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A 50% divorce rate means those who marry are just as likely to "leave the moment he or she no longer feels happy or fulfilled" as they are to stay together.

The 50% divorce rate is a misleading statistic. Most of that number comes from "repeat offenders" who marry and divorce more than twice. If you break out the multiple sequential marriages, the rate for single divorces is much lower.

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If you break out the multiple sequential marriages, the rate for single divorces is much lower.

Ok. I can agree with that.

Do you know the 'much lower' number for 'single marriage' divorces? How does this figure compare with co-habitation?

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Oh, and I almost forgot, if we're going to exlude multiple marriage people from the statistics, we must also exclude multiple co-habiters as well, if our comparison is going to be meaningful.

So simply put, the question would be:

What percentage of first time marriages succeed compared to first time co-habitations?