Chart 2. NLSY79 cohort marital history, ages 15 to 55, men (in percent)
Age Never married First marriage First marriage ended, no second marriage Second marriage Second marriage ended, no third marriage Third marriage Higher marriage or divorce

15

99.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

16

99.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

17

99.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

18

98.5 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

19

95.7 4.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

20

91.4 8.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

21

85.4 14.0 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0

22

78.2 20.5 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0

23

70.5 27.3 1.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0

24

63.0 33.7 2.5 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0

25

57.2 38.5 2.9 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0

26

51.4 42.8 3.5 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.0

27

47.2 45.3 4.5 2.7 0.3 0.0 0.0

28

42.0 49.1 4.8 3.7 0.5 0.0 0.0

29

38.0 51.4 5.7 4.1 0.6 0.2 0.0

30

33.9 53.8 6.8 4.5 0.5 0.5 0.0

31

31.4 53.8 8.2 5.4 0.6 0.6 0.1

32

29.2 55.0 8.0 6.4 0.7 0.7 0.1

33

27.2 55.3 8.5 7.3 0.7 0.7 0.2

34

25.4 56.0 8.8 7.8 0.9 0.9 0.3

35

23.7 56.3 9.1 8.3 1.2 1.1 0.3

36

22.3 56.6 8.9 9.3 1.4 1.2 0.3

37

21.3 56.7 8.6 10.2 1.5 1.3 0.4

38

20.5 55.8 9.3 10.7 2.0 1.4 0.4

39

19.7 55.6 9.6 10.9 2.2 1.6 0.5

40

19.3 54.8 9.9 11.4 2.2 1.7 0.5

41

18.8 54.5 9.8 11.7 2.5 2.0 0.6

42

18.5 53.5 10.4 12.0 2.7 2.2 0.7

43

18.4 52.7 10.1 13.1 2.5 2.4 0.9

44

18.0 51.9 10.4 13.3 3.0 2.6 0.9

45

17.6 51.5 10.8 13.2 3.4 2.6 0.9

46

17.3 50.9 10.9 13.9 3.3 2.7 1.1

47

17.1 50.6 11.0 13.9 3.7 2.5 1.3

48

16.8 50.1 11.3 14.1 3.7 2.6 1.4

49

16.6 49.2 11.7 14.6 3.9 2.5 1.5

50

16.6 48.7 11.9 14.6 4.2 2.5 1.5

51

16.4 48.3 11.9 14.6 4.6 2.5 1.6

52

16.3 48.0 11.8 15.0 4.5 2.8 1.7

53

16.0 47.7 11.9 15.1 4.9 2.8 1.7

54

15.8 47.3 12.1 15.2 5.0 3.0 1.8

55

15.5 47.1 12.2 15.4 5.0 2.9 2.0

Note: NLSY79 = National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979. Percentages may not sum to 100 because of rounding.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.