Contested Divorce In America today, marriage is common, however divorce is very common as well. Some factors that help to prevent divorce are: religious beliefs, a college education, a good example from the parents, and even waiting until the age 25 to marry. Statistics show that those who have a college education are less prone to divorce by 13 percent. In the case of individuals who have the example of happily married parents, the risk of divorce for them is less by 14 percent. If a person has strong religious beliefs, this is shown to decrease the risk of divorce by 14 percent. If a person waits until they have reached or surpassed the age of 25, studies show that the risk of divorce is reduced by 24 percent in their case. Even with all of these statistics that help to prevent divorce, the truth is that it is still quite common. Almost 50 percent of marriages end up in divorce. First marriages that end up in divorce last an average of 8 years, and 60 percent of all divorces involve individuals who are 25 to 39 years of age. Unfortunately there are other people who are affected by divorce as well; more than one million children are affected by divorce every year. If a teenaged girl grew up in a home with one parent, she is twice as likely to have a child outside of wedlock as a teenaged girl who grew up with both parents. Children who were raised with only one parent are less likely to marry, and more prone to divorce.
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