The data for this story is from How Couples Meet and Stay Together, which surveyed Americans in 2017, 2020, and 2022. To get a representative analysis, the researchers weighted each respondent based on demographic characteristics. But the main icon visualization represents each person as one icon, and only shows participants who were surveyed in all three waves. All of the icon visualizations in this piece reflect the general results of a weighted analysis, but the exact numbers may differ. The individual charts are produced using the representative weights.

Data citation

Rosenfeld, Michael J., Reuben J. Thomas, and Sonia Hausen. 2023. How Couples Meet and Stay Together 2017-2020-2022 combined dataset. [Computer files]. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/hcmst2017

Notes

Special thanks to Amanda Sakuma for making the clothes for the claymation icons.

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