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and salary equality, giving them the opportunity and confidence to leave unfulfilling, difficult, or abusive marriages. The highest divorce rate of 5.0 per 1,000 population was recorded in 1979. 3 Since the 1990s, the overall divorce rate has seen a downward trend. On average, from 1990 to 1999, the crude divorce rate was 4.4 per 1,000 married adults in the population. 4

Marriages have been lasting longer to start the 21st century, with divorce rates falling below 40 percent.

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You Are Not Alone: Divorce