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Why fewer and fewer Americans are getting divorced

  • Written by Tera R. Jordan, Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Iowa State University
More Americans are sticking to their wedding vows.Melinda Nagy/shutterstock.com

Fewer and fewer Americans are getting divorced, with the rates falling 18% between 2008 and 2016.

Among American adults, there is support for divorce when couples do not get along. Women, people from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, and adults who have...

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