Table 2.

 Characteristics of marriage and divorce, by occupation. Values are percentages (95% confidence intervals) unless stated otherwise

Characteristics	Physicians (n=48 881)	Dentists (n=10 086)	Pharmacists (n=13 883)	Nurses (n=159 044)	Healthcare executives (n=18 920)	Lawyers (n=59 284)	Other occupations (n=6 339 610)
Divorce:
Divorced at time of survey	7.7 (7.5 to 8.0)	8.0 (7.4 to 8.5)	8.8 (8.3 to 9.2)	17.8 (17.6 to 18.0)	12.7 (12.3 to 13.2)	10.7 (10.5 to 11.0)	17.2 (17.2 to 17.2)
P value	—	0.69	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Ever divorced	22.1 (21.8 to 22.5)	22.9 (22.1 to 23.7)	21.5 (20.8 to 22.2)	37.0 (36.8 to 37.3)	31.3 (30.7 to 32.0)	27.7 (27.3 to 28.0)	36.6 (36.5 to 36.7)
P value	—	0.20	0.22	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Divorced in past year	1.01 (0.92 to 1.10)	0.87 (0.69 to 1.05)	1.09 (0.91 to 1.26)	1.64 (1.57 to 1.70)	1.15 (1.00 to 1.30)	1.29 (1.20 to 1.38)	1.74 (1.73 to 1.75)
P value	—	0.03	0.59	<0.001	0.06	0.002	<0.001
Marriage:
Married once	83.8 (83.5 to 84.1)	83.1 (82.4 to 83.9)	85.5 (84.9 to 86.0)	75.7 (75.5 to 75.9)	78.3 (77.8 to 78.9)	80.5 (80.1 to 80.8)	75.9 (75.8 to 75.9)
P value	—	0.09	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Married twice	13.9 (13.5 to 14.2)	14.1 (13.4 to 14.8)	12.6 (12.0 to 13.1)	19.5 (19.3 to 19.7)	18.2 (17.6 to 18.7)	16.4 (16.1 to 16.7)	19.4 (19.4 to 19.5)
P value	—	0.70	0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Married >3 times	2.4 (2.2 to 2.5)	2.8 (2.5 to 3.1)	2.0 (1.7 to 2.2)	4.8 (4.7 to 4.9)	3.5 (3.2 to 3.8)	3.2 (3.0 to 3.3)	4.7 (4.7 to 4.7)
P value	—	0.002	0.004	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001

P values are based on comparison with physicians.

Sample in table is those that were ever married. Divorce prevalence for a given occupation is reflected by percentage of people within an occupation who reported having ever been divorced at time of survey. Annual divorce incidence for a given occupation, or divorce rate, is reflected by percentage of people within an occupation who divorced in year previous to survey.