Table 18. -- Assumed Central Divorce Rates for Alternative II by
Age of Husband and Wife (Per hundred thousand unmarried of each sex) | ||||||||
Age group of husband | Age group of wife | |||||||
14-19 | 20-24 | 25-29 | 30-34 | 35-39 | 40-44 | 45-49 | 50-54 | |
14-19 | 5,460.1 | 7,030.4 | 4,046.8 | 7,475.6 | 8,277.7 | 6,813.6 | 4,705.9 | 1,856.1 |
20-24 | 6,872.3 | 5,697.7 | 4,301.4 | 4,808.4 | 6,957.1 | 7,965.7 | 7,256.3 | 4,879.2 |
25-29 | 5,562.3 | 5,205.2 | 4,134.7 | 3,561.7 | 5,075.5 | 6,812.7 | 7,114.4 | 5,664.2 |
30-34 | 6,267.0 | 4,461.4 | 3,916.6 | 3,127.2 | 3,427.7 | 4,703.5 | 5,474.3 | 5,206.2 |
35-39 | 7,403.7 | 5,095.9 | 3,874.1 | 2,877.1 | 2,580.4 | 2,794.0 | 3,685.3 | 4,076.2 |
40-44 | 7,403.1 | 5,873.8 | 4,594.9 | 3,230.5 | 2,177.5 | 2,004.2 | 2,105.9 | 2,600.3 |
45-49 | 6,589.4 | 5,958.2 | 4,914.3 | 3,540.5 | 2,368.6 | 1,583.5 | 1,330.8 | 1,327.7 |
50-54 | 4,517.5 | 5,034.7 | 4,554.0 | 3,706.0 | 2,721.7 | 1,666.2 | 1,026.6 | 806.4 |
55-59 | 3,502.6 | 4,123.1 | 3,896.6 | 3,605.1 | 2,903.8 | 1,966.4 | 1,070.4 | 557.3 |
60-64 | 3,533.6 | 3,457.2 | 3,598.1 | 3,582.2 | 2,966.6 | 2,052.3 | 1,134.9 | 537.1 |
65-69 | 2,400.0 | 3,315.6 | 3,410.2 | 3,600.9 | 2,907.9 | 2,051.3 | 1,156.6 | 569.7 |
70-74 | -- | 2,760.1 | 3,528.7 | 3,324.6 | 2,826.6 | 1,963.2 | 1,133.9 | 576.9 |
75-79 | -- | 776.7 | 4,554.1 | 3,455.1 | 2,542.6 | 1,819.6 | 1,090.9 | 570.7 |
80-84 | -- | -- | -- | 789.0 | 1,079.9 | 1,179.6 | 838.9 | 677.3 |
85-89 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 151.1 | 508.1 |
Age group of husband | Age group of wife | ||||||
55-59 | 60-64 | 65-69 | 70-74 | 75-79 | 80-84 | 85-89 | |
14-19 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
20-24 | 2,527.6 | 1,120.1 | 451.8 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
25-29 | 3,430.7 | 2,764.3 | 2,005.5 | 163.0 | -- | -- | -- |
30-34 | 3,916.5 | 3,454.4 | 2,583.3 | 1,771.5 | 783.5 | -- | -- |
35-39 | 3,475.5 | 3,245.4 | 2,773.8 | 2,517.6 | 2,003.1 | -- | -- |
40-44 | 2,569.0 | 2,563.4 | 2,463.1 | 2,259.1 | 1,705.4 | -- | -- |
45-49 | 1,469.0 | 1,558.3 | 1,554.0 | 1,442.0 | 1,425.9 | -- | -- |
50-54 | 675.2 | 751.7 | 793.7 | 799.3 | 893.0 | 186.2 | -- |
55-59 | 272.1 | 262.3 | 317.7 | 353.1 | 406.0 | 50.3 | -- |
60-64 | 246.8 | 240.4 | 254.0 | 253.7 | 250.8 | 319.6 | -- |
65-69 | 273.9 | 245.2 | 247.4 | 241.7 | 223.0 | 246.5 | 263.9 |
70-74 | 278.7 | 247.4 | 247.5 | 243.5 | 229.0 | 238.9 | 272.4 |
75-79 | 281.2 | 234.9 | 242.6 | 235.1 | 231.6 | 267.1 | 300.4 |
80-84 | 301.1 | 222.1 | 215.9 | 219.0 | 230.5 | 250.8 | 231.0 |
85-89 | 336.5 | 296.2 | 265.2 | 264.2 | 242.9 | 196.8 | 170.9 |
Note: The central divorce rate is the ratio of the number of divorces during the year in the tabulated age cell to the midyear number of married couples in that cell. |