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Divorce in the United States
Reprinted from divorcePeers.com
- In 1998 2.2 million couples married and 1.1 million couples divorced.
- In 2000 58 million couples were married, yet separated.
- In 2000 there were over 21 million divorces.
- People between the ages of 25 to 39 make up 60% of all divorces.
- Over one million children are affected by divorce each year.
- Approximately 1/3 of divorced parents remain bitter and hostile several years after the divorce.
- In 1990 the average female age for re-marriage after divorce was 30.6 years; for males, 33.7 years of age.
- In 1990 the average female age for a second divorce was 37.3 years; for males, 40.4 years of age.
- More people are part of second marriages today than first marriages.
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