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However, a follow up study in 2001 that looked into cohabitation trends found that Christians weren't cohabitating in the same proportions as non-Christians and that was affecting the results.  Checking for born again Christians specifically, it was found that 80% of born again Christians were or had been married compared to 69% for all other groups.  When this was adjusted for, it gave born again Christians a slightly lower divorce rate than the general population.<ref>http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdate&BarnaUpdateID=95</ref>

However, a follow up study in 2001 that looked into cohabitation trends found that Christians weren't cohabitating in the same proportions as non-Christians and that was affecting the results.  Checking for born again Christians specifically, it was found that 80% of born again Christians were or had been married compared to 69% for all other groups.  When this was adjusted for, it gave born again Christians a slightly lower divorce rate than the general population.<ref>http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdate&BarnaUpdateID=95</ref>

   

   

A follow up Barna study in 2004 looking only at people who had married and their rate of divorce (again with a sample size of over 3000) found that Christians on a whole had a slightly lower percentage of divorce when compared to atheists and agnostics.<ref>http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdate&BarnaUpdateID=170</ref>

A follow up Barna study in 2004 looking only at people who had married and their rate of divorce (again with a sample size of over 3000) found that Christians on a whole had a slightly lower percentage of divorce when compared to atheists and [[agnostics]].<ref>http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdate&BarnaUpdateID=170</ref>

== Covenant Marriage ==

== Covenant Marriage ==