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Young Americans divorce three
times as much as 45 years ago
Three to four times as large a
proportion of first marriages are
ending in divorce among Americans
now in their late twenties as among
those of similar age 45 years ago,
according to a report just released
by the Bureau of the Census, U.S.
Department of Commerce.
The report shows that 13 percent
of the married men born in 1945 to
1949 say their first marriage ended
in divorce by the time they were in
the 25-to 29-year range. By con
trast. only three percent of those
bom in 1900 to 1904 reported that
they were divorced by the time they
had reached their late 20’s. The
corresponding increase for women
was from 5 percent to 17 percent.
Half of the 45-year increase for
both sexes occurred during the last
15 years.
The data for this report came
from a series of questions relating
to marital and fertility history of
Americans added to the Bureau’s
monthly Current Population Survey
in June 1975. The supplemental
questions were supported by the
National Institute of Child Health
and Human Development, a
component of the Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare.
The report indicates that few
persons marry more than twice.
Only about three percent of all
persons 40 to 75 years old who
have ever married have done so
more than twice. However, the
divorce rate has more than doubled
in the last dozen years, from 2.3
per 1,000 population in 1963 to
4.8 in 1975.
Wh‘ ^dults -
ite adults were more hkely
than black adults to have been
married only once. According to
the report, 64 percent of the white
men as compared with 53 percent
of the black men born between
1900 and 1959 and living in June
1975 had been married once. For
women the corresponding propor
tions married once were 68 percent
for white and 58 percent for
blacks.
A h
mother finding for the older age
range is that four out of every five
divorced persons eventually
remarry. Among persons who had
reached the age range of 50 to 75
years in 1975, five of every six men
and three of every four women
whose first marriage ended in
divorce had remarried. Thus,
divorce after first marriage is
generally not the final marital step
but only one of the steps in a
transition between first marriage
and second marriage. In addition,
divorced men are 5 to 10 per
centage points more likely than
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Container Committee, chairman.
Bob Holder, co-chairman, Dale
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(Dec. 17th <S 18th) (Fri. <S Sat.),
chairman, E. G. Lassiter, co-chair
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Equipment, chairman, Bud Den
nison, co-chairman, James Palmer,
Don Ballard, Darvin White.
Packaging Committee (Sunday,
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Bollinger, co-chairman, Stan Harris,
Robert Faulkner, Jim Purcell,
Darvin White, W. N. Winn, Bob
Mitcham, Bill Hitchcock, Dave
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Ron Light, Howard Milligan, Don
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Mike Pulliam, Bob Richardson,
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Harrison.
Delivery Committee (Dec. 22 <S
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Paul Hankey, Bill Hitchcock. Joe
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Night Watchers Committee (this
committee is responsible for the
security of merchandise in Teen Can
Buildingl, chairman, Jim Purcell,
co-chairman, Bob Richardson, J. D.
Davis, Phil Stone. Emergency
Committee, chairman, Oliver Capes.
Jim Bohannon, Bill Cook, Mark
Davis, Joe Jefferson; and Treasurer,
chairman, C. G. Henderson.
divorced women eventually to
remarry.
Widowed persons, age for age. are
less likely than divorced persons to
remarry. The report shows that
only one-half of the persons in their
early fifties in 1975 had remarried
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after their first marriage ended in
widowhood, as compared with four
fifths of those of a comparable age
whose first marriage had ended in
divorce. The proportion of widow
ers of this age who had remarried
was about 25 percentage points
above that of widows (65 versus 40
percent). As a partial consequence,
the number of widowers in their
early fifties (241,000) was only
about one-third as great as the
number of widows (774,000).
The report says meat of those who
were known to have been divorced
had been divorced only once. The
data show that of women now in
their late thirties who have ever
married — those who were born in
1935 to 1939 — 75 percent had
been married once and never been
divorced or widowed; 22 percent
had been divorced; and the
THE COVINGTON NEWS — THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2,1976
remaining 3 percent had been
widowed. Close to nine-tenths of
the reported divorces occurred after
the first marriage.
Other findings in the report are:
—Most typical ages at first
marriage are 20 to 23 years for
men and 18 to 21 for women
■ —Most typical ages at divorce
after first marriage are 25 to 29 for
men and 20 to 24 for women
—The age gap between brides and
grooms is narrowing
—Most typical interval is two or
three years from first marriage to
divorce
Seven years is the median interval
between marriage and divorce
—Three years is the median
interval between divorce and
remarriage.
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