You're going to have to back those numbers up. I've always heard that half of marriages fail and that includes a greater than average number for second and later marriages, leaving less than 50% of first marriages ending in divorce at any time during their lifetimes.
You’re going to have to back those numbers up. I’ve always heard that half of marriages fail and that includes a greater than average number for second and later marriages, leaving less than 50% of first marriages ending in divorce at any time during their lifetimes.
That is what I have heard as well.
There are serial marrying types out there that tilt the stats toward marriage failure.
But times are changing, and marriage may be less popular.
The CDC confirms Marriage is Dead
According to the CDC and the National Survey of Family Growth, 93% of first marriages fail within the first 10 years. Quote:
First Marriage Survival (Probability of lasting more than 10 years) Probability
Probability that a first marriage will survive 10 years 6.6 % – 1 in 15
If there was no birth during marriage 3.7 % – 1 in 27
If there was a birth before marriage 6.5 % – 1 in 15
If there was a birth 0-7 months after marriage 7.4 % – 1 in 13
If there was a birth 8+ months after marriage 7.9 % – 1 in 12