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US Marriage Rate vs US Nuclear Power Generation
US Marriage Rate and US Nuclear Power Generation correlate at r = -0.84 over 57 years (1965–2022), p < 0.0001. With the time trend removed, r = +0.32. Direction flips without the trend.
Verdict: Direction flips without the trend. The raw correlation is -0.84, but once each series' time trend is removed it becomes 0.32. The year-to-year movements run the opposite way to the long-run trends, so the headline number is misleading.
- Pearson r
- -0.84
- p-value
- < 0.0001
- Years compared (n)
- 57 (1965–2022)
- 95% confidence interval
- -0.90 to -0.74
- Correlation with the time trend removed
- +0.32
Sources
- US Marriage Rate (per 1,000 people): Our World in Data. US Marriage Rate (Our World in Data: Crude marriage rate).
- US Nuclear Power Generation (TWh): Our World in Data. US Nuclear Power Generation (Our World in Data: Nuclear).
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Correlation does not imply causation. How the verdict is worked out.