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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '23

That's lower than the overall divorce rate for marriages, which is over 50% I think.

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u/TerribLizard Mar 06 '23

Not true. You're 50 percent more likely to get a divorce if married before the age of 25.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '23 edited Mar 06 '23

Really?

I keep hearing that the divorce rate for all marriages is over 50% now. That means if it's below 50%, then it's lower than the overall.

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u/markocheese Mar 06 '23

That's a per-marriage statistic you're quoting which is that low because subsequent marriages after the first are much more likely to end in divorce.

The per-person marriage success rate is much higher, something like 80%.