Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.PCS 1/10/84; site ahutb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!houxm!ahuta!ahutb!seb From: seb@ahutb.UUCP (seb) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Divorce Rate Drops Message-ID: <526@ahutb.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Mar-85 13:15:00 EST Article-I.D.: ahutb.526 Posted: Wed Mar 6 13:15:00 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Mar-85 05:52:29 EST Organization: AT&T Information Systems Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 17 Thought some of you might find this interesting... Paraphased from the Asbury Park Press(Associated Press) The divorce rate dropped between 1981 and 1982 for the first time in 20 years. The rate dropped from 5.3 per 1,000 population in 1981 to 5.0 per 1,000. The drop of 6% was steeper than any drop since right after WWII. No one is really willing to conjecture on why the drop has occurred but some people feel it is because people are waiting longer to get married in the first place. Later marriages result in fewer divorves. Young marriages just seem to be more unstable. This would seem reasonable, since the older you get the pickier you get and you probably know what you want and wait until you get it. The drop could also be because less people are getting married to begin with. Sharon Badian