DIVORCES
TABLE E1. DIVORCES AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, BY CAUSE AND RACE*
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- UN- NON- UN-
CAUSE TOTAL WHITE WHITE KNOWN TOTAL WHITE WHITE KNOWN
TOTAL 14,056 10,625 3,221 210 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
IRRECONCILABLE
DIFFERENCES 12,271 9,553 2,544 174 87.3 89.9 79.0 82.8
CRUEL AND INHUMAN
TREATMENT 922 611 299 12 6.6 5.8 9.3 5.7
DESERTION 416 175 230 11 3.0 1.6 7.1 5.2
ADULTERY 275 185 83 7 2.0 1.7 2.6 3.3
DRUNKENNESS 75 40 33 2 0.5 0.4 1.0 1.0
PENITENTIARY 62 34 28 0 0.4 0.3 0.9 -
ANNULMENT 24 20 1 3 0.2 0.2 ** 1.4
BIGAMY 8 5 2 1 ** ** 0.1 0.5
MISCELLANEOUS & OTHER 2 2 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, 1999
NUMBER PERCENT
NUMBER OF NON- UN- NON- UN-
MINOR CHILDREN TOTAL WHITE WHITE KNOWN TOTAL WHITE WHITE KNOWN
TOTAL DIVORCES 14,056 10,625 3,221 210 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
NONE 7,072 5,398 1,550 124 50.3 50.8 48.1 59.0
ONE 3,618 2,748 822 48 25.7 25.9 25.5 22.8
TWO 2,456 1,852 574 30 17.5 17.4 17.8 14.3
THREE OR MORE 909 626 275 8 6.5 5.9 8.5 3.8
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 0 ** ** - -
* DIVORCES OF MIXED-RACE COUPLES ARE INCLUDED IN FIGURES FOR NONWHITES.
** LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.
