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Well..

On the first row of result images in the "divorce rate" search you posted there are 5 graphs. 2 of them measure "divorces per 1000 people", and 3 measure "divorces per 1000 marriages".

In the divorce per 1000 marriages case, it would appear to be independent of the marriage rate.



http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/02/upshot/the-divorce-surge-i...

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/marriage-isnt-dead-yet/

a) Divorce rates are actually decreasing b) They aren't independent of the marriage rate though (as the marriage rate is decreasing for the people most likely to get divorced)




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