In those where ties to family and community are strong, lifelong marriages can be promoted by practices such as the cultural prohibition of divorce and arranged marriages that are seen as a contract between two families, not just two individuals.

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make divorces virtually unacceptable

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If the Great Depression is any guide, we may see a drop in our sky high divorce rate.

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when nearly one-quarter of the workforce was unemployed, the divorce rate had declined by around 25% from 1929 But this doesn't mean people were suddenly happier with their marriages

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Rather, with incomes decreasing and insecure jobs, unhappy couples often couldn't afford to divorce.

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The divorce rate rose again during the rest of the decade as the recovery took hold

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bring about a drop in the divorce rate

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What stands in the way of unhappy couples getting a divorce

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The economic recovery will see a higher divorce rate

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What's less clear is whether divorce and separation rates rise in a recession - financial pressures mean couples argue more but make splitting up less affordable.

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divorce and separation rates increase

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Getting a divorce means risking a reduced life span.

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Likewise, a married man who smokes more than a pack a day is likely to live as long as a divorced man who doesn't smoke.

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Her friend, Pat, the divorced mother of three, is struggling to make ends meet

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But a new study finds that the risk of divorce among older couples rises when the wife——not the husband一becomes seriously ill.

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But it's also important to recognize that the pressure to divorce may be health-related and that sick ex-wives may need additional care and services to prevent worsening health and increased health costs.

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given the increasing concern about health care costs for the aging population, Karraker believes policymakers should be aware of the relationship between disease and risk of divorce.

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Married women diagnosed with a serious health condition may find themselves struggling with the impact of their disease while also experiencing the stress of divorce.

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Offering support services to spouses caring for their other halves may reduce marital stress and prevent divorce at older ages, she said.

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They found that, overall, 31% of marriages ended in divorce over the period studied.

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While the study didn't assess why divorce is more likely when wives but not husbands become seriously ill, Karraker offers a few possible reasons.

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Divorce is legal and easy to obtain, but not common.

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given the current divorce rate of nearly 50 percent, that amounts to millions of cases in the United States every year—a virtual epidemic of failed conversation.

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Sociologist Catherine Kohler riessman reports in her new book divorce Talk that most of the women she interviewed — but only a few of the men — gave lack of communication as the reason for their divorces.

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The three Ds—death, debt and divorce—still deliver works of art to the market.

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