Interactive DataViz: Who Marries Whom

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Readers:

Here is another example of excellent data visualization work from one of the winners in the KANTAR Information is Beautiful Awards 2016.

This one was a BRONZE award winner in the Interactive category. If you click on the image below, you will be redirected to the actual article on the Bloomberg site.

Best regards,

Michael

BRONZE (tied – $250) Who Marries Whom? by Adam Pearce & Dorothy Gambrell for Bloomberg (USA)

Who marries whom

The authors scanned data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2014 American Community Survey—which covers 3.5 million households—to find out how people are pairing up.

Credits

Adam Pearce & Dorothy Gambrell

Award

Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards 2016

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Interactive Visualization

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Actual Site

www.bloomberg.com

This Chart Shows Who Marries CEOs, Doctors, Chefs and Janitors

By Adam Pearce and Dorothy Gambrell
February 11, 2016
When it comes to falling in love, it’s not just fate that brings people together—sometimes it’s their jobs. We scanned data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2014 American Community Survey—which covers 3.5 million households—to find out how people are pairing up. Some of the matches seemed practical (the most common marriage is between grade-school teachers), and others had us questioning Cupid’s aim (why do female dancers have a thing for male welders?). High-earning women (doctors, lawyers) tend to pair up with their economic equals, while middle- and lower-tier women often marry up. In other words, female CEOs tend to marry other CEOs; male CEOs are OK marrying their secretaries.
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