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DIVORCES TABLE E1. DIVORCES AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, BY CAUSE AND RACE* MISSISSIPPI, 1995 NUMBER PERCENT NON- UN- NON- UN- CAUSE TOTAL WHITE WHITE KNOWN TOTAL WHITE WHITE KNOWN TOTAL 13,182 10,073 2,850 259 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES 10,922 8,705 2,011 206 82.8 86.4 70.6 79.5 CRUEL AND INHUMAN TREATMENT 1,346 864 461 21 10.2 8.6 16.2 8.1 DESERTION 452 214 232 6 3.4 2.1 8.1 2.3 ADULTERY 296 195 90 11 2.2 1.9 3.2 4.2 DRUNKENNESS 80 43 33 4 0.6 0.4 1.2 1.5 PENITENTIARY 44 21 20 3 0.3 0.2 0.7 1.2 ANNULMENT 28 22 1 5 0.2 0.2 ** 1.9 BIGAMY 3 3 0 0 ** ** - - MISCELLANEOUS AND OTHER 5 4 0 1 ** ** - 0.4 UNKNOWN 6 2 2 2 ** ** 0.1 0.8 * DIVORCES OF MIXED-RACE COUPLES ARE INCLUDED IN FIGURES FOR NONWHITES. ** LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT. TABLE E2. DIVORCES AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, BY NUMBER OF MINOR CHILDREN AND RACE* MISSISSIPPI, 1995 NUMBER PERCENT NON- UN- NON- UN- NUMBER OF MINOR CHILDREN TOTAL WHITE WHITE KNOWN TOTAL WHITE WHITE KNOWN TOTAL DIVORCES 13,182 10,073 2,850 259 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 NONE 6,509 5,160 1,213 136 49.4 51.2 42.6 52.5 ONE 3,411 2,566 780 65 25.9 25.5 27.4 25.1 TWO 2,384 1,781 557 46 18.1 17.7 19.5 17.8 THREE OR MORE 869 565 295 9 6.6 5.6 10.4 3.5 UNKNOWN 9 1 5 3 0.1 ** 0.2 1.2 * DIVORCES OF MIXED-RACE COUPLES ARE INCLUDED IN FIGURES FOR NONWHITES. ** LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.

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