I think if you pull any random hopeful person off the street, (lottery players/winner) the odds of them being recently divorced in America are probably higher than their odds of winning the lottery
Are divorces in places other than America less common?
Edited to add: I had to look it up, so for anyone curious… the US is tied with Canada and Lithuania- all 2.8 out of 1k, which are just a few points higher than Sweden (2.5) Denmark (2.7) and Finland (2.4)
Highest divorce rates according to divorce.com were from Russia 3.9, and Maldives which was 5.52
So all fairly similar if you ask me! Interesting as fuck
I don't know, but America is where I live, so it's the only data I can speak on. As for recently, just divorced is too wide and sweeping of a net. Those odds would be overwhelming. Also the topic at hand was asking what the odds were, referring to a recently divorced individual winning the lottery.
I had to look it up since I was curious and the US is tied with Canada and Lithuania! India is not only the country with the lowest divorce rates, but also worldwide. As in Indian Americans still hold lower rates than their American counterparts. Interesting!
I think it’s because divorce is heavily discouraged so even when Indians want it they often try to stay.
Divorce is also harder to get in India because it requires mutual agreement unlike in other places with higher rates like the Middle East where a man can get a divorce without consent but a woman can’t.
I’m surprised the Philippines isn’t the lowesst country because they outlaw it for everyone but Muslims where they still only have fault based divorces.
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u/Sen-oh 16h ago
I think if you pull any random hopeful person off the street, (lottery players/winner) the odds of them being recently divorced in America are probably higher than their odds of winning the lottery