Reply To: A third of Litvish families I know, have one or more single daughters 25 and up

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July 5, 2011 5:34 pm at 5:34 pm #909174
☕ DaasYochid ☕
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anon,

1) Any cause for people to not marry would add to the problem. I didn’t argue on this point, just on your assertion that the numbers are equal.

2) If the 18 year old girls would marry 18 year old boys, we would not have the problem anywhere near the extent that we do. It’s the 18 year olds marrying the 22 year olds which is the issue.

3) I have no idea what the census has anything to do with it. There are simply more 18 year old girls than 22 year old boys (and vice versa, but it’s rare for an 18 year old boy to marry a 22 year old girl).

I have no idea if your scientific “fact” has any validity, but it seems from comparing the size of Bais Yaakov enrollment to yeshiva enrollment that it’s not the case.