TABLE 1.
Variable | Men | Women |
Age, years, mean (SD) | 46.66 (9.31) | 44.65 (8.34)** |
Number of children, % | ||
0 | 13.3 | 11.0 |
1 | 15.2 | 15.8 |
2 | 49.3 | 49.7 |
3 | 19.1 | 19.6 |
4 or more | 3.1 | 3.9 |
Education level, % | ||
Low level of education | 43.9 | 32.5** |
Medium level of education | 28.8 | 41.5 |
High level of education | 27.2 | 26.0 |
Income, % | ||
Below national average salary | 26.7 | 47.7** |
National average | 47.0 | 41.8 |
Above national average salary | 26.3 | 10.8 |
Marriage length, mean (SD) | 12.22 (8.11) | 13.0 (7.98)* |
Total divorce duration in days, mean (SD)a | 4.47 (6.97) | 5.23 (7.66) |
Number of times divorced, % | ||
One time | 86.7 | 88.2 |
Two times | 10.7 | 10.1 |
Three times | 1.9 | 1.5 |
More than three times | 0.6 | 0.2 |
Initiative divorce, % | ||
Participant | 28.5 | 51.8** |
Mutual agreement | 19.2 | 13.2 |
Former spouse | 52.3 | 35.0 |
New partner, % | ||
Both have new partners | 3.6 | 5.3* |
Neither have new partners | 64.7 | 63.7 |
Participant does, former spouse does not | 13.5 | 8.7 |
Participant does not, former spouse does | 18.3 | 22.3 |
Divorce Conflict Scale Scores, mean (SD) | 13.28 (4.92) | 13.97 (4.97)* |
aLegal divorce duration was calculated in days from the legal divorce date to survey response date. *p < 0.05. **p < 0.001.