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Marriage Statistics Deep Dive — Success Sequence and the 4 Causes of Divorce
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The cohabitation discussion spills into one of Dave's most data-rich segments. He identifies four universal marriage killers — religion, in-laws, kids, and money — and argues that couples who align on all four before the wedding have a very high probability of success. He then introduces the Success Sequence: graduate high school, get a full-time job, get married, then have children, in that exact order. The research across six studies shows 97% of millennials who followed the sequence reached middle income or higher by their mid-30s, with only 3% in poverty. He closes with millionaire data: 80% are married (vs. 62% of the public), and 84% of those attribute their wealth to spousal alignment.
