Highest and Lowest Divorce Rates by Occupation

[SteveFoerster]

Switchboard operators? These things still exist? Where?

I take it that includes call center workers, and there are an awful lot of those. I was one myself, back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.

[Pats20]

Switchboard operators? These things still exist? Where?

I take it that includes call center workers, and there are an awful lot of those. I was one myself, back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.

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[davewill]

A lot of those high divorce rate jobs had unusual schedules that might interfere with a healthy family life.

[dfrecore]

A lot of those high divorce rate jobs had unusual schedules that might interfere with a healthy family life.

Good call.  

Schedule (not a 9-5 type of job) / Environment (gambling, drinking, partying, touching)
Gaming Managers and Gaming Services Workers - 52.9 to 50.3% (this is gaming as in gambling, not video games)
Bartenders - 52.7%
Dancers and Choreographers - 46.8%
Massage Therapists - 47.8%


Schedule / Travel
Flight Attendants - 50.5%


High Stress / Low pay (equals unhappy people in general)
Switchboard Operators, Telemarketers, and Telephone Operators - 49.7 to 47.8%
Metals and Plastics Machine Setters and Operators - 49.6 to 50.1%
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocation Nurses - 47%


Schedule / Environment / Stress
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers - 46.9%

[sanantone]

A lot of those high divorce rate jobs had unusual schedules that might interfere with a healthy family life.

So does medicine and being a pilot.

In the criminal justice field, divorce rates are high because of stress that leads to substance abuse and domestic violence. People also get hit on a lot when they're in uniform. 

Bartenders - I guess it should kind of be self-explanatory why they have more relationship issues. In case it's not, it's their work environment. 

Massage therapist - Another self-explanatory one. 

Athlete - self-explanatory