Too Much Divorce in America

According to the National Health Statistics Report, nearly half of all first marriages end in divorce (Casey et al. 2012). As this rate has drastically increased since the mid-20th century, divorce has begun to create many setbacks for society in terms of the economy, crimes rates, mental health capacity, and academic achievements. While initially divorce was seen as an issue for families individually, society as a whole is increasingly subject to facing the repercussions.

The divorce rate in America has been fifty percent for the last thirty years. For those who had already gone through a separation. The number was closer to sixty percent. That is because history tends to repeat itself. Now take a closer look at annulment and its history. What causes dissolution to happen? What are the common reasons for a split up between couples? Does separating affect the children? In what ways might children be affected by a split up? Divorce is ugly business with many causes for it; it also causes many problems, usually by affecting the people involved; The ones usually affected the most are children; and they can develop many issues from divorce.

Marriage is a bond made between two people who commit their lives to each other. When a couple gets married, they make an oath to each other to be together for an eternity. A divorce is when you legally end a marriage and the promises made to each other in the marriage ceremony. There are many factors that contributes to the divorce rate in the UK. The divorce rate has changed in the UK over the past 40 years. When a married couple realized that things are getting harder or finds another person who is more attractive than their own partner, they will choose to get divorced. In this essay, I will talk about the divorce rate for the past 30 years and about the possible factors, reasons that affect the divorce rate, in the UK and the possible solution to tackle the problem.

As Alton, L. (2014) explained in the Economic Development on divorce article, “The Impact of Divorce on America’s Economy,” Divorce is expensive and Divorce Slows Economic Growth. According to Alton who is an independent business consultant specializing in social media trends, business, and entrepreneurship he quotes from MARRI, “Marriage is an important contributor to human capital, a measure of economic value based on an employee’s skill set. Human capital is a key contributor to economic growth.” In other words, studies found that divorce is something that affects our economic value. (Alton 2014) argue that divorce causes some part of our economic to creates financial hardship for both spouses. It affects families, friendships, and communities and even trust issue. Alton also argues that divorce slow economic growth and according to MARRI, “Divorce slows economic growth with its negative impact on productivity. Henry Potrykus, co-authored of the MARRI study, said married men experience greater salary increases than single men. However, the income increase for newly divorced men drops to the same level as their never-married counterparts” (2014). To MARRI studies, it shows that divorce causes lower productivity growth which is a burden to the economy. If only marriage is more than falling in love, more people

Anyone going through a divorce can have a stressful toll no one can want or afford to get. Over time divorce has drastically changing over the years. Divorce was relatively uncommon and difficult to get before 1970 (Why have divorce rates increase over time?). In the United States researchers estimate that 40%-50% of all first marriages will end in divorce or permanent separation (How common is divorce and what are the reasons?). The risk of divorce is even higher for second marriages, about 60% (How common is divorce and what are the reasons?). In today’s society divorce is increasing more often than ever. As the number of divorced parents increase, the children of the divorced parents are more likely to get divorced (Why have divorce rates increase over time?). For many reasons can be the case when divorce happens. There are many factors leading to cause divorce, also there are alternative routes to help cope with divorce. Couples change, grow and develop from their spouse. Couples interests become incompatible as a result, their marriage begins to suffer.

The main premise of this book is to counter and disprove the common held beliefs in our society about marriage and divorce. Shaunti Feldhahn started this goal in 2006 when she was writing on one of her newspaper columns and decided to reference the divorce rate. However, she quickly became perplex with the numerous sources claiming differing rates and enlisted the help of her then researcher assistant, Tally Whitehead. After many hours, Feldhahn and Whitehead opted to call an expert on marriage and divorce in order to finally acquire the answers they craved. To their surprise, the expert had no answer for them. This is because there is no exact divorce rate. The divorce rate is constructed on multiple subcategories that can be calculated and

The first of many research article this paper will cover is, Sociodemographic Perspectives on Reasons for Divorce, by Majda Thurnher, PhD Cathy Birtley Fenn, PhD Joseph Melichar, PhD David A. Their researched examined reasons for divorce. It was reported by a sample of 333 men and women, aged 20-79. There were many reasons for divorce, which was to be expected. The many reasons ranged from a lack of personal self-fulfillment to nonfulfillment of marital role obligations, were shown to be influenced by sex, age, education, income, and number of children. (Chiriboga. Ponzetti Jr, J. J., Zvonkovic, A., Cate, R. M., & Huston, T. L. 1992)

