Interesting Facts

Couples without children are 20% more likely to get divorced than those with children.

45-50% of First marriages end in divoce, 60-70% of Second marriages end in divorce, and 70-73% of Third marriages end in divorce.

Average age of divorced people: 30 years for males, and 29 years for females.

10% of U.S. population is divorced

Average length of divorce proceedings is 1 year.


If you live in a red state, you're 27 percent more likely to get divorced than if you live in a blue state.

If you argue with your spouse about finances once a week, your marriage is 30 percent more likely to end in divorce than if you argue with your spouse about finances less frequently.

If your parents were divorced, you're at least 40 percent more likely to get divorced than if they weren't. If your parents married others after divorcing, you're 91 percent more likely to get divorced.

If only one partner in your marriage is a smoker, you're 75 percent to 91 percent more likely to divorce than smokers who are married to fellow smokers.

If you have a daughter, you're nearly 5 percent more likely to divorce than if you have a son.

If you're an evangelical Christian adult who has been married, there's a 26 percent likelihood that you've been divorced—compared to a 28 percent chance for Catholics and a 38 percent chance for non-Christians.

If you're a woman two or more years older than your husband, your marriage is 53 percent more likely to end in divorce than if he was one year younger to three years older.

If you're of "below average" intelligence, you're 50 percent more likely to be divorced than those of "above average" intelligence.

 If you have twins or triplets, your marriage is 17 percent more likely to end in divorce than if your children are not multiple births.

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