TABLE E1. DIVORCES AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, BY CAUSE AND RACE*
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- UN- NON- UN-
CAUSE TOTAL WHITE WHITE KNOWN TOTAL WHITE WHITE KNOWN
TOTAL 14,177 10,666 3,312 199 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
IRRECONCILABLE
DIFFERENCES 12,478 9,668 2,643 167 88.0 90.6 79.8 83.9
CRUEL AND INHUMAN
TREATMENT 873 556 303 14 6.2 5.2 9.1 7.0
DESERTION 389 147 232 10 2.7 1.4 7.0 5.0
ADULTERY 290 204 82 4 2.0 1.9 2.5 2.0
DRUNKENNESS 58 31 27 0 0.4 0.3 0.8 -
PENITENTIARY 51 31 20 0 0.4 0.3 0.6 -
ANNULMENT 32 26 2 4 0.2 0.2 0.1 2.0
BIGAMY 3 1 2 0 ** ** 0.1 -
MISCELLANEOUS & OTHER 1 1 0 0 ** ** - -
UNKNOWN 2 1 1 0 ** ** ** -
* 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, 2000
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- UN- NON- UN-
NUMBER OF MINOR CHILDREN TOTAL WHITE WHITE KNOWN TOTAL WHITE WHITE KNOWN
TOTAL DIVORCES 14,177 10,666 3,312 199 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
NONE 7,352 5,573 1,659 120 51.8 52.2 50.1 60.3
ONE 3,505 2,622 844 39 24.7 24.6 25.5 19.6
TWO 2,492 1,922 542 28 17.6 18.0 16.4 14.1
THREE OR MORE 824 546 267 11 5.8 5.1 8.1 5.5
UNKNOWN 4 3 0 1 ** ** - 0.5
* DIVORCES OF MIXED-RACE COUPLES ARE INCLUDED IN FIGURES FOR NONWHITES.
** LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.
