It has been pretty well documented that the divorce rate for people that lived together before marriage is HIGHER than for those that didn’t.
That isn’t the same as people that has sex before marriage. I believe the divorce rate for people that had sex before marriage (but didn’t live together) is no higher than the population in general. It’s the living together part that seem to lead to higher divorce rates (just the opposite of what you would expect).
Hahaha, Brookhaven, you beat me to it!!
Do you have those numbers?
Divorce rate numbers seem to be something that you can cut and dice into anything you want. (I’ve seen numbers that prove that the high divorce rate is largely driven by couples on their second and third marriages for example).