William Carter
William specializes in turning relationship research into practical advice readers can actually use. With a background in behavioral science and consumer research, he analyzes dating trends, matching algorithms, and user behavior across online dating platforms. His work combines statistical analysis with hands-on testing to help singles make informed decisions.
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Divorce Rate by Religion: What 50 Years of Survey Data Show
The claim that Christians divorce as often as everyone else traces to Barna surveys that sorted people by a belief label. Sorted by church attendance, 50 years of General Social Survey data show a gap of about 15 points.
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Are Married People Happier (2026): 37% Very Happy vs 17% of Singles
Married Americans are about twice as likely as the never married to call themselves very happy, in every income band and for both sexes. People in unhappy marriages are the least happy group of all.
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Christian Marriage Statistics (2026): Weekly Churchgoers 74% Married, Nonreligious 45%
Weekly churchgoers aged 25 to 54 are 74% married, against 45% of adults with no religion. Barna's claim that Christians divorce as often as everyone else depends on counting never-married adults.
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Average Age of Losing Virginity (2026): 40+ Data Points From CDC Survey Data
Our analysis of CDC National Survey of Family Growth data puts the typical age of first sex at 17 for women and men. Where the widely repeated 17.4 figure came from, and whether young adults are waiting longer.
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How Long Does Sex Last (2026): Stopwatch Studies Put the Median at 5.4 Minutes
Stopwatch studies of 500 couples put the median at 5.4 minutes from penetration to ejaculation. What sex therapists call adequate, what couples estimate and want, and where the two-minute idea came from.
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What Percentage of the Population Is Gay (2026): 50+ Data Points by State, Age, and Generation
About 9% of U.S. adults identify as LGBTQ+, and our analysis of CDC data gives lesbian, gay and bisexual shares for the 32 states that asked in 2024. Where the 10% figure came from, and why estimates range from 5.5% to 12%.
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Father Custody Statistics: What the Data Shows, and What Nobody Measures
The United States collects no national custody statistics. The figure everyone quotes is a 2018 survey of lawyers, the Census Bureau publishes three different answers to the same question, and the fatherless-homes numbers cite agencies that never produced them.
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Gray Divorce Statistics: 40% of Divorces Now Happen After 50
Four in ten Americans who divorced in 2024 were 50 or older, yet on one consistent Census measure the gray divorce rate has not risen since 2008. State rates, marriage length, poverty after divorce, and the doubling, empty nest and AARP claims traced.