What year was the divorce rate the highest?

What year was the divorce rate the highest?

1979Divorces hit a historical high point in 1979, when 22.6 marriages out of every 1,000 broke up, according to researchers at the National Center for Family and Marriage Research at Bowling Green University.

What was the divorce rate in 2020?

60% of couples who get married between the ages of 20-25 will end in divorce, while those who get married after the age of 25 are 24% less likely to get divorced.

How was marriage in the 1950s?

In the 1950s, women felt tremendous societal pressure to focus their aspirations on a wedding ring. The U.S. marriage rate was at an all-time high and couples were tying the knot, on average, younger than ever before. Getting married right out of high school or while in college was considered the norm.