DIVORCES
 
 
 
 
TABLE E1.  DIVORCES AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, BY CAUSE AND RACE*
MISSISSIPPI, 1996

 
                                                                                           
                                          NUMBER                         PERCENT           
                                               NON-     UN-                    NON-     UN-
CAUSE                         TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   KNOWN   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   KNOWN
 
TOTAL                        14,263  10,658   3,180     425   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0
 
IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES   12,036   9,320   2,363     353    84.4    87.4    74.3    83.0
CRUEL AND INHUMAN TREATMENT   1,313     845     424      44     9.2     7.9    13.3    10.4
DESERTION                       452     195     243      14     3.2     1.8     7.6     3.3
ADULTERY                        301     200      95       6     2.1     1.9     3.0     1.4
DRUNKENNESS                      82      51      30       1     0.6     0.5     0.9     0.2
PENITENTIARY                     44      25      18       1     0.3     0.2     0.6     0.2
ANNULMENT                        23      16       3       4     0.2     0.2     0.1     0.9
BIGAMY                            4       3       1       0      **      **      **       -
MISCELLANEOUS AND OTHER           2       2       0       0      **      **       -       -
UNKNOWN                           6       1       3       2      **      **     0.1     0.5
 
 * 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, 1996

 
                                                                                          
                                         NUMBER                        PERCENT            
                                              NON-     UN-                    NON-     UN-
NUMBER OF MINOR CHILDREN     TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   KNOWN   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   KNOWN
 
TOTAL DIVORCES              14,263  10,658   3,180     425   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0
 
NONE                         7,030   5,381   1,430     219    49.3    50.5    45.0    51.5
ONE                          3,731   2,754     872     105    26.2    25.8    27.4    24.7
TWO                          2,587   1,923     590      74    18.1    18.0    18.6    17.4
THREE OR MORE                  908     597     287      24     6.4     5.6     9.0     5.6
UNKNOWN                          7       3       1       3      **      **      **     0.7
 
 * DIVORCES OF MIXED-RACE COUPLES ARE INCLUDED IN FIGURES FOR NONWHITES.                  
 
** LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.