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Responding to the latest ONS data on divorce rates, which show a 59 per cent decrease in divorce in the first three years of marriage
PRESS RELEASE FROM MARRIAGE FOUNDATION Date: 20 September 2018 Divorce rates fallen by over half among newlyweds UK divorce rates among newlyweds have dropped to
PRESS RELEASE FROM MARRIAGE FOUNDATION Date: 02 August 2018 Keeping mum boosts mental health, teens told Mummy’s boys may be the butt of jokes and
Popular culture has it that marriage is the slow decay of a once blossoming relationship into one characterised, at best, by silence and indifference and,
More men in the UK are holding out ‘to meet the right person’ before getting married than women, a new survey published today revealed. Thirty-five
PRESS RELEASE FROM MARRIAGE FOUNDATION Date: 06 February 2018 Plan your baby if you want to stay together, finds Marriage Foundation Couples who plan their
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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