| Title |
Breaking Up Is Hard to Count: The Rise of Divorce in the United States, 1980–2010
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Demography, January 2014
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| DOI | 10.1007/s13524-013-0270-9 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sheela Kennedy, Steven Ruggles |
| Abstract |
This article critically evaluates the available data on trends in divorce in the United States. We find that both vital statistics and retrospective survey data on divorce after 1990 underestimate recent marital instability. These flawed data have led some analysts to conclude that divorce has been stable or declining for the past three decades. Using new data from the American Community Survey and controlling for changes in the age composition of the married population, we conclude that there was actually a substantial increase in age-standardized divorce rates between 1990 and 2008. Divorce rates have doubled over the past two decades among persons over age 35. Among the youngest couples, however, divorce rates are stable or declining. If current trends continue, overall age-standardized divorce rates could level off or even decline over the next few decades. We argue that the leveling of divorce among persons born since 1980 probably reflects the increasing selectivity of marriage. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 18 | 51% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |
| Spain | 1 | 3% |
| Ireland | 1 | 3% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 3% |
| Portugal | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 11 | 31% |
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| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 25 | 71% |
| Scientists | 7 | 20% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 9% |
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| United States | 5 | 2% |
| Croatia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 253 | 98% |
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| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 62 | 24% |
| Researcher | 27 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 25 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 25 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 23 | 9% |
| Other | 44 | 17% |
| Unknown | 53 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Social Sciences | 108 | 42% |
| Psychology | 43 | 17% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 9 | 3% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 8 | 3% |
| Arts and Humanities | 8 | 3% |
| Other | 28 | 11% |
| Unknown | 55 | 21% |
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