Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/1195kb7/us_most_young_men_are_single_most_young_women_are/
Halfway down the thread someone mentions that this article is based on a self-reported pew research poll and not any kind of more in-depth study.
Also whoever wrote the article either didn’t understand the actual poll or just outright lied about what the data showed lmao
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If you drill down into the actual source of the data, which is a Pew research poll, you find a specific definition of "single". It is not actually "are you [not] dating someone".
In these stats, "single" refers to people who "are not married, living with a partner or in a committed relationship".
The important part here: a committed relationship. This is self-reported by the people being polled.
If two people are in a relationship, one may answer "yes" to this and the other may answer "no", depending on whether they see it as a "committed" relationship.
Thus, there is an interesting explanation for at least part of the data - perhaps young men don't consider themselves "committed" as often.
Combined with the age distribution phenomenon, this likely covers pretty much all of the discrepancy in the stats.
Original Pew Poll: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2023/02/08/for-valentines-day-5-facts-about-single-americans/ft_2023-02-08_facts-single-americans_01/
Fashy bros love to avoid putting a label on things and then blame women for not being in a relationship lol
not automatically, but it's ripe for unhealthy dynamics and 23/35 is definitely weird.
(35/2)+7 = 24.5
(37/2)+7 = 25.5
The math checks out
Eh that rule is kinda bs, 24 and 35 is definintely odd and 20 & 26 + 18 & 24 also check out which are almost weirder.
The addendum for it is that it only works when the youngest age is 20
And gets more accurate as the ages go up. I kinda want to modify it so there's some logarithmic constant that's associated with each age as a multiplier
20 & 26, 28 & 21, 30 & 22 are all icky
Maybe [age divided by 1.5 plus 5]? Not exactly like what you described but I think it's a little better
https://www.desmos.com/calculator/xlx8ze4pbf
I like it, guess that's just a bit harder calculate in your head
23-7 = 16, 16*2 = 32
Never used the inverse calculation before
nobody gives you enough significant figures on the age of their significant others so it's better for not tricking yourself.
Always ceiling it
Fair enough. I think the biggest gap in my family was when my cousin at 24 dated a guy at 31. They ended up getting married but there were definitely whispers in the family about it being weird.