Divorce among Sociologists Married to Sociologists

In a study of correlates of divorce in a sample of American sociologists, male sociologists whose first wives were sociology majors were found to be substantially more likely to have been divorced than male sociologists whose first wives had degrees in other fields. This finding rules out the categorical validity of the generalization that common interests are conducive to stability of marriages. Prevalence of an unusually secular orientation among sociology major wives is offered as a tentative explanation.