Human Growth and Development / Unit 14 HGD 1969 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Divorce Trends
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The idea
The US divorce rate peaked in nineteen seventy-nine at about twenty-three per thousand married women and fell to about fourteen by twenty twenty.
In practice
No-fault divorce, introduced in the nineteen seventies, raising rates, while religiosity lowers divorce risk.
Where people slip
The misconception is that divorce keeps rising; rates have fallen for decades, though they remain higher among lower-income and less-educated adults.
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