Divorce Cycle Is Being Broken Adult children of divorced parents have a much lower likelihood of experiencing divorce themselves today than 20 years ago. Compared with those who didn’t divorce, they have a:
49% higher split-up rate. In ’73 it was 172% higher.
34% higher rate of teen-age marriage. In ’73 this was 76% higher.
5% lower marriage rate overall. It was 36% higher in the mid-70‘s
Nicholas Wolfinger, University of Utah sociologist credits
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