{"id":533,"date":"2008-12-12T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2008-12-12T09:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/stevenwaldman\/2008\/12\/find-out-how-likely-you-are-to.html"},"modified":"2008-12-12T09:00:03","modified_gmt":"2008-12-12T09:00:03","slug":"find-out-how-likely-you-are-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/stevenwaldman\/2008\/12\/find-out-how-likely-you-are-to.html","title":{"rendered":"Find Out How Likely You Are To Get a Divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new study shows that one of the key determinants of divorce is how old you are when you get married.  What if we required that anyone under the age of 25 who wanted to get married had to go through counseling or some extra hoops?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.divorce360.com\/content\/divorcecalculator.aspx\">Here&#8217;s a fascinating &#8220;divorce calculator&#8221; <\/a>that gives you the odds of divorce based on your life circumstance. 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