How Does Living In Manchester Affect The Likelihood You Will Get Married?

If your desire is to ensure your children get married before they turn 30, raising them in Ocean County is likely to slightly reduce those chances, according to a report.

The New York Times analyzed data compiled by a group of Harvard economists studying upward mobility, housing and tax policy and found that the likelihood of getting married was impacted by geography.

The economists believe that they have identified a causal role that geography plays in people’s lives. The data, which covers more than five million people who moved as children in the 1980s and 1990s, suggests that children who move from, say, Idaho to Chicago really do become less likely to marry, even if the numbers can’t explain exactly why these patterns exist.

Children who grow up in Ocean County are 3 percentage points less likely than the average to get married by age 26, the analysis shows.

Take a look at the article and an interactive map showing marriage likelihood in the United States here.