Abstract
This paper examines reasons for divorce reported by a sample of 333 men and women, aged 20 to 79. Reasons for divorce, which ranged from lack of personal self-fulfillment to nonfulfillment of marital role obligations, were shown to be influenced by sex, age, education, income, and number of children. Sex differences were slight and centered on problems related to male authority and male patterns of social deviance. Children were shown to have the most pervasive effect on motivations for divorce, reasons given by parents reflecting the need to escape from conflict rather than a search for greater personal satisfaction. Comparisons with previous research yield some evidence of historical change in reasons for divorce.
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