That headline sounds almost obvious, right? We know that you can prove most things with statistics, but having said that, some interesting new figures have come from the UK’s Office of National Statistics… The number of divorces in England and Wales decreased 5% in 2008 compared to the previous year, […]
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According to the same online agency that told us Facebook is bad for marriage, the UK’s divorce rate could rise for the first time in a decade. MD of Divorce-Online, Mark Keenan, expects to see at least a two per cent rise in divorce in 2010, with the recession generally […]
Last year, when the scale of the economic crisis was still dawning upon us, the UK’s Office of National Statistics found that the slowing property market could be reducing the divorce rate. That doesn’t mean that relationships have suddenly got significantly better. In fact, financial turmoil places a real strain […]
This may sound obvious to some, but a new study suggests that the rate of relational and marital breakup was higher amongst those whose parents had divorced. The study looked at other factors, such as genetics or parental substance abuse, but found that divorce itself was a key factor that […]
New research from Metanium suggests that British grandparents are more involved than ever with the care of their grandchildren. Some five million grandparents now spend three days per week caring for their grandchildren. Childcare is major source of concern for working parents. Cost is a key factor, but trust is […]
OK it’s a blatant plug for Ancestry.com (with which I have no affiliation) but their latest news is that in the past six months, over 1 million people have created family trees using their online service. Their press release states: “In building family trees, users have added an estimated 150 […]
Research by the InsideDivorce.com web site suggests that 1 in 5 British couples are on the verge of a break-up. Nearly half (44%) of married people surveyed say that their sex lives have decreased while a further one in ten married couples are having no sex at all. These figures […]