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"The US Census Bureau released some new statistics today about divorce. After looking at marriage and divorce rates for 2009, they found that divorce rates were highest in a certain part of the country. Care to guess where? The South! The rates of divorce for men in the South were 10.2 per 1,000, while the divorce rates for women in southern states were 11.1 per 1,000. These were a tad higher than national rates which were &amp;amp;#8220;9.2 for men and 9.7 for women.&amp;amp;#8221; According to a researcher at the Census Bureau, these &amp;amp;#8220;rates tend to be higher in the South because marriage rates are also higher in the South. In contrast, in the Northeast, first marriages tend to be delayed and the marriage rates are lower, meaning there are also fewer divorces.&amp;amp;#8221; I&amp;amp;#8217;m pretty surprised by this news! I&amp;amp;#8217;m also pretty surprised that California isn&amp;amp;#8217;t mentioned in this study at all. I absolutely love my state but if there&amp;amp;#8217;s one thing California&amp;amp;#8217;s got plenty of, it&amp;amp;#8217;s divorced couples. Also, I&amp;amp;#8217;m intrigued by this idea about delaying first marriages. Over the years, my friends who live in some of the country&amp;amp;#8217;s most expensive cities, like New York or San Francisco, have said they&amp;amp;#8217;ve waited longer to get married because they simply couldn&amp;amp;#8217;t afford to. Because cost of living is so high, they&amp;amp;#8217;ve had to wait a few years to build up a savings (or to move out of mom and dad&amp;amp;#8217;s) before getting serious. Conversely, friends who lived in areas where the cost of living was lower were able to &amp;amp;#8220;get started&amp;amp;#8221; (buying homes, getting married, starting families) at much younger ages. What do you make of this news? And why do you think couples in the Northeast tend to delay their first marriages? Does cost of living have anything to do with it? And would you ever date a divorced man? I would; if I were single, that is! For more on marriage: * This Just In: Do Singles Have a Higher &amp;quot;Risk of Death&amp;quot; Than Their Married Counterparts? * Guess Who Is Having Better Sex Than You... * Sweet Dreams: How a Bad Night&amp;amp;#8217;s Sleep Can Affect Your Marriage More Ways to Get Glamour: Chat with celebs, VIP fashion stars, beauty pros and more on our Facebook page! Visit Facebook.com/glamour for this month&amp;amp;#8217;s schedule NEW! Now You Can Read Glamour on Flipboard! Visit ShopGlamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Download Glamour Magazine for your iPad--print subscribers, it&amp;amp;#8217;s now part of your subscription plan! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter. Photos: John Fox/Stockbyte (thumbnail); Jeffrey Hamilton/Digital Vision"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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