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Hi,
The proper way to find the rate is divide the number of divorces (3.5) by the number of marriages, (7.6). The result is 0.46, or 46%. Not 0.7%.
Posted by: Daniel Rand | May 09, 2009 at 09:27 PM
No, the statisticians all say that dividing the number of divorces occurring by the number of marriages occurring in the same year is NOT a proper way to get any useful figure. Although in the very long run, if rates remained stable, I should think it would be accurate. These "per capita" rates that the government reports every year don't tell you much that intuitively is meaningful; but they are the standard way of reporting the divorce rates and so are useful for comparing different times and places. Now, a per capita rate that divided by the TOTAL MARRIED POPULATION would be useful, but for some reason no one calculates and reports that rate very often.
Posted by: John Crouch | May 30, 2009 at 12:19 AM
Divorce should be illegal . jail time. make a wise decision to get married. not a stupid one.
Posted by: bob | August 22, 2009 at 12:27 PM
TAKE CHANCES,MAKE MISTAKES AND THAN SOME KIND OF WAY GET OUT OF IT IF YOU CAN IF YOU HAVE TOO.
Posted by: twitter.com/2001amiracle | November 09, 2009 at 10:04 PM