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Golden anniversary couples 200 times more likely to live for a century than get a divorce

Couples who have been married fifty years are over 200 times more likely to become centenarians than get a divorce, new research from Marriage Foundation

February 6, 2016 31 Comments

Celebrity marriages doubly as likely to end

New research from Marriage Foundation has found celebrities are twice as likely to divorce as the rest of us. Marriage Foundation, the think tank founded

January 4, 2016 86 Comments

Wives driven to divorce halves in 30 years

New research from Marriage Foundation has found that divorces granted to wives during the early years of marriage have fallen by half since 1986. Fewer

December 28, 2015 No Comments

Marriage inequality between rich and poor soars to all-time high

New data analysed by Marriage Foundation shows an alarming widening of the marriage gap between rich and poor. Marriage Foundation found mothers with young children

August 20, 2015 2 Comments

First comes love, then comes marriage… tying the knot before first baby is a key ingredient for marriage success

In the first ever UK study of its kind, new research from Marriage Foundation, a think tank dedicated to building stronger families, has found that

March 9, 2015 4 Comments

Marriage Foundation hails six years of marriage stability

New figures from the Office for National Statistics show the proportion of married families in Britain has been stable for the last six years.

January 28, 2015 48 Comments

Family breakdown costs £50bn a year

When couples split up, families move from one to two households. Poverty is a common outcome that affects children. Six out of ten lone parents are supported by the state compared to one out of ten couple parents. That's where most of the £50bn is spent.

UK Among highest family breakdown in Europe

Five years ago, the UK had the highest rate of family breakdown in Europe. We're not doing as badly today, but only because of big falls in divorce rates. Alas there's no sign of a similar improvement among cohabitees

Lower Divorce Rates – Higher Lone Parents

Divorce rates have plummeted over the past 3 decades, but the number of lone parents has doubled in the same period. Why?... Because unmarried parents make up only one in five cohabiting parents but are responsible for one half of all family breakdown.

Stability is found in Marriage

Whereas stability is the norm if parents are married (75% stay together), it is the exception if they are not (30% stay together). As a result, among parents of teens who are still together as a couple, nine out of ten are married

Single Most Important Factor

The single most important factor in a child’s healthy development is the stable relationship of the parents. Our groundbreaking research shows that family breakdown is the #1 predictor of teenage mental health problems.

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