Rabbit CohenYou know that thing about how men are radically more likely to divorce their wives when they fall ill than women are to divorce their sick husbands? Well, fortunately, it turns out that isn't true. The study has been retracted due to a huge error. https://retractionwatch.com/2015/07/21/to-our-horror-widely-reported-study-suggesting-divorce-is-more-likely-when-wives-fall-ill-gets-axed/
“To our horror”: Widely reported study suggesting divorce is more likely when wives fall ill gets axed
A widely reported finding that the risk of divorce increases when wives fall ill — but not when men do — is invalid, thanks to a short string of mistaken coding that negates the origina…
Dr Alice Violett