Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Why Divorce Begets Divorce
- 3 Coupling and Uncoupling
- 4 How Strong Is the Divorce Cycle?
- 5 Historical Developments
- 6 The Cohabitation Revolution
- 7 Conclusion
- Appendix A Data and Methods
- Appendix B Evaluating the Role of Marriage Differentials in the Weakening Divorce Cycle
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Appendix B - Evaluating the Role of Marriage Differentials in the Weakening Divorce Cycle
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 July 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Why Divorce Begets Divorce
- 3 Coupling and Uncoupling
- 4 How Strong Is the Divorce Cycle?
- 5 Historical Developments
- 6 The Cohabitation Revolution
- 7 Conclusion
- Appendix A Data and Methods
- Appendix B Evaluating the Role of Marriage Differentials in the Weakening Divorce Cycle
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Proof that the rate of divorce transmission abated irrespective of declines in marriage for the children of divorce can be obtained from a simple standardization. To ensure adequate cases, I pooled data from the end-points of the 1973–94 General Social Survey data into two groups, representing 1973–74 and 1993–94.
For 1973–74, 28 percent (49/175) of respondents from divorced single-parent families dissolved their own marriages, compared to 17 percent (401/2388) from intact families. Marriage rates were similar for these years, with 85 percent (175/206) of people from divorced families and 88 percent (2388/2726) of people from intact families wedding. By 1994, marriage rates had declined to 68 percent (277/406) and 82 percent (2198/2676), respectively. Over the same years, divorce rates for both groups rose, to 34 percent (744/2198) for people from intact families and 42 percent (115/277) for the children of divorce; conversely, 58 percent (162/277) people from divorced families had remained married in 1994. Although divorce rates increased for both groups, their convergence demonstrates a decline in the rate of divorce transmission. At the same time, marriage rates declined much more quickly for people from divorced families than for people from intact families. Contrasting across time, 17 percent (85 – 68) fewer children of divorce married in 1993–94 than in 1973–74. Out of 406 children of divorce, 277 married in 1993–94; had marriage rates remained the same over time, 69 (.17 • 406) more would have wed.
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- Understanding the Divorce CycleThe Children of Divorce in their Own Marriages, pp. 142 - 144Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2005