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| The proportion of marriages ending in divorce | | Author(s) | Ben Wilson, Steve Smallwood |
| Journal title | Population Trends, no 131, Spring 2008 |
| Pages | pp 28-36 |
| Source | http://www.statistics.gov.uk |
| Keywords | Demography ; Marriage ; Divorce ; Life expectancy tables. |
| Annotation | Even though cohabitation has become more prevalent in the last two decades, the majority of the adult population is married, and marriage is associated with a number of factors, such as educational outcome and health. Understanding the married population is also an important part of understanding partnering behaviour and family formation and dissolution. The length of marriages and whether they are ended by death or divorce is therefore of interest to demographers and policy makers. This article notes that divorces rates in 2005 suggest that approximately 45% of marriages will end in divorce. Making the assumption that divorce rates and mortality rates remain unchanged from 2005, around 10% of those marrying in 2005 will celebrate their diamond (60th) wedding anniversary, with 45% of marriages ending due to divorce and 45% ending due to death. The article includes a life table for marriage based on 2005 data for divorce and death. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080409003 A |
| Classmark | S8: SL: SOH: S7 |
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