Characteristics of Remarriage after Divorce

Median age for marital event in first and second marriages

• Men and women do not seem to differ much on when they marry, divorce and remarry after divorce.

Duration of marriages (years) for people 15 and older

• First marriages lasted about 8 years
• They tended to separate for about 1 year prior to divorce
• People remarry after about three and half years
• Their second marriages last about as long as their first marriages
• There is not a major difference between men and women

Number of Times Married for Currently Married Wives and Their Husbands: 2004

• No significant difference between men and women.