Statistics Norway

Marriages and divorces

11 Divorces by number of common children and duration of marriage. 2007
Duration of marriage Total Per cent Number of children1
0 1 2 3 children and more
Total 10 280  100.0 4 506 2 398 2 448  928
Under 2 year  222 2.2  152 33 25 12
2 years  446 4.3  267 90 66 23
3 years  555 5.4  296  134  107 18
4 years  698 6.8  366  163  138 31
5 years  737 7.2  407  160  138 32
6 years  679 6.6  294  197  142 46
7 years  619 6.0  210  172  192 45
8 years  470 4.6  144  117  175 34
9 years  461 4.5  139  104  159 59
10-14 years 1 569 15.3  301  325  642  301
15-19 years 1 197 11.6  177  318  442  260
20-24 years  946 9.2  370  370  163 43
25 years and over 1 512 14.7 1 276  190 41 5
Unknown  169 1.6  107 25 18 19
1  Children 0-17 years of age.

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