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Recent marriages are lasting longer

Nearly 75 percent of the women married for the first time in the early 1990s reached their 10th wedding anniversary, a 3-percentage-point increase compared to women married in the early 1980s.

Women reaching 10th and 20th wedding anniversaries for first marriages

Recent marriages are lasting longer

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), 2008.

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