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Divorce risk and premarital sexual partners

Research on the correlation between the number of premarital sexual partners and divorce risk, indicating a potential link but emphasizing the need for nuanced understanding and consideration of confounding factors.

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Jan 26, 2026
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What percent of marriages end up in divorce

The short answer: current, careful estimates put the share of first marriages that ultimately end in divorce at roughly 40–42 percent, not the oft-repeated “” myth, but the true figure depends heavily...

Feb 1, 2026

How does number of premarital sexual partners affect divorce risk for Millennials compared to Gen X?

Recent social-science work shows a clear, graded relationship between the —higher counts predict higher risk—but cohort context matters: on average report fewer partners, more and greater selectivity,...

Jan 11, 2026

How reliable are self-reported counts of lifetime sexual partners in large-scale relationship research?

Self-reported lifetime counts of sexual partners are useful but imperfect: measurement studies find small-to-moderate numerical inconsistencies for short recall windows and larger, more variable discr...

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