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Long time no blog.
- Research: Men should marry young, smart women, say scientists [telegraph]. You can download the original research paper here [ssrn]. The research is specific to Switzerland so it may or may not apply to the western world. But I imagine that if they did a similar study here, it would find similar results for similar reasons.
- Research: Steep rise in Down's pregnancies [bbc]. From the article: The sharp rise reflects the growing number of older women becoming pregnant, when there is a higher risk. An increase in the number of subsequent abortions and more antenatal diagnoses means slightly fewer children are being born with Down's syndrome. Interesting problems in this modern day and age.
- Research: Children 'make married parents happier' [telegraph]. From the article: Having children makes married people happier - but not those who become parents out of wedlock, according to an academic study. I go to a lot of random parties. It seems like people are either talking to people of the opposite gender in search of romance, or in the case of guys, talking to other guys to find people to golf/tennis/workout with or some other activity. My older friends say that people disappear off the earth when they get married; can't ever get them to hang out like good old days. So, I think eternal bachelor types will get increasingly frustrated as they find that they're doing the same things year after year. They want to do something of real significance (e.g.: raise well-adjusted kids who love and fear the Lord). And couples who don't have kids will eventually want to when they realize something is missing (well, the girl will). And single girls have the biological clock. And of course, life is hell if you're in a shotgun wedding or have a kid accidentally. The article does make sense.
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