I need a rough indicator of how changeable people's lives have become.
 Can you tell me how often, on average, people change marriage
partners, careers, and cities in a lifetime?  Thanks, Grant

Hello Grant, 

Thank you for your question.


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Careers  
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People change careers roughly 5 to 7 times in a lifetime.


Remarks By:  Donna E. Shalala, Secretary Of Health And Human Services

 “In this rapidly changing world, we can no longer think in terms of a
single job...a single career...a single calling for a lifetime. You
will change careers-not jobs, but careers-five to seven times over the
course of your working lives. Today, the average 35 year old has
changed jobs six or seven times since starting to work. Less and less
of you will have predictable jobs or normal careers. That means far
more flexibility and far less security than your parents enjoyed. And
you may be working in a job tomorrow that doesn't exist today-or, vice
versa, in a job today that won't exist tomorrow. This world of change,
with all of its potential and promise, shouldn't be seen as an
unfortunate development. It surely will be a challenge-the most
important of your lives.”

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov/news/speeches/estroud.html



Top Ten Skills For The New World Of Work by Michelle L. Casto, M.Ed.
Aug 29, 2002, 

“There are many changes coming in the world of work, such as increased
competition, the need for more education and certifications, and the
trend to change careers 5-7 times in a lifetime.”

SolveYourProblem.com
http://www.solveyourproblem.com/artman/publish/article_23.shtml


“Natalie Gahrmann, writing at the BlueSuitMom website, notes that
people change careers, on average, about 5 times over their lifetime,
but such transitions can still be “a very difficult and stressful time
in your life.” She suggests that if you elect to change careers, the
key is to assess yourself first. A spouse often can be helpful in
building this checklist.”

FaithLinks
http://www.faithlinks.org/viewarticle.asp?ID=880


Survey: Why other people change their jobs?
http://workthing-d-aspen.workthing.com/front/channel/thinking_of_leaving/viewpoints/Change_survey_says.xml


Does the Bureau of Labor Statistics have any information on the number
of times people change careers in their lives?
The Bureau of Labor Statistics never has attempted to estimate the
number of times people change careers in the course of their working
lives. The reason we haven't produced such estimates is that no
consensus has emerged on what constitutes a career change.
http://www.bls.gov/nls/nlsfaqs.htm#anch55


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Cities
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Statistics on Moving: 

- 42 million people move each year in the U.S. 
- People who are moving spend more during the 3 months surrounding
their move than non-movers spend in 5 years.
- Relocating homeowners spend as much as $10,000 on "feathering the
nest" purchases alone; relocating apartment dwellers spend around
$4,000.
- Individuals move 11.7 times in their lifetime. 
- Over 15% of people moving are moving out-of-state. 
- Average homeowner sells his or her home every five to seven years. 
- Almost 40% of families who relocate involve two-career couples. 
http://www.monstermoving.com/About_Us/



“Americans are movers. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, over the
past 50 years 40% of all renters and 10% of all homeowners move every
15 months. Other surveys show that people change employers and/or
careers about seven times during their lifetime.”

2002 MsMoney.com, Inc
http://www.msmoney.com/mm/women/insurance/



You may view a wealth of statistics in the following publication:

Current Population Reports - Household Economic Studies
Seasonality of Moves andDuration of Residence
By Kristin A. Hansen
http://www.census.gov/prod/3/98pubs/p70-66.pdf



New Trends: Serial Home Buyers and Renovators
By Ilyce R. Glink

“Whatever happened to buying a home and living in it for 30 years or
more? It happens only rarely. A recent study indicated renters move
every couple of years, and homeowners tend to move every ten to twelve
years, depending on the age of their children.”
http://www.thinkglink.com/HouseBuying/hbc481.htm



"Mortgage Myths Could Cost You" by Ilyce R. Glink

“I’ll probably move in the next few years, so pre-payment doesn’t make
sense. While homeowners do move, on average, every five to 10 years,
they generally go from one mortgaged home to another, creating from
Eisenson calls the "serial" mortgage.”

Think Glink, Inc.
http://www.thinkglink.com/CreditFinance/cfc197.htm



Americans seem to be always on the move.

“People get transferred by their employers from one location to
another. Job hunters with luck enough to land a new job often have to
move to another town, another suburb.

On average Americans move three or four times in their lifetime. Each
time they move they need to go house-hunting.”

News Sun Online
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/aboutus/progress/2003/w01relocate.htm



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Marriage Partners – (Roughly between 2 and 3)
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Our Best Invention Yet by Melanie Riccobene:
“Love has become so essential that people go through two, three or
more marriages in a lifetime to find it, making a successful marriage
a goal, something to work for and strive for instead of “a burden, a
duty which had to be performed.”
Cultures and Sexualities
http://faculty.oxy.edu/tobin/csp23/essays/marriage/riccobene.html


Inquirer News Service: Apr. 27, 2002

And conventional marriages keep on breaking up. The average for
today's generation seems to be two marriages in a lifetime.
http://www.inq7.net/lif/2002/apr/28/lif_7-1.htm


From USA Today: 02/08/2002 

Marital history of men 15 and older in Fall 1996  
   
• Never married: 30.6% 
• Ever married: 69.4 
• Married once: 53.8 
• Married twice: 12.6 
• Married three or more times: 3.1 
• Ever divorced: 20.4 
• Ever widowed: 3.9 
Source: Census Bureau

Marital history of women 15 and older in Fall 1996  
   
• Never married: 23.6 
• Ever married: 76.4 
• Married once: 59.9 
• Married twice: 13.4 
• Married three or more times: 3.1 
• Ever divorced: 22.2 
• Ever widowed: 12.1
Source: Census Bureau  

“Half of first marriages end in divorce, nine of 10 Americans are
expected to say "I do" at least once in their lives”

“While divorce has become more common, so has the tendency for
divorcees to remarry. First marriages that end in divorce typically
last about 8 years.”

“About 50% of first marriages for men under age 45 may end in divorce,
compared with roughly 47% for women in the same age group.”
 
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2002/02/08/marriage-census.htm



“By age 30, three in four women have been married, but many of those
unions dissolve. Overall, 43 percent of marriages break up within 15
years, according to a government survey of 11,000 women that offers
the most detailed look at cohabitation, marriage and divorce ever
produced”
“Women are waiting longer to get married than they used to, and after
a divorce, they are less likely to remarry than women once were. At
the same time, couples are more likely to live together without
getting married: Half of U.S. women had lived with a partner by the
time they turned 30.”
“Just over half of divorced women - 54 percent - get married again
within five years. These rates have been falling since the 1950s, when
65 percent of divorced women remarried.”

http://www.adherents.com/misc/marriage.html



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Superb work.  Thank you, Bobbie!