DIVORCES

TABLE E1.  DIVORCES AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, BY CAUSE AND RACE*
MISSISSIPPI, 1995

                                                                                          
                                          NUMBER                        PERCENT           
                                               NON-    UN-                    NON-     UN-
CAUSE                         TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE  KNOWN   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   KNOWN

TOTAL                        13,182  10,073   2,850    259   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0

IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES   10,922   8,705   2,011    206    82.8    86.4    70.6    79.5
CRUEL AND INHUMAN TREATMENT   1,346     864     461     21    10.2     8.6    16.2     8.1
DESERTION                       452     214     232      6     3.4     2.1     8.1     2.3
ADULTERY                        296     195      90     11     2.2     1.9     3.2     4.2
DRUNKENNESS                      80      43      33      4     0.6     0.4     1.2     1.5
PENITENTIARY                     44      21      20      3     0.3     0.2     0.7     1.2
ANNULMENT                        28      22       1      5     0.2     0.2      **     1.9
BIGAMY                            3       3       0      0      **      **       -       -
MISCELLANEOUS AND OTHER           5       4       0      1      **      **       -     0.4
UNKNOWN                           6       2       2      2      **      **     0.1     0.8

 * DIVORCES OF MIXED-RACE COUPLES ARE INCLUDED IN FIGURES FOR NONWHITES.                  

** LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.                                                                

TABLE E2.  DIVORCES AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY NUMBER OF MINOR CHILDREN AND RACE*
MISSISSIPPI, 1995

                                                                                         
                                        NUMBER                        PERCENT            
                                             NON-    UN-                     NON-     UN-
NUMBER OF MINOR CHILDREN    TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE  KNOWN    TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   KNOWN

TOTAL DIVORCES             13,182  10,073   2,850    259    100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0

NONE                        6,509   5,160   1,213    136     49.4    51.2    42.6    52.5
ONE                         3,411   2,566     780     65     25.9    25.5    27.4    25.1
TWO                         2,384   1,781     557     46     18.1    17.7    19.5    17.8
THREE OR MORE                 869     565     295      9      6.6     5.6    10.4     3.5
UNKNOWN                         9       1       5      3      0.1      **     0.2     1.2

 * DIVORCES OF MIXED-RACE COUPLES ARE INCLUDED IN FIGURES FOR NONWHITES.                 

** LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.