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Originally Posted by rubecube
That's a pretty simplistic take on things.
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It's illustrative of a very real issue.
- 86 per cent of Canadian families in the top quartile in income are married or common-law.
- 49 per cent (and dropping) of families in the middle quartile are married or common-law.
- 12 per cent of families in the bottom quartile are married or common-law.
http://www.imfcanada.org/sites/defau...olicymaker.pdf
When you combine this with the shift to assortive mating by income (lawyers don't marry their secretaries anymore - they marry other lawyers), the steep decline in marriage among the poor and working class plays a huge role in widening income disparity.