Briefing Paper: How Do They Do That?

In this chapter by Patrick Heuveline, the statistic of divorce and the reasons why are stated and deliberated throughout. Heuveline explains that using the ratio "for every 100 weddings there were 57 divorces" is not very useful because it divides apples by oranges. He goes on to say that there are many different factors that constitute a divorce and the statistics for those are all very different.


This article is about the various reasons for divorce and the statistics surrounding first time and second time marriages.

http://www.divorce.usu.edu/files/uploads/Lesson3.pdf


This website explains all different kinds of statistics for divorce and other factors that contribute to it.

http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/vsob1/divorces-in-england-and-wales/2011/sty-what-percentage-of-marriages-end-in-divorce.html


This pdf from the center of family and demographic research compares divorce in middle and later life including background, rationale, an analytic sample, divorce trends, etc.

http://www.bgsu.edu/downloads/cas/file94173.pdf


This article from Council on Contemporary Families interviews Heuveline about statistics on divorce.

http://contemporaryfamilies.org/marriage-partnership-divorce/tricky.html