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Divorce Trends
HE A LTH EDUC A TION H E A L T H 1 0 0 V E R S I O N 3 / Marrieds and Non
"To legally marry in the United States today, one simply goes to the local county or state office and applies for a state marriage license. The state also claims authority in granting divorce rights to couples. Divorce is the legal dissolution of a previously granted marriage. Most marriages still endure, and the odds are that divorce won't happen to most marriages. It is a myth that one in two marriages eventually ends in divorce. There are a few myths about U.S. divorce trends that will be dispelled in this chapter. You might have heard the myth of the Seven Year Itch, where divorce happens prior to or shortly after the seventh year. Current government estimates indicate that about 75% of couples make their ten-year anniversary in their first marriage. The myths are false, but divorce does happen more today than it did 50 years ago, and more people today are currently divorced than were currently divorced 50 years ago."
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