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1. |
50% of first marriages ended in divorce in
2002. (1) |
2. |
60% of remarriages end in divorce. (2) |
3. |
64% of unhappily married couples that remained married
reported they were happy five years later. (3) |
4. |
19% of unhappily married couples that remarried reported
they were happy five years later. (4) |
5. |
Children of divorce or marital conflict are more likely
to divorce than children of happily married parents. (5) (Children
of divorce are 50% more likely to divorce than children
of intact families.) (6) |
6. |
Divorce in America costs $33.3 billion annually or $312.00
per household. (7) |
7. |
The average divorce in America costs the state and federal
governments $30,000.00 in direct and indirect costs ($125
million per million population). (8) |
8. |
It costs a couple an average of $18,000 to divorce, which
includes lost work productivity, relocation costs and legal
fees. (9) |
9. |
30% of American divorces involve high conflict. (10) |
10. |
60% of American divorces involve medium to high conflict. (11) |
11. |
Children in single parent families are twice as likely
to develop serious psychiatric illness and addictions later
in life. (12) |
12. |
The number of divorces has quadrupled from 4.3 million
in 1970 to 18.3 million in 1996. (13) |
13. |
96% of Americans express a personal desire for marriage;
almost three-quarters of Americans believe marriage is
a life long commitment. (14) |
14. |
One million children in America are involved in a new
divorce annually, as of 1997. (15) |
15. |
Fatherless homes account for:
" 63% of youth suicides
" 90% of homeless / runaway children
" 85% of children with behavior problems
" 71% of high school dropouts
" 85% of youth in prison
" 50+ % of teen mothers (16) |
16. |
At least 40% of divorced women and 46% of divorced men
admit divorce was the wrong decision. (17) |
17. |
The marital status with the highest suicide rate is divorce
(rather than married, never married or widowed). (18) |
18. |
America is the unrivaled world leader in divorce. (19) |
