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Partial list of Divorce Statistics sources (provided as a convenience to Divorce Peers 2004 users: All divorce statistics cited herein now include footnotes on the same page as all data referenced).

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Sources: Michigan Occurrence Marriage Files. Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Community Health; Monthly Vital Statistics Report, National Center for Health Statistics.

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Sources: Michigan Occurrence Divorce Files. Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Community Health; Monthly Vital Statistics Report, National Center for Health Statistics.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2000.

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"Statistics: The States of our Unions," Psychology Today, January/February 2000, page 10 — sources: American Demographics, National Commission on Children; the National Marriage Project; Yankelovich Partners.

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"Statistics: The States of our Unions," Psychology Today, November/December 2000, page 10 — sources: The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; Election Polls, the News Media and Democracy (Chatham House, 2000); The Journal of Sex Research.

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Source: Monthly Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 43, No. 9, Supplement, March 22, 1995, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Source:  Michigan Occurrence Marriage Files. Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Community Health.

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Source: Michigan Supreme Court.

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Child Custody Made Simple, ©1997-2000, Webster Watnik, pages 32-40 — source: "Dividing the Child," Eleanor Maccoby and Robert Mnookin, Harvard University Press, 1992 (study conducted in California). Watnik states that these results are very similar to those in a national study.

fn 010

Out of Touch, ©1997, Geoffrey L. Greif, page 4 — source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1994.

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Out of Touch, ©1997, Geoffrey L. Greif, page 6 — source: U.S. Bureau of the Census data gathered from Lydia Scoon-Rogers, July 17, 1996.

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Out of Touch, ©1997, Geoffrey L. Greif, page 5 — source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1995b.

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Children First: What Our Society Must Do – And Is Not Doing – For Our Children Today, ©1994, Penelope Leach, Ph.D., page 11 — source: H. Joshi, "The Cost of Caring," in C. Glendenning and J. Miller (eds.), Women and Poverty in Britain in the 1990's (London: Wheatsheaf, 1992), and in Hewlett, Child Neglect in Rich Nations, 52; N. Oldfield and A.C.S. Yu, The Cost of a Child (London: CPAG Ltd., 1993), Andrea Rock, "Can You Afford Your Kids?" Money (July 1990), pages 88-99.

fn 014

"Marrying your money," CNN/Money, February 8, 2002, Jeanne Sahadi — source: Two studies cited in "You Paid How Much for That?" by PREP's Natalie Jenkins, et al., to be published Spring 2002.

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"Statistics: The States of our Unions," Psychology Today, November/December 2000, page 10 — sources: The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy; Election Polls, the News Media and Democracy (Chatham House, 2000); The Journal of Sex Research.

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Source: Michigan Sexually Transmitted Diseases Database, Sexually Transmitted Disease Section, Division of HIV/AIDS-STD, Michigan Department of Community Health; Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Community Health.

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National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 49, No. 8, National Center for Health Statistics, Center for Disease Control.

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Health, United States: 2001, National Center for Health Statistics, Center for Disease Control.

fn 019

Games Divorced People Play, ©1981, Dr. Melvyn A. Berke and Joanne B. Grant, page 66.

fn 020

Anger Kills! ©1993, Redford Williams, M.D., and Virginia Williams, Ph.D., page 183.

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Anger Kills! ©1993, Redford Williams, M.D., and Virginia Williams, Ph.D., page 3.

fn 022 "We Ask, You Answer," Men's Health: Best Life, September/ October 2004, page 18 — source: 1,500 visitors to Bestlifeonline.com, June 2004.
fn 023 "What's On Your Mind," Men's Health: Best Life, November/ December 2004, page 16 — source: 1,200 visitors to Bestlifeonline.com, June 2004.
fn 024 "True Confessions," Successful Meetings, November 1999, pages 34-40 — source: 250 planners and industry suppliers at Meeting Professionals International's World Education Congress, July 1999.
fn 025 Why Marriages Succeed or Fail, ©1994, John Gottman, Ph.D., with Nan Silver, pages 29, 57, and 66.
fn 026 Why Marriages Succeed or Fail, ©1994, John Gottman, Ph.D., with Nan Silver, pages 176 and 178.
fn 027 Why Marriages Succeed or Fail, ©1994, John Gottman, Ph.D., with Nan Silver, page 155.
fn 028 "Dr. Phil: The Love Survey," O: The Oprah Magazine, February 2004, Phillip C. McGraw, Ph.D., page 34 — source: 37,000 responders to drphil.com, oprah.com, O magazine survey.
fn 029 "Looking for Love? Uh-Uh," O: The Oprah Magazine, October 2004, Alexa Joy Sherman, pages 266-268 — source: Nearly 3,000 responders to oprah.com online poll.
fn 030 "Looking for Love? Uh-Uh," O: The Oprah Magazine, October 2004, Alexa Joy Sherman, pages 266-268 — source: "Sex by the Numbers," citing "American Sexual Behavior: Trends, Socio-Demographic Differences and Risk Behavior" (National Opinion Research Center); The Social Organization of Sexuality; Journal of Sex Research (February 2001); American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy; Adult Video News; NIH; IMS Health; AARP / Modern Maturity Sexuality Study.
fn 031 "Anatomy of an Affair," Men's Health: Best Life, Spring/Summer 2003, Laurence Roy Stains, page 78 — source: "Secret-Sex Stats," citing Anthony DeLorenzo, author of 28 Tell-Tale Signs of a Cheating Spouse and president of Infidelity.com; the study The Impact of Extramarital Relationships on the Continuation of Marriage; and the book Just Married.
fn 032 "Thinking of Divorce, but Staying Married: The Interplay of Race and Marital Satisfaction," Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, Volume 37, Numbers 1/2 2002, Clifford L. Broman, pages 151, 152, 155, and 156.

 

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