TABLE E3.  DIVORCES AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY NUMBER OF YEARS MARRIED AND RACE*
MISSISSIPPI, 1996

 
                                                                                         
                                      NUMBER                          PERCENT            
                                            NON-     UN-                     NON-     UN-
NUMBER OF YEARS MARRIED    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
 
UNDER FIVE                 5,795   4,651     968     176     40.6    43.6    30.4    41.4
      UNDER ONE              739     627      87      25      5.2     5.9     2.7     5.9
      ONE                  1,306   1,073     203      30      9.2    10.1     6.4     7.0
      TWO                  1,378   1,087     239      52      9.7    10.2     7.5    12.2
      THREE                1,265   1,003     223      39      8.9     9.4     7.0     9.2
      FOUR                 1,107     861     216      30      7.8     8.1     6.8     7.0
FIVE-NINE                  3,713   2,698     916      99     26.0    25.3    28.8    23.3
TEN-NINETEEN               3,155   2,216     855      84     22.1    20.8    26.9    19.8
TWENTY AND OVER            1,473   1,034     406      33     10.3     9.7    12.8     7.8
UNKNOWN                      127      59      35      33      0.9     0.6     1.1     7.8
 
* DIVORCES OF MIXED-RACE COUPLES ARE INCLUDED IN FIGURES FOR NONWHITES.