age at first marriage. This paper examines the implications of women's delayed entry to marriage for marital stability … twenties, with the curve leveling off thereafter. Women who marry in the late twenties and thirties generally enter …

The age at which women enter first marriage is known to be a major factor in marital instability. But to date possible … differences by race/ethnicity in the shape of the curve relating women's age at entry into first marriage to marital instability …. We find that for non-Hispanic white women, the probability of dissolution falls with age up to ages 30-32 and thereafter …