DIVORCES
TABLE E1. DIVORCES AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, BY CAUSE AND RACE*
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- UN- NON- UN-
CAUSE TOTAL WHITE WHITE KNOWN TOTAL WHITE WHITE KNOWN
TOTAL 13,860 10,376 3,101 383 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES 11,866 9,207 2,351 308 85.6 88.7 75.8 80.4
CRUEL AND INHUMAN TREATMENT 1,121 702 380 39 8.1 6.8 12.2 10.2
DESERTION 406 183 207 16 2.9 1.8 6.7 4.2
ADULTERY 320 201 105 14 2.3 1.9 3.4 3.6
DRUNKENNESS 80 44 35 1 0.6 0.4 1.1 0.3
PENITENTIARY 31 13 17 1 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.3
ANNULMENT 29 23 2 4 0.2 0.2 0.1 1.0
BIGAMY 5 2 3 0 ** ** 0.1 -
MISCELLANEOUS AND OTHER 1 1 0 0 ** ** - -
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0 ** - ** -
* 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, 1997
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- UN- NON- UN-
NUMBER OF MINOR CHILDREN TOTAL WHITE WHITE KNOWN TOTAL WHITE WHITE KNOWN
TOTAL DIVORCES 13,860 10,376 3,101 383 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
NONE 7,094 5,476 1,429 189 51.2 52.8 46.1 49.3
ONE 3,458 2,558 795 105 24.9 24.6 25.6 27.4
TWO 2,393 1,768 562 63 17.3 17.0 18.1 16.4
THREE OR MORE 913 574 314 25 6.6 5.5 10.1 6.5
UNKNOWN 2 0 1 1 ** - ** 0.3
* DIVORCES OF MIXED-RACE COUPLES ARE INCLUDED IN FIGURES FOR NONWHITES.
** LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.
