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... > social science subjects > sociology > race, ethnicity and migration > gender and family > family > intergenerational transmission of divorce
... > social science subjects > sociology > family studies > motherhood encyc > motherhood and family > family > intergenerational transmission of divorce
... > social science subjects > sociology > race, ethnicity and migration > black studies > institutions > family > intergenerational transmission of divorce
... > social science subjects > geography > human geography > political geography > institutions > family > intergenerational transmission of divorce
... > social science subjects > sociology > social problems > social problems encyc > family > intergenerational transmission of divorce
... > social science subjects > sociology > social interaction > human relationships > family > intergenerational transmission of divorce

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intergenerational transmission of divorce  

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  • The intergenerational transmission of divorce (alternately, the divorce cycle) refers to the propensity for people to end their own marriages as a result of growing up in a divorced family. Social scientists first suggested that divorce might run in families in the 1930s. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Relationships; Intergenerational Transmission of Divorce]

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