Divorce spreads through social networks

[image error]A completely fascinating study published on the Social Science Research Network looked at how likely a marriage was to survive depending on who else in the social network was getting divorced.

The study used data from the famous Framington Heart Study and found that while we tend to think of marriage as a 'couple thing' is turns out that even our most intimate bonds are deeply embedded into the social webs we weave.

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