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Title	Status of Divorces and Remarriages for the Past Three Decades
Date	2013-12-10
○ The number of divorces recorded an increase from 1982 to 2003. In the meantime, the number of divorces recorded a decrease from 2004 to 2012. ○ The divorces whose duration of marriage was '20 years or more' occupied 4.9 percent in 1982, which recorded the lowest share of the total divorces. The divorces whose duration of marriage was '20 years or more' occupied 26.4 percent in 2012, which recorded the highest share of the total divorces. ○ The number of female remarriages increased by 227.6 percent over the period of 1982 to 2012. The number of male remarriages increased by 93.5 percent over the period of 1982 to 2012. ○ The share of couples of 'first marriage of males' and 'remarriage of females' went up from 15.1 percent in 1982 to 26.9 percent in 2012. ※ For more information, refer to the attached file.
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