Comments on: Money and Marriage – Divorce Declines in Great Recession http://blog.heritage.org/2009/12/08/money-and-marriage-divorce-declines-in-great-recession/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:06:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Philip Cohen, Chapel http://blog.heritage.org/2009/12/08/money-and-marriage-divorce-declines-in-great-recession/#comment-76091 Philip Cohen, Chapel Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:39:47 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=21379#comment-76091 Sorry to burst the silver lining on this, but the divorce rate has been falling since 1981. It blipped up for a single year, in 2006, and now is falling again - that's the change Wilcox is referencing. The conclusion is overdrawn. There is no evidence that anyone's appreciation for marriage has changed. I analyzed this here: <a href="http://familyinequality.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/recession-resilience-divorce/" rel="nofollow">http://familyinequality.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/...</a> Sorry to burst the silver lining on this, but the divorce rate has been falling since 1981. It blipped up for a single year, in 2006, and now is falling again – that's the change Wilcox is referencing. The conclusion is overdrawn. There is no evidence that anyone's appreciation for marriage has changed. I analyzed this here: http://familyinequality.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/…

]]> By: Dr. Taffy Wagner, Mo http://blog.heritage.org/2009/12/08/money-and-marriage-divorce-declines-in-great-recession/#comment-74713 Dr. Taffy Wagner, Mo Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:20:28 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=21379#comment-74713 Money and marriage are a part of each other. Even though various reports have stated that divorce fell during the recession, other reports have also said some couples that wanted to get a divorce could no longer afford it. At the end of the day, couples should be talking about money and marriage throughout the lifetime of the marriage and not just when a financial crisis arise. I believe one positive thing that has happened due to the recession is it has forced couples to communicate about money that might not have otherwise had a discussion. <a href="http://www.marriagemoneymatters.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.marriagemoneymatters.com</a> Money and marriage are a part of each other. Even though various reports have stated that divorce fell during the recession, other reports have also said some couples that wanted to get a divorce could no longer afford it. At the end of the day, couples should be talking about money and marriage throughout the lifetime of the marriage and not just when a financial crisis arise. I believe one positive thing that has happened due to the recession is it has forced couples to communicate about money that might not have otherwise had a discussion.

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]]> By: Go Together Lke A Horse And Carriage « Around The Sphere http://blog.heritage.org/2009/12/08/money-and-marriage-divorce-declines-in-great-recession/#comment-73944 Go Together Lke A Horse And Carriage « Around The Sphere Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:58:40 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=21379#comment-73944 [...] Diane Mannina at Heritage: A new report -The 2009 “State of our Unions”- out of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia and the Institute for American Values, reports that divorce fell during the first full year of the Great Recession, the first annual dip since 2005. [...] [...] Diane Mannina at Heritage: A new report -The 2009 “State of our Unions”- out of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia and the Institute for American Values, reports that divorce fell during the first full year of the Great Recession, the first annual dip since 2005. [...]

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