The findings are based on a survey of nearly 11,000 women aged 15 to 44 who responded to a 1995 survey, an update of a similar study conducted in the early 1970s. According to the report, people were much more likely to stay married 30 years ago. The report also indicates that one in three first marriages now end within 10 years and one in five ends within 5 years.
Second marriages are even less likely to survive than a first marriage.
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