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In the above study, lesbians' divorce risks were 10% higher than for gay men (Table 4). A study of marriage dissolution rates in Sweden spanning the years 1995–2012 found that 30% of both male same-sex marriages and heterosexual marriages ended in divorce, whereas the separation rate for female same-sex marriages was 40% (their Figure 7a). [19]
Similar to trends in divorce, marriage rates have also dropped steadily from 10.6 per 1,000 people in 1969. In 2022, 2,065,905 couples married—a rate of 6.2 marriages per 1,000 people. These ...
The highest rates of female same-sex marriage were found in Oakland (2.1% of all marriages), Seattle, San Francisco, Springfield (MA) and Portland (OR), whereas gay male marriages were most frequent in San Francisco (3.2%), Washington D.C., New York City, Seattle and Fort Lauderdale. [185]
When Karl Dunn, 53, began the divorce process, he received support at work from other divorced men. As a gay man, Dunn says he was shocked to connect deeply with so many straight male coworkers.
Growth in marriage rates may be due to more than just rescheduling, said Marissa Nelson, a licensed marriage and family therapist in Washington, DC. ... In 2022, the divorce rate was 2.4 per 1,000 ...
The study by researcher Darren Spedale found that 15 years after Denmark had granted same-sex couples the rights of marriage, rates of opposite-sex marriage in those countries had gone up, and rates of opposite-sex divorce had gone down – contradicting the concept that same-sex marriages would have a negative effect on opposite-sex marriages ...
Approval of same-sex marriage is higher in younger generations; [4] among 18–34 year olds, support is near-universal. [5] From 1988 to 2009, support for recognized same-sex marriage increased between 1% and 1.5% per year, and accelerated thereafter, [6] rising above 50% in Pew Research Center polling for the first time in 2011. [7]
Over the past decade, both marriage and divorce rates nationally declined — but figures varied widely between states. Read The Marriage and Divorce Rate in Every State from Money Talks News.