KCTR: We’re Montana’s Own » Rates http://catcountry1029.com We’re Montana’s Own Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:36:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Which States Have the Highest Marriage and Divorce Rates? http://catcountry1029.com/states-highest-marriage-divorce-rates/ http://catcountry1029.com/states-highest-marriage-divorce-rates/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:30:06 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=40634 The 2009 Census reveals that while couples in western and southern states marry more often, they also divorce at a higher rate than those in other areas of the US.

Andrew Cherlin, a professor of sociology and public policy at Johns Hopkins University, said, “Surprisingly, the south and west, which we think of as more socially conservative, have higher rates of divorce than does the supposedly liberal east. The reason is that young adults in the south and west tend to have less education and marry earlier, both of which lead to a higher risk of divorce.”

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