Divorce Rate

Which Country Has The Highest Divorce Rate In The World?

Posted 06.01.2012

We've all heard that nearly half of all marriages in the U.S. end in divorce (whether the stat is accurate is another story). But how well do you ...

The Key To A Successful Post-Split Relationship

Karen McMahon | Posted 05.14.2012

Karen McMahon

Attempting to make your life better by changing your outer appearance is like cleaning a mirror and expecting the image reflecting back at you to change.

WATCH: Evolutionary Psychologist Makes Outrageous Claim About Divorce Rates

Posted 04.24.2012

Would permitting polygamy lower the divorce rate? Yes, according to evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa. In the Big Think video above, Kana...

Why Living Together Before Marriage No Longer Spells Divorce

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 03.22.2012

ATLANTA -- Nearly half of first marriages break up within 20 years, a new government study finds. With those odds, you might wonder: Would we be bette...

WATCH: The '50 Percent Divorce Rate,' Explained

Posted 03.21.2012

It's long been claimed that nearly half of marriages in the U.S. end in divorce. That's no laughing matter, but in a video posted Monday, hosts from t...

Why Do Women File For Divorce?

Lee Block | Posted 05.05.2012

Lee Block

I have been married twice and divorced twice and I filed for divorce both times. What is important to know is whether or not I wanted either marriage to work, my respective spouses did not.

Stephanie Hallett

Why Aren't We Getting Married Anymore?

HuffingtonPost.com | Stephanie Hallett | Posted 12.14.2011

Barely half of Americans over the age 18 are married, according to a new report from the Pew Research Institute. The number of couples married in 2010...

WATCH: Why Is The Divorce Rate DOWN?

Posted 01.11.2012

Author and Huffington Post blogger Iris Krasnow stopped by "The Talk" Friday to dish on her much-buzzed-about book, "The Secret Lives Of Wives." An...

WATCH: Author Says 70 Percent Of Married Women Consider Divorce

Posted 12.06.2011

Huffington Post Blogger Iris Krasnow stopped by the "Today" show Thursday morning to talk about her new book, "The Secret Lives of Wives: Women Share ...

42% Of NYC Women Have Never Been Married

Posted 11.27.2011

According to a study done by the American Community Survey, women in New York state hold the highest percentage, 34.8 percent, of women who have never...

Why Second Marriages May Be Doomed

Lisa Helfend Meyer | Posted 11.15.2011

Lisa Helfend Meyer

While about 41 percent of first marriages end in divorce, the picture is even gloomier for second acts where 60 percent of those marriages fail. Common sense dictates people enter into a second marriage older, wiser and more committed to not making the same mistakes again. However, couples remarrying have to contend with a big set of built-in stresses that they didn't face the first time around.

Divorce Throughout History: A Primer

Robert Hughes, Jr. | Posted 11.06.2011

Robert Hughes, Jr.

Taking a historical look at patterns of divorce in the US gives us insight into current times. Tomas Cvrcek, an economist at Clemson University, take...

Surprising New Report Reveals Which States Have The Highest Divorce Rates

AP | By HOPE YEN | Posted 10.24.2011

WASHINGTON -- Singles, take note: With marriages at an all-time low, states in the South and West rank among the highest for couples hearing wedding b...

Startling New Census Data Reveals Where Men, Women Divorce Most

The Huffington Post | Ashley Reich | Posted 10.24.2011

A new report from the U.S. Census released Thursday suggests that divorce rates for men and women in the United States vary by region, and not necessa...

Is Getting A Divorce In The UK Too Easy?

Mail Online | Posted 09.12.2011

Getting a divorce is easier than getting a driving licence, a senior judge said today as he warned about the 'huge' problem of family breakdown. Si...

Kuwait Divorce Rate Climbs Higher

kuwaittimes.net | Posted 09.11.2011

KUWAIT: According to statistics published recently by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), the number of divorce lawsuits filed in Kuwait far outnumbers oth...

Does Divorce Define Generation X?

wsj.com | By SUSAN GREGORY THOMAS | Posted 09.10.2011

Every generation has its life-defining moments. If you want to find out what it was for a member of the Greatest Generation, you ask: "Where were you ...

Italy's Divorce Rate RISES

upi.com | Posted 09.07.2011

ROME, July 8 (UPI) -- Italy's divorce rate is continuing its steady increase, the national statistics agency says. Istat reported Thursday that 54,...

While Gays Push to Marry, Heterosexuals Fear Commitment

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 08.27.2011

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Gays marrying has nothing to do with heterosexuals divorcing and the real crisis in the American marriage is not that people of the same sex want to get hitched but that people of the opposite don't want to stay together.

Why Are So Many Baby Boomers Divorcing?

foxbusiness.com | Posted 09.19.2011

Whatever happened to "til death do us part"? My wife and I will celebrate our 37th wedding anniversary this month and we are still best friends. Bu...

Three Out Of Four Women Would Not Marry An Unemployed Man: Report

Posted 08.21.2011

NEW YORK (Richard Chang) - Most women would marry for love over money -- unless the man is unemployed, according to a new survey. Three out of ...

Married Couples Now Minority In Kentucky

McClatchy | Becca Clemons and Linda J. Johnson | the Lexington Herald | Posted 08.06.2011

Joey Rose and Keith Lovan say they face the same challenges as any other couple. They have lived together for 121/2 years and are raising a 7-year-old...

Over 5,000 Couples Divorce Each Day In China

People's Daily Online | Posted 08.02.2011

China's civil affairs organizations have dealt with more than 465,000 cases of divorce in the first quarter of this year, an average of over 5,000 per...

Who Gets Divorced?

24/7 Wall St. | Posted 07.26.2011

Divorce is a common in America today. In many cases, divorce affects people from all walks of life similarly except for the poor. Between 2005 and...

Divorce Rate Up Among Korea's International Couples

Asian Correspondent | Posted 07.24.2011

International marriages between foreigners and citizens of our country have tripled in the past ten years. With the surging number of marriages there...