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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
Actually, most people don't get divorced. People who remarry multiple times skew the numbers.
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Not sure that is correct:
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The divorce rate in America for first marriage, vs second or third marriage
50% percent of first marriages, 67% of second and 74% of third marriages end in divorce, according to Jennifer Baker of the Forest Institute of Professional Psychology in Springfield, Missouri.
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CDC report for 2010 has the number at little more then 1/2. They report 6.8 people per 1000 get married, and 3.6 per 1000 get divorced but that excludes data for California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Louisiana, and Minnesota which skews the numbers a bit. Those states dropping out appear to skew the data towards the positive. If we compare 2010 to years when they reported, it was as has as 4.0 per 1000.
So, the "multiple marriage" issue is accounted for in both stats since the first one breaks out by how many marriages, and second one is by unique person.
Sorry, the sad truth is that we Americans as a culture are not very good at marriage. Debates on reasons why are for a different forum though....
