Canadian Personal Finance Blog

I am mentioned in the Festival of Under 30’s for May 18 at Money for the Rest of Us they posted my Cancer: Now that I have your attention . Go on over and have a read.

I noticed that I had a bunch of offertory envelopes for Church going back to March, I guess that means I am WAY behind on my givings, and I haven’t been to Church much lately (gulp). Oh well, best to start again as soon as you can, and get back on that pony. Now I know why my Church has a direct withdrawal option (weekly).

An even more interesting survey from Stats Canada says that mixed marriages are dropping in popularity. No I am not talking about inter-racial, or even inter-faith or same sex, I am talking about folks of the same educational background are starting to marry “their own kind” more and more.

The tendency of men and women with the same educational level to be married to one another has increased in both Canada and the United States over the last three decades, according to a new study based on census data.

In Canada, 54% of couples younger than 35 had the same level of education in 2001, up from 42% in 1971. In the United States, 55% of marriages among young adults consisted of couples with the same level of education in 2000, up from 49% in 1970.

Is this educational bias? Intellectual snobbery? Not sure, but it’s an interesting observation, that is for sure.