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The study involved 5,530 reproductive age women in the (2006\u20132010) National Survey of Family Growth who indicate that they were ever married. Among the women who ever used NFP only 9.6 percent were currently divorced compared with the 14.4 percent who were currently divorced among the women who never used NFP ( x<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> = 5.34, P &lt; 0.21). Odds ratio analysis indicated that ever having an abortion, sterilization, and\/or methods of contraception increased the likelihood of divorce \u2013 up to two times. Frequency of church attendance decreased the risk of divorce. Although there is less divorce among NFP users the reason might be due to their religiosity. <\/jats:p><jats:sec><jats:title>Lay summary<\/jats:title><jats:p> Providers of natural family planning (NFP) frequently mention that couples who practice NFP have fewer divorces compared to couples who use contraception. Evidence for this comment is weak. This study utilized a large data set of 5,530 reproductive age women to determine the influence that contraception, sterilization, abortion, and NFP has on divorce rates. Among the women participants who ever used NFP only 9.6 percent were currently divorced compared with the 14.4 percent who used methods of contraception, sterilization or abortion as a family planning method. 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