divorce rate
Separation statistic measured
The divorce rate is a statistical measure of how many marriages end in divorce within a population, typically expressed as divorces per 1,000 people or as a percentage of marriages.
It's commonly cited in discussions of social trends and family stability: The divorce rate peaked in the 1980s.
Statistics vary widely depending on how they're calculated and which marriages are counted.
- marriageFormal union between partners
- separationState of being apart
- no faultAbsence of culpability
- fifty percentHalf of something
- custodyProtective care or control
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