Marriage is defined as a socially or ritually recognized union or legal contract between spouses. There are 60 million married couples in the United States. That means that one-third of the population is married. The average length of marriage in the U.S. is eight years. Americans also wait an average of three years before remarrying, if they choose to remarry. Over the last 150 years, the United States has seen an increase in the number of divorces. The United States has the highest divorce rate in the world. 53% of marriages in the U.S. end in a divorce. There is a divorce approximately every 36 seconds. This,means that every day there are 2,400 divorces. In a week there are 16,800 divorces, and in a year there are 876,000. Despite this,
