Objectives —This report presents national estimates of the duration of first and second marriages for women 15–44 years of age in 1995. National estimates of the probability of divorce given separation and of the probability of remarriage given divorce are also presented. Methods —The life- table estimates are based on a nationally representative sample of women 15–44 years of age in the United States in 1995 from the National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle 5. Results —One fifth of first marriages end within 5 years and one third end within 10 years. First marriages of teenagers disrupt faster than the first marriages of women who were ages 20 years and older at marriage. First marriages of black non-Hispanic women dissolve at a faster rate: 47 percent end within 10 years compared with 34 percent for Hispanic, 32 percent for white non-Hispanic, and 20 percent for Asian non-Hispanic women. Virtually all separations among white non-Hispanic women (98 percent) end in divorce within 6 years, compared with only 80 percent of separations among Hispanic women and 72 percent of separations among black non-Hispanic women. Women under age 25 years at divorce are more likely to remarry than women at least age 25 years at divorce. White non-Hispanic and Hispanic women are much more likely to remarry than black non-Hispanic women. White non-Hispanic women are slightly more likely than Hispanic women to remarry. The data suggest that women who remarry before age 25 years are more likely to experience a second marital disruption than women who remarry at ages older than 25 years, although the difference is only significant at late marital durations. Black nonHispanic remarriages are more likely to disrupt than Hispanic or white non-Hispanic remarriages.
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