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This paper utilizes data from the 1986 Family Formation Survey of the ABS to examine the incidence and correlates of divorce among real cohorts of Australian women with specific characteristics. It is shown that marriage cohort, age at marriage, country of birth, area of residence, age left school and fertility status at marriage are related to the risk of divorce. The results of the present investigation complement findings of other studies on divorce in Australia as well as hazard model based studies from the USA, Canada and New Zealand.
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Roden, M. Covariates of divorce in Australia: An analysis using proportional hazard models. Journal of Population Research 6, 145–163 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03029351
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03029351