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While state-controlled divorce forms in the US do not ask religious affiliation, private studies can pole a sampling of divorced people and claim to have yielded the following in a report by the Barma Group in 2009:
Population Segment Have been divorced #of interviews
All adults 33% 3792
Evangelical Christians 26% 339Non-evangelical born again Chrisitans 33% 1373
Notional Christians 33% 1488
Associated with non Christian faith 38% 197
Atheist or agnostic 30% 269
All born again Christians 32% 1712
All non born again Christians 33% 2080
Protestant 34% 1997
Catholic 28% 875
Upscale 22% 450
Downscale 39% 367 Conservative 28% 1343 Moderate 33% 1720
Liberal 37% 474
(Source: The Barna Group, Ventura, CA)
http://www.barna.org/barna-update/article/15-familykids/42-new-marriage-and-divorce-statistics-released
A previous study reported in 1999:
Denomination (in order of decreasing divorce rate)
% who have been divorced
Non-denominational ** 34%
Baptists 29%
Mainline Protestants 25%
Mormons 24%
Catholics 21%
Lutherans 21%
Religion % have been divorced
Jews 30%
Born-again Christians 27%
Other Christians 24%
Atheists, Agnostics 21%
Population Segment Have Been Divorced No. of Interviews
White 32% 2641African-American 36% 464
Hispanic 31% 458
Asian 20% 128
I have no affiliation with the Barna Group and do not otherwise vouch for the accuracy or methods of their study.
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