Statistics

  • Divorce Hurts Your Health
    July 30, 2009 | comments: 0
    A recent study of people aged 51 to 61 by Professor Linda Waite of the University of Chicago has shown that the experience of divorce has specific long-term negative effects on physical health. According to the study, both divorce and the subsequent life of a widow or widower can generate... Read More

  • Divorce Still Morally OK
    May 20, 2009 | comments: 0
    According to the results of the Gallup Poll’s annual Moral Acceptability poll completed on May 10, 2009, the moral views of most Americans have changed very little in the last year. The poll found that the morals of the nation might have shifted ever-so-slightly to the right, but... Read More

  • Giving Love a Second Chance
    December 30, 2008 | comments: 0
    Thinking of giving marriage another try? Not many people do it says the US Census bureau but once you do, you've got a fair shot at staying married. Check out these "second time around" statistics. 8 Average length, in years, of first marriages ending in divorce. 3 1/2 The... Read More