Divorce Goes Downscale

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Though Americans marry at a later age than they did in earlier generations, the vast majority tie the knot eventually. A study by The Barna Group found that 78 percent of adults have married. Of course, lots of those marriages didn’t take: 33 percent of those who’ve ever married have also divorced.

Like smoking, though, divorce has become a disproportionately downmarket phenomenon. Among those people categorized by Barna as “downscale” (meaning no college and household income under $20,000), 39 percent of those who’ve ever married have also gotten divorced.

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