Youth Indicators 1996 / Indicator 4, Chart 1
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States, various years; Historical Statistics of the United States to 1975; and Current Population Reports, Series P-25, Population Estimates and Projections, nos. 311, 519, 917, and 1000. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics, Monthly Vital Statistics Report, various years; and Vital Statistics of the United States, various years.
Both the number of divorces and divorce rates rose rapidly between 1965 and 1975. The divorce rate (number of divorces per 1,000 married women) peaked in 1979 at 23. Since then, the divorce rate has dipped to about 21 per 1,000 in 1993. About 1 million children were involved in divorces in 1988.
