THE SLOWING METABOLISM OF MARRIAGE - FIGURES FROM 1988 UNITED-STATES MARITAL-STATUS LIFE-TABLES

Authors
SCHOEN R WEINICK RM
Citation
R. Schoen et Rm. Weinick, THE SLOWING METABOLISM OF MARRIAGE - FIGURES FROM 1988 UNITED-STATES MARITAL-STATUS LIFE-TABLES, Demography, 30(4), 1993, pp. 737-746
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Demografy
Journal title
Demography → ACNP
ISSN journal
00703370
Volume
30
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
737 - 746
Database
ISI
SICI code
0070-3370(1993)30:4<737:TSMOM->2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Marital status life tables for the United States, 1988, show a continu ing retreat from marriage. For both sexes, the proportion ever marryin g declined and the average age at first marriage rose. The 1988 rates imply that 43% of marriages end in divorce. That represents a slight d ecline from the 1983 figure, and suggests that divorce has peaked at a level below that estimated in earlier analyses.