The Divorce Surge Is Over, but the Myth Lives On . Divorce rates increased in the 1970s and 1980s, but in the last 20 years they have dropped.

The New York Times reports on the decline of divorce:

About 70 percent of marriages that began in the 1990s reached their 15th anniversary (excluding those in which a spouse died), up from about 65 percent of those that began in the 1970s and 1980s. Those who married in the 2000s are so far divorcing at even lower rates. If current trends continue, nearly two-thirds of marriages will never involve a divorce, according to data from Justin Wolfers, a University of Michigan economist (who also contributes to The Upshot).

Imagine that.