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DivorceMagazine.com collects its own divorce statistics through our online polls. Here’s the data we’ve collected since July 2000. |
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Marriage & Divorce: |
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| Who initiated your separation/divorce? | |
| Percentage of divorces initiated by the husband: | 43% |
| Percentage of divorces initiated by the wife: | 57% |
| Did problems with your in-laws contribute to your separation/divorce? | |
| Percentage in which in-laws were 100% responsible: | 6% |
| Percentage in which in-laws were mostly responsible: | 10% |
| Percentage in which in-laws were somewhat responsible: | 25% |
| Percentage in which in-laws were slightly responsible: | 14% |
| Percentage in which in-laws were not at all responsible: | 45% |
| How was your divorce? | |
| Percentage of divorces that were ugly: | 50% |
| Percentage of divorces that were OK: | 38% |
| Percentage of divorces that were friendly: | 12% |
| If you could change the past, would you still be getting (or have gotten) divorced? | |
| Percentage of women who would: | 80% |
| Percentage of men who would: | 58% |
| Are your parents divorced? | |
| Percentage who are divorced and whose parents are too: | 21% |
| Percentage who have never been divorced but whose parents are: | 22% |
| Percentage who are divorced but whose parents aren’t: | 31% |
| Percentage who have never been divorced and whose parents aren’t: | 26% |
| What do you miss most about being married? | |
| Percentage who miss physical intimacy: | 15% |
| Percentage who miss emotional intimacy: | 27% |
| Percentage who miss financial security: | 12% |
| Percentage who miss sharing responsibility for decisions: | 4% |
| Percentage who miss daily contact with their kids: | 20% |
| Percentage who miss nothing: | 19% |
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Sex & Adultery |
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| Would you leave your partner if you discovered he/she was having an affair? | |
| Percentage of men who would: | 68% |
| Percentage of women who would: | 79% |
| Would you tell a friend if you knew his/her spouse was cheating on him/her? | |
| Percentage of women who definitely would: | 64% |
| Percentage of women who might: | 24% |
| Percentage of women who would not: | 12% |
| Percentage of men who definitely would: | 55% |
| Percentage of men who might: | 22% |
| Percentage of men who would not: | 23% |
| Do you think having extra-marital “cyber” or “phone” sex is the same as committing adultery? | |
| Percentage of women who do: | 71% |
| Percentage of men who do: | 46% |
| How many affairs did you have before your divorce/separation? | |
| Percentage of women who had none: | 72% |
| Percentage of women who had 1 to 4: | 25% |
| Percentage of women who had at least 5: | 3% |
| Percentage of men who had none: | 64% |
| Percentage of men who had 1 to 4: | 29% |
| Percentage of men who had at least 5: | 7% |
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Children & Divorce: |
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| How are your children handling your divorce? | |
| Percentage whose children are fine: | 31% |
| Percentage whose children are somewhat upset/angry: | 33% |
| Percentage whose children are quite upset/angry: | 19% |
| Percentage whose children are extremely upset/angry: | 17% |
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