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End the couple penalty which encourages couples to ‘pretend to live apart’

Quarter of a million couples pretend to live apart Over 240,000 couples with children are pretending to live apart to claim lone parent benefits Couples

September 15, 2013 1 Comment

Regaining confidence in marriage

Today’s issue of the British Social Attitudes Survey highlights how attitudes to marriage, sex and parenthood have changed over thirty years. The big picture suggests

September 10, 2013 No Comments

IFS have completely misconstrued their own evidence

In an ‘Understanding Society’ conference today, the influential think tank Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) will outline research suggesting marriage does not improve a child’s

July 25, 2013 2 Comments

Divorce rates immune to boom and bust

A report from the leading think-tank, The Marriage Foundation, explodes the myth about a link between divorce and recession. Relationship charities have previously claimed that

June 24, 2013 31 Comments

Almost all intact couples with young teens are married, new MF research finds

45 per cent of young teenagers (aged 13-15 years old) are not living with both parents Half of all family breakdown takes place during the

May 22, 2013 2 Comments

Summer 2013 Newsletter now available

On the anniversary of our launch, Paul Coleridge looks back over the solid achievements of the first year and says that “there is everything to play

May 8, 2013 3 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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