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More than half of divorced Canadians stated that they do not intend to remarry

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This is a vertical bar graph that illustrates the divorced Canadians intentions to remarry, from 1990 to 2006.

The Y axis is measured by percentages and increases by increments of ten, 0 up to 70%.

The X axis, from left to right, shows years 1990, 1995, 2001 and 2006.

The three categories are « Yes », « No » and « Don't know ».

The proportion of divorced people stating they do not wish to remarry rose to from 49% in 1990, to 52% in 1995, 64% in 2001 and 62% in 2006.

The proportion of divorced people mentioning that they would remarry is 26% in 1990, 23% in 1995, 20% in 2001 and 22% in 2006.

Finally, the proportion of divorced people who were rather hesitant as to their intentions to re-wed is 25% in 1990, 25% in 1995, 16% in 2001 and 16% in 2006.

Source : Statistics Canada, General Social Surveys, 1990, 1995, 2001 and 2006.