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What men should know before getting married in the US

  • Women initiate 70% of all divorces (reference)
  • According to the American Psychological Association, 40% to 50% of married couples in the United States divorce. The divorce rate for subsequent marriages is even higher. (Source: American Psychological Association, “Marriage & Divorce”)
  • According to a study by Michael Rosenfeld, a sociologist at Stanford University, the median duration of a first marriage that ends in divorce is about 7.9 years. (Source: Rosenfeld, M. J. (2017).
  • The US divorce rate per 1,000 married women was around 14.56 in 2022
  • The divorce rate per 1000 married women is nearly double that of 1960 (reference Wilkinson – Finkbeiner family lawyer)
  • 60 percent of second marriages end in divorce
  • 73 percent of all third marriages end in divorce