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Stepfamily Fact Sheet
Stepfamily Fact Sheet National Stepfamily Resource CenterThe U.S. Census Bureau recently decided to discontinue providing estimates of marriage, divorce, and remarriage except for those that are available from our current census. Thus, many of our current estimates were derived from the 1990 census and earlier data sources.Current estimates from 1988-1990 suggest: 92% of all men and women marry by age 50 43% of first marriages will end in divorce within 15 years 25% of all men and women report being marriage two or more times by age 50 In 2004, 42% of all marriages were remarriages for at least one partner Of those who get divorced, 75% will remarry (65% bring children from a previous union) 60% of those who get remarried redivorce 15% of remarriages will end in divorce within 3 years, 25% within 5 years, 39% within 10 years The average length of first and re- marriages that end in divorce is about 8 years The average time between first divorce and remarriage is about 3.5 years 54% of women will remarry within 5 years of first divorce and 75% within 10 years 50% of men who remarry after first divorce do so within 3-4 years Having low income and living in poor neighborhoods are associated with a lower chance of remarriage Younger adults are more likely to remarry than older ones Whites and Latinos are more likely to remarry than African Americans After 5 years of divorce Whites are most likely to remarry (58%), followed by Latinos (44%) and African Americans (32%)