Divorce Rates in England and Wales 1971-2011
The divorce rate in England and Wales has edged up slightly in 2011 compared to 2010. (See complete report.) For 2011, the rate was 10.8 divorces per 1,000 married persons. The rates were...
View ArticleChild Trends Data Related to Marriage and Parenting
Child Trends collects and organizes lots of data about children and families. Below are some the indicators that apply to marriage and parenting. Attitudes Towards Spanking (Attitudes Towards...
View ArticleDivorce Rate Trends in OECD Countries 1970-2008
Eurostat periodically issues some nice charts and explanations of marriage and divorce trends in the OECD countries. Here is a sample of their work. Complete report on these trends. The report...
View ArticleMarital History of U.S. Men from 1940-2012
Over time this figure shows the changes in marital history of men in different birth cohorts (a birth cohort is all the men born in a specific time period). The men born in the years 1940-44 were ages...
View ArticleTrends in Children Living with Single Mothers — US
Children living with unmarried single mothers has risen sharply for children over the past 40 years. Almost half of children who are living with in mother-only households are headed by unmarried...
View ArticleTrend in Children under 18 Living with Single Fathers
More children are living with their divorced or never married dads in the last 40 years, but look at what happened during the recession– more divorced dads with children and a dramatic drop for...
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