|
(2000 except where
noted) |
|
Marriage &
Divorce: |
|
Total divorces granted in
1997: |
1,163,000
|
|
Current number of divorced
adults (1998): |
19,400,000
(9.8%) |
|
Median age at divorce:
(1997) |
Males: 35.6
Females:
33.2 |
|
Median duration of marriage:
(1997) |
7.2 years
|
|
Likelihood of new marriages
ending in divorce in 1997: |
43% |
|
Percentage of marriages that
break up within first 15 years in 1995: |
43% |
|
Percentage of all householders
who are unmarried: |
48% |
|
Percentage of weddings which
are remarriages for at least one partner in 1997:
|
43% |
|
Percentage of first marriages
that end in divorce in 1997: |
50% |
|
Percentage of remarriages that
end in divorce in 1997: |
60% |
|
Percentage of divorced women
who remarry within five years as of 1995: |
54% |
|
Estimated average length of
divorce proceedings in 1997: |
1
year |
|
Adults married and living with
one another in 1998: |
110.6 million (56%)
|
|
Adults between 25 and 34 years
old never married in 1998: |
14 million (35%)
|
|
Percentage of African American
adults in this age group never married in
1998: |
53% |
|
Percentage of households
occupied by one person: |
25.5% |
|
Percentage of population (by
area of US) who had never married in 1999: |
Midwest:
28%
Northeast: 28%
South: 26%
West: 29%
|
|
People (by gender) 15 years of
age and over who have never married: |
Males: 32,253,000 (31.3% of
men)
Females: 27,763,000 (25.1% of women) |
|
Number of married
couples: |
56,497,000
|
|
Number of married people whose
spouses are absent: |
Males: 1,365,000
(1.3%)
Females: 1,365,000
(1.2%) |
|
People who have been
widowed: |
Males: 2,604,000
(2.5%)
Females:11,061,000 (10%) |
|
People who are
divorced: |
Males: 8,572,000
(8.3%)
Females: 11,309,000 (10.2%) |
|
People who are
separated: |
Males: 1,818,000
(1.8%)
Females: 2,661,000 (2.4%) |
|
Median age at first
marriage: |
Males: 26.8
Females: 25.1
|
|
Average age at first divorce
in 1997: |
Males: 35
Females:
33 |
|
Average age of those divorcing
from their second marriages in 1997: |
Males: 42
Females: 39
|
|
Average age of marriage in
1997: |
Males: 28.7
Females: 25.9
|
|
Percentage of people that
married under the age of 20 who eventually get divorced as of
1995: |
40%
|
|
Percentage of people that
married over the age of 25 who eventually get divorced as of
1995: |
24%
|
|
Percentage of couples not
affiliated with any religious group who eventually get divorced as of
1995: |
46%
|
|
Percentage of women whose
parents were divorced who get divorced within 10 years as of
1995: |
43%
|
|
Percentage of women whose
parents stayed together who get divorced within 10 years as of
1995: |
29%
|
|
Interracial married
couples: |
1,047,000
|
|
Number of cohabiting
couples: |
3.8
million |
|
Percentage of women who
cohabited before they turned 30 in 1995: |
50% |
|
Percentage of couples living
together for more than five years who eventually marry as of
1995: |
70% |
|
Number of people divorcing
each year as of 1997: |
2.5
million |
|
Average length of first
marriages which end in divorce in 1997: |
11
years |
|
Drop in standard of living of
females after divorce: |
45%
|
|
Number of women who are
stalked by a husband or ex-husband every year as of 1997:
|
380,000
|
|
Number of men who
are stalked by a wife or ex-wife every year as of 1997:
|
52,000
|
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