In fact, study data highlights the longevity of the independent career revealing that independents have been working in this capacity for 9 years on average, and 63% had full time jobs prior to it.

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Divorces per 1, 000 people: We used Census data on the number of divorced people between the ages of 20 to 34 to determine the longevity of marriages.

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