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Title: First Divorce Rates of Women by Educational Attainment, 2012
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Publication Year: 2014
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DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00723.x
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Abstract: Over the last four decades, the proportion of Americans who are currently divorced more than quadrupled, rising from 2.9% in 1970 to 13.4% in 2012 (FP-14-07). Although prior research suggests the divorce rate peaked in the late 1970s (Stevenson & Wolfers, 2007), new work indicates researchers may have underestimated the divorce rate in recent years, particularly for persons over age 35 (Kennedy & Ruggles, 2014). Roughly half of first marriages are expected to end in separation or divorce, and the risk of divorce varies substantially according to educational attainment and racial/ethnic status (Amato, 2010; Raley & Bumpass, 2003).
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Authors: Stykes, Bart; Gibba, Larry; Payne, Krista
Publisher: NFCMR
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Family and Marriage
Countries: United States