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Divorce rates then became increasingly steep throughout the 1970s; 80s and 90s, and eventually surpassed cumulative rates from the 1960s. But, since the 1990s, these curves appear to be falling once again, mirroring the findings from the US.
5 cze 2023 · Divorce rates generally increased from the 19th century through the 1950s. The 1970s saw a larger increase in divorce rates; no-fault divorce was established in 1969 in California and other states followed suit. The US has generally seen a decline in divorce since the start of the 21st century.
30 sty 2019 · In 1970, the rate was 3.5, and by 1972 it had jumped to 4 divorces for every 1,000 Americans. In 1976, it jumped to 5, and by 1979, the rate was 5.3 per 1,000 American, with 1,193,062 divorces ...
The divorce rate fell from a historic high of 22.6 divorces per 1,000 married women in 1980 to 17.5 in 2007. In real terms, this means that slightly more than 40% of contemporary first marriages are likely to end in divorce, down from approximately 50% in 1980.
Using National Vital Statistics, Decennial Census, and American Community Survey data, we investigate women’s divorce rate and the proportion of women separated/divorced over time from 1900 to 2018.
Analysis of divorce statistics for the early 1970’s, including specific divorce rates by various characteristics, based on population data from the 1970 census, and trend data through 1976.
divorce rate in 1970 would have been 8.24, some 8 percent higher than in 1960. How-ever, if the age-specific divorce rates shifted, as in fact they did, while the pro-portions married and the age composition of the population had been unchanged, Table 3.-Synthetic Divorce Rates for Women in the 15-State Sample: 1960 and 1970
