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Divorce in the 1990s


  Author: Jane F. Gentleman, Evelyn Park
Publisher: Health Canada
Publication: Health Reports Vol. 9, No. 2
Document Date:                  Autumn 1997
Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
Related Categories:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce
Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
Divorce and Remarriage > Parental Divorce
Family Structure > Marital Status
Family Structure > Parental Marital Status
Marriage > Marital Conflict
Marriage > Marital Duration
Marriage > Marital Satisfaction
Marriage > Marriage Rate
 

This article provides divorce rate statistics from 1970-1995, with particular attention paid to divorce rates in the 1990s.  It concludes that, despite dramatically elevated divorce rates since the 1970s, about two thirds of marriages will continue to last until the death of one of the partners.

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