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Aug 10, 2023 2 tweets 1 min read Read on X
Marriages in which a wife does not replace her last name with her husband’s last, on average, about 6.78 years.

Marriages in which a wife does replace her last name with her husband’s last, on average, about 11.57 years.

frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…Image
Keep in mind, this data only looks at marriages that inevitably ended in divorce;

So, it leaves out the marriages on both ends of the “surname debate” that do succeed.

Nevertheless, it still shows that marriages where wives take their husband’s surname last longer.

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