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. 2020 Nov 30;11:578083. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.578083

TABLE 1.

Participant demographics (N = 1,856).

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.