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Advance Report of Final Divorce Statistics, 1982

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  • Corporate Authors:
    National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.). Division of Health Resources Statistics.
  • Description:
    The number of divorces dropped sharply in 1982, from a historic high of 1,213,000 in 1981 to 1,170,000 in 1982. This was the first decline in the number of divorces in 20 years. The annual total of divorces was 413,000 in 1962; it more than doubled by 1972(845,000) and nearly tripled by 1981 (table 1). The 3.5-percent drop from 1981 to 1982 was greater than any percent decline since 1948, although the 1958 drop was almost as great (3.4 percent).

    The divorce rate also dropped sharply, from 5.3 per 1,000 population in 1981 to 5.0 in 1982. This drop of 6 percent was more precipitous than any annual decline since those recorded following the steep, but tempormy, surge in marriages and, divorces in the aftermath of World War II.

    Suggested Citation: National Center for Health Statistics: Advance report of final divorce statistics, 1982. Monthly Vital Statistics Report. Vol. 33, No. 11, Supp. DHHS Pub. No. (PHS) 85-1120. Public Health Service. Hyattsville, Md., Feb. 28, 1985.

    mv33_11s.pdf

  • Subjects:
  • Series:
    Monthly Vital Statistics Report
  • Document Type:
    Journal Issue
  • Genre:
    Statistics
  • Place as Subject:
    United States
  • Pages in Document:
    16 Pages
  • Volume:
    33
  • Issue:
    11
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    urn:sha-512:52053f4902ca0af0e69416a1619dccea0c5236c4216f2023c2b3a577fdee88fa0343d79c5f5fccacc11f3f4fcc88480ea0c363b757eb48644766bad0b2ae23de
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