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divorce rate by state
The Barna study from 2004 also found that there was a large difference in divorce rates between [[baby boomers]] and the generations before, with the boomers having a much higher rate of marital failure. It is estimated that the boomers may pass a 50% rate of divorce. The generation after the boomers, the [[baby busters]], appears to be heading to a similar rate of marital failure as the boomers based on early data.<ref>http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdate&BarnaUpdateID=170</ref>
The Barna study from 2004 also found that there was a large difference in divorce rates between [[baby boomers]] and the generations before, with the boomers having a much higher rate of marital failure. It is estimated that the boomers may pass a 50% rate of divorce. The generation after the boomers, the [[baby busters]], appears to be heading to a similar rate of marital failure as the boomers based on early data.<ref>http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdate&BarnaUpdateID=170</ref>
====Region====
In the US, divorce rates vary substantially among the states. According to a Wall Street Journal article <ref>http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/documents/st_DIVORCE_20100813.html</ref>, the states with the lowest rate of divorce in 2009 were [[Massachusetts]] (1.8 divorces per 1,000 people), the [[District of Columbia]] (2.1), [[Pennsylvania]] (2.3), [[Iowa]] (2.5), and [[New York]] (2.5). Those states with the highest divorce rates were [[Idaho]] (5.0), [[West Virginia]] (5.0), [[Wyoming]] (5.2), [[Arkansas]] (5.6), and [[Nevada]] (6.6).
== Lowering the divorce rate ==
== Lowering the divorce rate ==