Divorce in America
In 1993 2.3 millions couples married and 1.3 million couples divorced.
In 1993 the Bureau of the Census projected that 4 of 10 first marriages will end in divorce.
People between the ages of 25 to 39 make up 60% of all divorces.
Over one million children are affected by divorce each year.
70% of all children born in 1980 will spend some time of their childhood in a single parent family.
75% of women and 80% of men remarry within 5 years after divorce.
Second marriages are at greater risk of ending in divorce that first marriages.
More people are part of second marriages today than first marriages.
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