>True - but in the early 1980's it was 5+. It is no longer true that the divorce rate is rising, or that half of all marriages end in divorce. It has not been for some time.
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>I suspect that this is because the marriage rate has fallen.

I think that's part of it. I also think people getting married later reduces the divorce rate, as does the loss of societal disapproval over sex before marriage.

Tamar