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Title: Remarriage Rate in the U.S., 2012
Citation Type: Miscellaneous
Publication Year: 2014
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DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00723.x
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Abstract: With almost half of all marriages ending in divorce, the U.S. claims the highest divorce rate in the world (Amato, 2010; Cherlin, 2010). Most divorced individuals do not stay single (Sweeney 2010). Data from the mid-1990s indicate 69% of women and 78% of men remarry after a divorce (Schoen and Standish, 2001). Although remarriage rates were declining in the 1980s and 1990s, recent estimates have not been available due to a lack of appropriate data (Sweeney, 2010). The 2012 ACS offers a unique opportunity to estimate the current remarriage rate. • In 2012, the overall marriage rate was approximately 37 per 1,000-37 marriages occurred per 1,000 unmarried men and women aged 18 and older. ○ The marriage rate was higher for men (39 per 1,000) than for women (34 per 1,000). • Among all marriages in 2012, nearly one in three (31%) were remarriages. • The remarriage rate in 2012 was approximately 30 per 1,000-30 remarriages occurred per 1,000 men and women aged 18 and older who were eligible for a remarriage (see Note below). ○ The remarriage rate was much higher for men (43 per 1,000) than for women (23 per 1,000).
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Authors: Lamidi, Esther; Cruz, Julissa
Publisher: NCFMR
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Family and Marriage, Gender
Countries: United States