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... > contexts > demography > family characteristics > marital status > divorce > cultural sociology of divorce > risks for and causes of divorce > second marriages
... > contexts > population characteristics > health > public health > epidemiologic measurements > demography > family characteristics > marital status > divorce > cultural sociology of divorce > risks for and causes of divorce > second marriages
... > contexts > population characteristics > demography > family characteristics > marital status > divorce > cultural sociology of divorce > risks for and causes of divorce > second marriages
... > contexts > population characteristics > socioeconomic factors > family characteristics > marital status > divorce > cultural sociology of divorce > risks for and causes of divorce > second marriages

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second marriages  

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  • More than two-thirds of divorced women and more than three-quarters of divorced men in the United States remarry; approximately half of all marriages in the United States are remarriages for one or both partners. The rate of divorce among these remarriages is about 60 percent, compared to about 50 percent among first marriages. [Source: Cultural Sociology of Divorce: An Encyclopedia; Second Marriages]

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