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104 Estimated percentage1 of dissolved marriages, assuming divorce pattern of each single year
Observation year Duration of marriage, years
3 5 10 20 30 40 60
1960 1.4 2.7 5.0 7.7 9.1 9.4 9.5
1965 1.1 2.9 5.7 8.5 9.9 10.3 10.4
1970 1.6 3.8 7.6 11.1 12.9 13.3 13.4
1975 1.9 4.9 10.6 17.3 20.0 20.6 20.8
1980 2.3 5.7 12.3 20.5 24.3 24.9 25.0
1985 2.5 6.7 14.7 25.5 31.1 32.3 32.5
1990 3.8 9.8 21.9 34.8 41.2 42.7 43.0
1995 4.8 10.3 22.8 36.2 43.9 45.4 45.6
2000 5.0 11.2 23.1 36.9 44.3 46.4 46.8
2005 5.3 11.4 24.1 39.4 47.5 49.8 50.3
2008 4.7 9.9 21.0 34.0 40.3 42.5 43.0
2009 4.8 10.1 21.3 34.0 40.5 42.6 43.0
2010 4.2 9.3 21.7 36.1 43.1 45.4 46.0
2011 4.6 9.6 20.6 33.6 40.0 42.1 42.6
1  Given that a cohort of married persons experience the duration-specific divorce rates for a given year, and that deaths and migrations to/from abroad do not occur.
Source: Divorces and separations, Statistics Norway.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/en/skilsmisse 

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