Things are looking brighter for the institution of marriage. Various factors could be driving the drop in divorce rates, including cohabitation and people delaying marriage.
Divorce rates have been declining during the past decades, after experiencing a surge in the 1970s and 80s.Americans are more permissive of cohabitation, which could help explain why divorce rates are dropping.One of the saddest realities of life is that most marriages won’t last a lifetime. That’s not to say, however, that even marriages that ultimately fail weren’t beautiful and productive at one time.rates increased from 3.5 per 1000 people in 1970 to 5.1 per 1000 in 1980.
“On the other hand, marriage rates remain at historic lows and marriage is becoming increasingly selective, while economic security increasingly predicts marital stability. In that context, the trends presented here describe progress toward a system in which U.S. marriage is rarer, and more stable—a more elite status—than it was in the past,” he added.
In the study, Cohen found that divorce rates have fallen for younger women, which accounts for the decline. Although older women are more likely to divorce, rates in women over age 45 stopped rising this past decade. Furthermore, newly married couples may be more protective of their marriages.
It should be noted that views about marriage and cohabitation differ among religious affiliations. For instance, 74% of Catholics are copacetic with cohabitation, only 35% of White evangelical Protestants are. On a positive note, experts predict a further drop in divorce rates. In the aggregate, it could be that Americans are taking marriage more seriously and protecting the institution. This makes absolute sense because marriage is one of the biggest commitments a person can make., attained a medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine and a master's degree in science journalism from Texas A&M.
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