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Recent marriages are slightly more lasting for men

Nearly 77 percent of men married for the first time in the early 1990s reached their 10th anniversary, three percentage points higher than men married in the early 1980s.

Men reaching 10th and 20th wedding anniversaries for first marriages

Recent marriages are slightly more lasting for men

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), 2008.

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