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US Marriage Rate vs US Meat Consumption per Person
US Marriage Rate and US Meat Consumption per Person correlate at r = -0.62 over 61 years (1961–2022), p < 0.0001. With the time trend removed, r = +0.40. Direction flips without the trend.
Verdict: Direction flips without the trend. The raw correlation is -0.62, but once each series' time trend is removed it becomes 0.40. The year-to-year movements run the opposite way to the long-run trends, so the headline number is misleading.
- Pearson r
- -0.62
- p-value
- < 0.0001
- Years compared (n)
- 61 (1961–2022)
- 95% confidence interval
- -0.76 to -0.44
- Correlation with the time trend removed
- +0.40
Sources
- US Marriage Rate (per 1,000 people): Our World in Data. US Marriage Rate (Our World in Data: Crude marriage rate).
- US Meat Consumption per Person (kg/year): Our World in Data. US Meat Consumption per Person (Our World in Data: Per capita consumption of meat).
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Correlation does not imply causation. How the verdict is worked out.