Is There a Declining Trend in the Intergenerational Transmission of Divorce?

This study investigates changes in the effect of parental divorce on odds union dissolution children Czech Republic. Using survival analysis and GGS data, it shows that intergeneration transmission varied over marital cohorts to a significant degree. While had insignificant oldest marriage cohort, subsequently grew. In 1980–1989 risk was 3.7 times higher among divorced parents than whose did not divorce. most recent cohort (1990–2005), weakened but still significant: experienced twice as high from intact families. convergence risks resulted two parallel trends: rising non-divorced families declining