Stated by the famous comedian Kevin Hart “Is everything funny? For me, yes. There’s a positive to every negative. Even my divorce? For me, yes. If you go back and look at it, why it happened or how it happened, there’s something in there that’ll make you laugh.” Although divorce can be considered humorous it has become a serious epidemic. About 50 percent of all marriages end in divorce. The purpose of this paper is to discuss how an individual takes part in causing divorce, how society plays a part in divorce, and how can we lessen the situation. When divorce is looked into the odds of success are not all created equal. Education, location, religion and other factors can dramatically affect your odds of remaining married. Divorce many save some people from a bad marriage, but can also debilitate an individual or society.

There has been reduction in available job opportunities as the global population continues to rise year-after-after, and there has been lack of communication and increase in stress between the spouses who decide to culminate their holy marriage by filing for divorce in the judicial courts. It is shocking to learn that out of a population of 1,000 people, there are 6.4 marriages and 3.4 divorces, which means that 50% of marriages in the United States of America result into a divorce (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2010). There are various causes that make the spouses take the ultimate decision of ending their matrimonial vows through legal divorce. The rate of divorce also differs from one state to another and

In the world today, there are a lot of people wanting to marry the first person they fall in love with. However, many married couples realized that this kind of marriage is not what they want, so they turn to divorce as an answer. Even though there are many ways to fix the problems that occur in a marriage, sometimes, nobody wants to use them. It is certain that the causes of divorce vary from couple to couple. The most common reasons marriages fail are communication, the altering role of women, infidelity and unconsciously of choosing a mate based on your parents.

Why do people get divorced? This is an important question to ponder because, every marriage is supposed to last until, “death do us part.” Unfortunately, that is not always the case. In today’s society, 40-50 percent of marriages end in divorce. It is crazy to think that close to half of marriages end in divorce. While this statistic is mind-boggling, it is also important to consider the many reasons for divorce including money, fighting, and a lack of love but, regardless of the cause, the psychological effects are far reaching.

Many individuals quote cash as a reason of divorce. I think that money has a character in society and in marriage. Though, the lack of money does cause dissonance between a married couple. This can be mentioned to as financial mismatch, which is based on the views that each spouse has of the company of marriage from a financial viewpoint. More, he/she should also reason about the belongings of divorce on their economic situation. Also, they must see that divorce does not resolve financial problems. Instead,

¨In America, one divorce is finalized approximately every thirty-six seconds. The amount is nearly 2,400 divorces per day, 16,800 divorces per week, and 876,000 divorces per year¨ (Irvin 1). Millennials are more likely to have a divorce than previous generations. 36.6% of women and 38.8% of men aging from twenty to twenty-four end their marriage in divorce, but only 5.1% of women and 6.5% of men aging from thirty-five to thirty-nine end their marriage in divorce. The divorce rate is significantly higher the younger the married couple is. Pop culture can play a significant role in this. Britney Spears and Jason Alexander were only married for fifty-five hours (Irvin 2)! Last year, Angelina Jolie announced that she filed for a divorce from Brad Pitt. Most children look up to these celebrities as role models. If their role models divorce and remarry every other year, the next generations will feel that divorce is acceptable. Not only are celebrities influencing Millennials to divorce but also other factors such as women in the workforce, domestic violence, and a secular society.

While researching the subject of divorce, it became very apparent that the stressors leading up to divorce, the entire legal process, adjusting to life afterward and everything in between, left little more than devastation in its wake. By and large, divorce is incredibly taxing on several fronts. We will discuss the emotional ramifications of divorce for spouses and children, what environmental factors contribute strongest to the dissolution of marriage, what percentage of marriages end in divorce, and the estimation of legal fees for what someone can expect to pay out of pocket for all this devastation.

From the past to present, people all over the world have determined to "get marriage". Nevertheless, some couples are unable to maintain their relationship so they choose to divorce, which is one of the solutions to cope with problems between a husband and wife. Most people claim to think carefully before they get married, but the divorce rates continue to increase. There are three main causes of divorce: the changing of a man and a woman 's role, stress in modern living and the lack of communication between the married couple.