"Census: Married couples staying married longer" - Matthew Clark, Pittsburg, KS Morning Sun.
More than half of currently married couples have been married at least 15 years and 35 percent have been married 25 years - a slight increase since 1996, the Census Bureau reports.
1% of couples have both spouses married three or more times. 72 percent of couples have both spouses in their first marriage. 6% have the wife in her second marriage and the husband in the first; 8% have the husband in his second and the wife in her first.
The article cites increased pre-marital education offered or required by churches as a possible reason, and also that people are now older when they first marry, and "31 percent of women who have recently married have a bachelor’s degree", up from 21% in 1996.
It is good that couple staying married long because if the take the divorce then it can impact on their kids and their family.
Posted by: Toronto Film Schools | August 01, 2011 at 08:17 AM
I agree! It is excellent that several remaining wedded lengthy because if the take the separation and breakup then it can effect on their children and their household.
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