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Line 41: − According to a [[Barna Group]] study from 1999 with a sample size of over 3000, the percentage of [[atheists]] getting divorced was lower than that for [[Christians]] or [[Jews]]<ref>http://www.adherents.com/largecom/baptist_divorce.html</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>+ + + + +
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The United States has a divorce rate of 3.6 per 1,000 as of 2005<ref>http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr54/nvsr54_20.pdf</ref>. This results in a 41% failure rate for first marriages.<ref>http://www.divorcerate.org/</ref>
The United States has a divorce rate of 3.6 per 1,000 as of 2005<ref>http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr54/nvsr54_20.pdf</ref>. This results in a 41% failure rate for first marriages.<ref>http://www.divorcerate.org/</ref>
====religion====
According to a [[Barna Group]] study from 1999 with a sample size of 3854, the percentage of [[atheists]] getting divorced was lower than that for [[Christians]] or [[Jews]]<ref>http://www.adherents.com/largecom/baptist_divorce.html</ref>
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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>
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Another Barna study in 2004 looking only at people who had married and their rate of divorce (sample size of 3,614) found that there was no difference in divorce rate between born again Christians and other Christians and 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>
====age====
The Barna study from 2004 also found that there was a large difference in divorce rates between [[baby boomers]] and the generations before, with the boomers having a much higher rate of marital failure. It is estimated that the boomers may pass a 50% rate of divorce. The generation after the boomers, the [[baby busters]], appears to be heading to a similar rate of marital failure as the boomers based on early data.<ref>http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspxPage=BarnaUpdate&BarnaUpdateID=170</ref>
== Covenant Marriage ==
== Covenant Marriage ==