Divorce Statistics

Examples of Divorce Statistics in the following topics:

• Statistical Trends in Divorce

  • Divorce statistics vary across the world, but on average, first marriages that end in divorce last about eight years.
  • Divorce statistics vary across the world.
  • The National Center for Health Statistics reports that from 1975 to 1988, in families with children present, wives file for divorce in approximately two-thirds of cases.
  • In Australia, nearly every third marriage ends in divorce.
  • Since then, both the number of divorces and the divorce rate have declined for six years straight.

• Family Structures

  • Statistics show that there are 1,300 new stepfamilies forming every day.
  • Over half of American families are remarried, that is 75% of marriages ending in divorce, remarry.
  • Statistics show that there are 1,300 new stepfamilies forming every day.
  • Statistics show that there are 1,300 new step families forming every day.
  • Analyze the statistical data regarding types of family composition and living arrangements

• Factors Associated with Divorce

  • Factors that may lead marriages to end in divorce are infidelity, adultery domestic violence, midlife crises, inexperience, and addictions.
  • The age at which a person gets married is also believed to influence the likelihood of divorce.
  • This graph illustrates marriage and divorce rates in the U.S. 1990-2007.
  • Source: Statistical Abstract, 2009.
  • Discuss five factors that may lead marriages to end in divorce

• Divorce and Its Legal Ramifications

  • Under a no-fault divorce system, divorce requires no allegation or proof of fault of either party.
  • Though divorce laws vary among jurisdictions, there are two basic approaches to divorce: fault based, and no-fault based.
  • Under a no-fault divorce system, divorce requires no allegation or proof of fault of either party.
  • These are termed uncontested divorces.
  • Finally, divorce mediation is an alternative to traditional divorce litigation.

• Children of Divorce and Impact of Divorce

  • Sociologists and psychologists have found that the effects of divorce heavily depend on the child's age at the time the divorce occurs.
  • Children of divorced parents are reported to have a higher chance of behavioral problems than those of non-divorced parents.
  • Sociologists and psychologists have conducted research that shows the effects of divorce heavily depend on the child's age at the time the divorce occurs.
  • Although divorce may be beneficial in some instances, high-conflict divorce (especially during transition periods) is harmful to children.
  • Compare and contrast the effects of divorce on infants and adolescents

• Replacing Family Functions

  • This statistic has lowered since 1991, when married and common law couples raising children under the age of 25 represented 49% of all Canadian families.
  • The dominant caregiver is the parent with whom the children reside the majority of the time; if the parents are separated or divorced, children live with their custodial parent and have visitation with their noncustodial parent.

• The Family Life Cycle

  • Most researchers think that women are disadvantaged by the ease of divorce.
  • Divorce is a negotiating tool for women who seek change in their relationships.
  • Another factor that contributes to high divorce rates is the change in laws that made divorce easier in the 1970s in the U.S.
  • Finally, there is a social-psychological component to divorce as well.
  • Divorce and widowhood carry with them the burden of reduced health.

• Ideal vs. Real Culture

  • Many spouses have affairs or divorce.
  • In reality, many marriages are based on things other than romantic love (such as money, convenience, or social expectation), and many end in divorce.
  • In ideal culture, marriage is forever, but in real culture, many marriages end in divorce.

• New Developments in Families

  • living with someone before marriage as a way to avoid divorce
  • Early cohabitors also have a great potential for divorce.
  • There is, however, data on marital dissolution rates (i.e., divorce) in other countries where same-sex marriage has been legally allowed for a longer period of time.
  • while divorce rates are higher for couples that marry younger generally (see discussion of divorce above), the divorce rate is slightly higher for same-sex couples than heterosexual couples
  • female same-sex couples are more likely to divorce than are male same-sex couples

• Theoretical Perspectives on Childhood Socialization

  • Microsystems, and therefore mesosystems and exosystems, are impossible to understand when divorced from their macrosystemic context.
  • For example, the impact of divorces on children has varied over history.
  • When divorce was more culturally stigmatized, it had a different effect on children than today, when many children have divorced parents.