US divorce rate has dropped by a third since 1981, while marriage rate has decreased by nearly a third since 1985. Cohabitation rates have risen steadily.
The divorce rate in the United States has dropped by a third since its peak in 1981, when more than five out of 1,000 couples were divorcing. The marriage rate has also dropped by nearly a third since 1985, and the cohabitation rate has risen steadily.
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The countries with the highest divorce rates are the United States, Russia and the United Kingdom. Southeast Asian nations tend to have the lowest divorce rates, especially Sri Lanka and India.
By age 30, nearly half of women in the United States will have been living with someone outside of marriage. Nearly 40% of extramarital partnerships last no more than five years, which is slightly higher than the early divorce rate in first marriages.
In the United States, nearly 70% of those who are divorced or widowed say they have no intention of remarrying.
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