The following are some interesting marriage and divorce statistics.
- 78% of adult Americans have been married at one point in their life.
- 50% of all first marriages end in divorce
- 64%of all second marriages end in divorce
- 74%of all third marriages end in divorce
- The United States has the highest incidence of divorce in the free world
- Couples with children have only a slightly lower rate of divorce
- There no longer seems to be much of a stigma attached to divorce;rather, people view divorce as just another rite of passage.
Most interesting fact...Many young adults make the assumption that most people will marry several times seeking a different partner for each phase of their life.
Can you please share the source(s) of these statistics? Thank you. Glenn Wolff, LCSW
See: http://www.divorcestatistics.org/
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/divorce.htm I haven't been able however to find the report that contains the stats of second and third marriages. I think if someone is interested they should call Jennifer Baker and ask her what study these stats are based on. You say that "all statistics are controversial" but if you can't provide a source and link to an actual study, it makes the statistics and statements you make even more controversial .