Computer Geeks As Loners? Data Says Otherwise

Posted by Soulskill on Friday February 14, 2014 @06:45AM from the guess-what-day-it-is dept.

Computerworld reports on an analysis of census data to compare marriage rates for different professions. They found the rate for tech workers to be similar to that of other white-collar professions, and significantly higher than the rate for the general population. 62.1% of people with IT jobs are married, as are 56.5% of scientists and 65.5% of engineers. This compares well to people in legal professions (62.0%), medical jobs (61.3%), and finance (62.4%). 51% of the adult U.S. population was married as of the 2010 census. Tech workers do have a slightly higher percentage of people who have never married — 26.7% of IT workers and 31.9% of scientists — but they also have slightly fewer divorces.

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Great, now I feel even lonelier by ebunga · 2014-02-14 06:52 · Score: 4, Insightful

Just what I needed to read on singles shaming day.
1. Re:Great, now I feel even lonelier by inasity_rules · 2014-02-14 06:56 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  I refer to it as Singles Awareness Day. Or, S.A.D.
  
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This doesn't mean they're not loners. by AlphaBro · 2014-02-14 06:58 · Score: 4, Insightful

In fact, this is yet another symptom. Their crushing loneliness compels them to wife the first woman that gives them a chance. I've seen this pattern repeatedly throughout the course of my career. It makes work related social events even more unbearable, having to endure exposure to so many unhappy marriages and whatnot.