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September 21, 2001

Strange But True!

  • A weekly column of incidental information, off-the-wall observations and other random facts about the world.
    • By BILL SONES and RICH SONES, Ph.D.
    Special to the Journal

    Q. Newlyweds, is your marriage destined to last? Can you tell by the depth of your love?

    A. Before answering, consider the statistics. Divorce rates worldwide vary from .01 percent of the population annually in Bolivia, the Philippines and Spain to 4.7 percent in the U.S., says David Myers in “Social Psychology.” Slightly more than half of marriages in the “individualistic” U.S. end in divorce, 40 percent in Canada — higher for marriages of the last few decades.


     
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