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Divorces aren't rare, but they also hit a 50-year low last year. This wasn't a COVID outlier, it's the continuation of a trend. Lots of reasons for this that do
by HelloMcFly 6y ago
Divorces aren't rare, but they also hit a 50-year low last year. This wasn't a COVID outlier, it's the continuation of a trend. Lots of reasons for this that don't necessarily undercut your argument though (e.g., fewer people getting married in the first place).
https://ourworldindata.org/marriages-and-divorces https://ourworldindata.org/marriages-and-divorces
- harambae 6y agoDid you scroll down to "Share of children who were born outside of marriage" on your link? Because it's way up. Is it really better that divorces are down when people aren't even bothering to get married before having kids?
- dragonwriter 6y ago> Is it really better that divorces are down when people aren't even bothering to get married before having kids The value of stability in marriage is not just stability for kids, so yes. That being said, the import of people having kids before getting married when is hard to assess without data on both the single vs. cohabiting parenting split (which the source has some reference to) and on the stability among unmarried cohabiting parental couples.