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Originally posted by Peaches@Mar 5 2004, 11:52 AM
I'm not convinced the divorce rate, especially since it's in single digits, has that much to do with it. I would wager the majority of the prison population came from mothers who were never married.
Then again, I'm NOT a numbers person. 
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That's a good bet, I'd like to see those numbers. bet they are much higher than the average.
The low percentages shouldn't matter. It could have a major effect because there are few homicides in a year compared to the number of married/divorced people.
The divorce rate has dropped 23% relative to where it was in 1981. Compare this to a total US population of something like 280 million.