- "Habitual intemperance" is one of the grounds for divorce in Connecticut.
- According to new 1994 divorce data from the National Center for Health Statistics, Massachusetts and Connecticut rank first and second, respectively, for having the lowest divorce rates in the nation.
- Connecticut experienced a moderate drop in divorce rates between 1992 and 1994 when Connecticut fell from 3.1% to 2.8%.
- Compared to other states, Connecticut has a very low rate of out-of-wedlock births.
- The rate of cohabitation in Connecticut is also very low.
- The teen birth rate in Connecticut is amongst the lowest in the country, being 8.3% in 1998.
- One of the religious factors in the low divorce rate of the state is considered to be Roman Catholicism. Roman Catholics constitute 32% of the state's population. They are known for having traditionally low divorce rates.
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