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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>

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 from the 1999 study.  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.  The difference is within the margin of error.<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>

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]].  The difference is within the margin of error.<ref>http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdate&BarnaUpdateID=170</ref>

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