Marriage and divorce after spinal cord injury

Abstract

The outcome o,f marriages contracted after spinal cord injury suffered by males was examined via the questionnaire method. Of those whose first marriage occurred after their injury, the divorce rate was 24.4%. Of those whose were married prior to injury and then remarried following injury, 16.4% were divorced. If all post-injury marriages are considered, the divorce rate is 23.1%. This is close to the divorce rate of the United States as a whole. The outcome of post-injury marriages was also examined with respect to time since injury, level of injury, presence of post-injury children, and post-injury education and employment. Particular attention was given to those males who had never been married prior to their injury.