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Which, of course, assumes that the marriage inclined _want_ to stay attached to ore refinery & well drillers, mathematicians or statisticians. :) Great weekend to you all, Jay On Dec 4, 2009, at 10:11:11 AM, Adrian Lambourne wrote: > Possible explanations for the occupations with highs and low divorce > rates are: > > Top three least likely to get divorced: > 1) Ore refining operator and well driller (0.6%) - used to boring > conversations > 2) Mathematician and Statistician (0.8%) - calculates the odds > before committing themselves > 3) Blacksmith and maker of tools (0.9%) - used to hammering and loud > noises > > > Top three most likely to get divorced: > 1) Garbage worker and Recycling worker (7.2%) - if recycling at work > why not at home? ( ignoring the refuse disposal part!) > 2) Pilots, Ship captains etc. (6.6%) - always want to go their own way > 3) Travel guides/hosts (6.5%) - same as above > > > Best wishes > Adrian Lambourne > Head of Knowledge Management > Tel: 07717 421 223 > [log in to unmask] > > -----Original Message----- > From: A UK-based worldwide e-mail broadcast system mailing list > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bob O'Hara > Sent: 04 December 2009 15:06 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Statistics - good for you marriage > > As it's a Friday afternoon, some of you might take some pleasure from > this blog post: > <http://network.nature.com/people/U9E773943/blog/2009/12/04/statisitcs-good-for-you-marriage > > > According to Statistics Sweden, we (along with our mathematician > friends) have the second lowest rate of divorce of any profession. > > Bob > > -- > Bob O'Hara > > Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre > Senckenberganlage 25 > D-60325 Frankfurt am Main, > Germany > > Tel: +49 69 798 40216 > Mobile: +49 1515 888 5440 > WWW: http://www.RNI.Helsinki.FI/~boh/ > Blog: http://network.nature.com/blogs/user/boboh > Journal of Negative Results - EEB: www.jnr-eeb.org Jay Warner Principal Scientist Warner Consulting, Inc. 4444 North Green Bay Road Racine, WI 53404-1216 USA Ph: 262.634.9100 Fax: 262.681.1133 email: [log in to unmask] web: www.a2q.com The A2Q Method (tm) -- What do you want to improve today?