DIVORCES
TABLE E1. DIVORCES AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, BY CAUSE AND RACE*
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- UN- NON- UN-
CAUSE TOTAL WHITE WHITE KNOWN TOTAL WHITE WHITE KNOWN
TOTAL 13,748 10,310 3,004 434 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES 11,827 9,161 2,312 354 86.0 88.8 77.0 81.6
CRUEL AND INHUMAN TREATMENT 1,047 678 325 44 7.6 6.6 10.8 10.1
DESERTION 425 174 232 19 3.1 1.7 7.7 4.4
ADULTERY 292 198 86 8 2.1 1.9 2.9 1.8
DRUNKENNESS 64 34 26 4 0.5 0.3 0.9 0.9
PENITENTIARY 56 35 18 3 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.7
ANNULMENT 26 20 4 2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.5
BIGAMY 4 3 1 0 ** ** ** -
MISCELLANEOUS AND OTHER 5 5 0 0 ** ** - -
UNKNOWN 2 2 0 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, 1998
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- UN- NON- UN-
NUMBER OF MINOR CHILDREN TOTAL WHITE WHITE KNOWN TOTAL WHITE WHITE KNOWN
TOTAL DIVORCES 13,748 10,310 3,004 434 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
NONE 6,964 5,312 1,414 238 50.6 51.5 47.1 54.8
ONE 3,468 2,576 790 102 25.2 25.0 26.3 23.5
TWO 2,462 1,853 543 66 17.9 18.0 18.1 15.2
THREE OR MORE 852 568 257 27 6.2 5.5 8.6 6.2
UNKNOWN 2 1 0 1 ** ** - 0.2
* DIVORCES OF MIXED-RACE COUPLES ARE INCLUDED IN FIGURES FOR NONWHITES.
** LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.
