Chart 14. Percentage of men in the NLSY79 who have divorced, by age and work history (as a percentage of years worked full time from ages 25 to 54)
Years since first marriage	Less than 15 percent	15 to less than 30 percent	30 to less than 60 percent	60 to less than 80 percent	Greater than 80 percent
0	45.4	30.2	17.0	13.9	5.5
1	49.0	31.5	18.4	15.3	6.3
2	50.8	34.0	21.2	17.5	8.4
3	53.6	38.1	24.7	21.8	10.7
4	54.5	41.6	27.1	23.9	13.1
5	57.1	46.3	30.0	26.4	15.1
6	61.8	49.2	34.1	28.8	16.1
7	63.0	50.1	36.4	31.0	18.2
8	64.6	51.5	39.7	32.7	19.9
9	66.0	52.5	43.3	33.6	21.1
10	67.9	54.1	45.6	34.7	22.6
11	69.9	57.4	48.0	35.9	23.8
12	70.2	58.7	49.5	37.4	25.4
13	70.4	60.7	50.5	39.2	26.9
14	70.9	61.5	52.1	40.9	27.6
15	72.0	62.2	52.5	41.9	28.7
16	72.0	62.7	53.2	42.5	29.5
17	72.2	63.5	54.1	43.1	30.5
18	72.7	63.7	55.5	43.6	31.4
19	73.7	65.1	55.6	44.9	32.1
20	73.7	65.2	56.1	45.3	33.3
21	74.0	65.7	56.9	46.0	34.0
22	74.0	66.8	57.4	46.8	34.5
23	74.1	67.7	58.4	47.7	35.0
24	74.2	67.9	59.1	48.3	35.2
25	74.2	67.9	59.3	48.9	35.5
26	74.2	68.6	59.7	49.3	35.8
27	74.5	69.0	60.2	49.4	36.1
28	74.5	69.0	60.5	49.7	36.4
29	74.5	69.0	60.7	49.7	36.8
30	74.5	69.0	61.0	49.8	37.0
31	74.5	69.7	61.0	50.0	37.2
32	74.5	69.7	61.3	50.0	37.5
33	74.5	69.7	61.3	50.0	37.5
34	74.5	69.8	61.3	50.0	37.6
35	74.5	69.8	61.3	50.0	37.6
36	74.5	69.8	61.3	50.0	37.6
37	74.5	69.8	61.3	50.2	37.6
38	74.5	69.8	61.3	50.2	37.6
39	74.5	69.8	61.3	50.2	37.6
40	74.5	69.8	61.3	50.2	37.6
Note: NLSY79 = National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979. Percentages may not sum to 100 because of rounding. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.