39
The demographics of Kbin | Survey
(take.supersurvey.com)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 22 Jul 2023
39 points (100.0% liked)
/kbin
2 readers
1 users here now
/kbin-related stuff. Unofficial, not moderated by devs (yet). Official ones: /m/kbinMeta /m/kbinDesign **All official /kbin magazines in one collection**
founded 1 year ago
That question about single married divorced widowed, is that how the US still collects demographic data?
It seems odd, given the choices in other sections reflect modern life more.
Yep, though the single option is often written as single/never married so that it's more clear. We don't have common law marriages (except a few states) so those 4 categories cover every situation, though without much detail.
Is that likely to change? I would have thought it would be big on human rights activists' agendas over there.
I don't think so? I'm struggling to think of how it would enhance human rights. Isn't it the same as regular marriage without the trip to the local court? I always thought other countries had it as a penalty so that couples couldn't use cohabitating but not getting married as a tax loophole.
It's a human rights issue because of things like property law, adoption, next of kin rights. Sometimes people (often women) can be left financially vulnerable, especially if children are involved, if their relationship is not recognised under the law.
Couples don't get tax advantages over single people where I live either, so that part's a non issue.