost of raising a child

The cost of raising a child varies from country to country.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

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Digital divide

A digital divide is an economic and social inequality with regard to access to, use of, or impact of information and communication technologies (ICT).

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Economic inequality

Economic inequality is the difference found in various measures of economic well-being among individuals in a group, among groups in a population, or among countries.

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Equal opportunity

Equal opportunity arises from the similar treatment of all people, unhampered by artificial barriers or prejudices or preferences, except when particular distinctions can be explicitly justified.

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Gender pay gap

The gender pay gap is the average difference between the remuneration for men and women who are working.

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Generation gap

A generation gap or generational gap, is a difference of opinions between one generation and another regarding beliefs, politics, or values.

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Marriage

Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a socially or ritually recognised union between spouses that establishes rights and obligations between those spouses, as well as between them and any resulting biological or adopted children and affinity (in-laws and other family through marriage).

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Moderate

Moderate is a general term for people who fall in the center category of the left–right political spectrum.

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Modern liberalism in the United States

Modern American liberalism is the dominant version of liberalism in the United States.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

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Same-sex marriage

Same-sex marriage (also known as gay marriage) is the marriage of a same-sex couple, entered into in a civil or religious ceremony.

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School voucher

A school voucher, also called an education voucher, in a voucher system, is a certificate of government funding for a student at a school chosen by the student or the student's parents.

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Single person

In legal definitions for interpersonal status, a single person is someone who is not in a relationship or is unmarried.

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The National Marriage Project

The National Marriage Project is a research project based in the U.S. that investigates how American marriages are formed, maintained and ended, and how society is affected.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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University of Virginia

The University of Virginia (U.Va. or UVA), frequently referred to simply as Virginia, is a public research university and the flagship for the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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W. Bradford Wilcox

William Bradford Wilcox (born 1970) is Director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Family Studies, and a Visiting Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage_gap

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