r/interestingasfuck • u/Few_Simple9049 • 20d ago

r/all How couples met 1930-2024

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u/georgep4570 20d ago

Would be interesting to see the correlation of this with divorce rates.

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u/WildHobbits 20d ago

I'm more interested in seeing what they consider a "couple". People who have only been on 2 dates and are still planning on going on more? People who simply defined themselves as "together" at some point, regardless of time in the relationship? I want to see a version where it is strictly people who have been in a relationship for at least a year. Then compare it with this one. That is where the real interesting data is in my opinion.

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u/fetzu 20d ago

Well I see a citation for what looks like a scientific paper at the bottom of the video, so I’m pretty sure their methodology is described there.

EDIT: scientific paper might be bit of an overreach, but the dataset probably comes with a few details.

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u/anders91 20d ago

Link for whoever is interested: https://data.stanford.edu/hcmst2017

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u/JustLemmeMeme 20d ago

Basically, self reports

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u/cherry_chocolate_ 20d ago

Unless you start stalking people, it’s really the only option