Monthly Archives: July 2012

Updated Notable Divorce Studies 2012

Posted on July 26, 2012

Just updated the Notable Divorce Studies for 2012.  There are about 70 articles listed.  One of the primary reasons for this website is to provide a quick way to see some of the important new science that is being published … Continue reading →

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Follow-up on Same-Sex Divorce

Posted on July 25, 2012

This is an interesting article on the courts’ responsibility regarding divorce in states that prohibit same-sex marriage.  In this article the authors argue that even in states that prohibit same-sex marriage there are legal mechanisms for granting a divorce.  They … Continue reading →

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European Attitudes Towards Divorce

Posted on July 13, 2012

Here is a new article about European attitudes towards divorce.  These findings indicated that the more negative the consequences for divorce the more likely people are to have negative attitudes…. so which comes first?

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Divorce and Same-Sex Couples

Posted on July 10, 2012

The news has been increasingly focused on the legal circumstances of same-sex marriage while overlooking the even more complex situation of same-sex divorce. 1. Counting the number of same-sex couples is difficult, but trying to count the number of dissolutions … Continue reading →

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Combat and Casualty Experience Increase Divorce for Military

Posted on July 6, 2012

An interesting Master’s thesis by Matthew DeBaun suggests that military personnel who have combat experience are at greater risk of divorce.  It appears that those personnel who have had “casualty experience”  (that is, they have witnessed the loss of life) … Continue reading →

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Remarriage Reality– What percentage of Americans have been married 3 times?

Posted on July 5, 2012

If you used celebrities as your guide to marriage and divorce, you would think that everyone is constantly marrying, divorcing and remarrying again.  So what is the reality. In 2009, the Census Bureau reported that among all current marriages, here … Continue reading →

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Divorce Status & Religion in Britain

Posted on July 3, 2012

One of the most notoriously inaccurate statistics regarding divorce is the marital status of various religious groups.  There are few reliable large scale studies that ask both about religion and marital status. Using the British Social Attitudes Study, Leslie Francis … Continue reading →

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Post-script on Iranian Women and Divorce

Posted on July 2, 2012

In a previous post I commented on a study that examined Iranian women’s reasons for seeking a divorce.  I found this comment in another research article exploring the high rates of suicide among some Iranian women. “Contrary to Western countries … Continue reading →

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U S Divorce Rates Over the Past 50 Years by Marriage Cohort

Posted on July 1, 2012

      (Also, see a graph of the changes in the divorce rate for the past 100 years.) The best way to look at the divorce rates over time is to see how long marriages last by age cohorts … Continue reading →

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