Background
There is a small percent of marriages that end in permanent separation, most end in divorce.
Divorce rates are found to be higher in some racial groups than others. There are about 42% of non-Hispanic whites and Hispanics that divorce within the first 15 years of marriage and 55% of African Americans.
People with high education (college degrees) tend to have more stable marriages that those with a high school diploma or less. There has been a decline in divorce rates for college educated individuals.
Researchers have found studies that show that women having jobs/careers can only effect the chances of divorce. Wives that are employed can cause tension between a couple when is comes to things like household labor, raising children, and who earns more money.
Adults who have/grew up with divorced parents often find themselves divorced as well. This can be because those with divorced parents tend to have lower level of education, lower levels of psychological well-being, more problems in their own marriages, and are not as close with their parents.
When adults have poor relationship and communication skills they are more likely to have trouble in relationships and marriages. Adults that have troubled relationships and get divorced are often more depressed, have anxiety, more health problems, and substance abuse.
Other major risk factors of divorce are
- marrying as a teen
- being poor
- unemployment
- low level education
- living with a future spouse before marriage
- premarital birth
- marrying someone of a different race
- remarrying
Although there are many risk factors that can cause divorce these factors only predict or increase the chances of divorce not cause them.
"Although divorce leads to an increase in stressful life events, such as poverty, psychological and health problems in parents, and inept parenting, it also may be associated with escape from conflict, the building of new more harmonious fulfilling relationships, and the opportunity for personal growth and individuation." (Hetherington)
Divorce rates are found to be higher in some racial groups than others. There are about 42% of non-Hispanic whites and Hispanics that divorce within the first 15 years of marriage and 55% of African Americans.
People with high education (college degrees) tend to have more stable marriages that those with a high school diploma or less. There has been a decline in divorce rates for college educated individuals.
Researchers have found studies that show that women having jobs/careers can only effect the chances of divorce. Wives that are employed can cause tension between a couple when is comes to things like household labor, raising children, and who earns more money.
Adults who have/grew up with divorced parents often find themselves divorced as well. This can be because those with divorced parents tend to have lower level of education, lower levels of psychological well-being, more problems in their own marriages, and are not as close with their parents.
When adults have poor relationship and communication skills they are more likely to have trouble in relationships and marriages. Adults that have troubled relationships and get divorced are often more depressed, have anxiety, more health problems, and substance abuse.
Other major risk factors of divorce are
- marrying as a teen
- being poor
- unemployment
- low level education
- living with a future spouse before marriage
- premarital birth
- marrying someone of a different race
- remarrying
Although there are many risk factors that can cause divorce these factors only predict or increase the chances of divorce not cause them.
"Although divorce leads to an increase in stressful life events, such as poverty, psychological and health problems in parents, and inept parenting, it also may be associated with escape from conflict, the building of new more harmonious fulfilling relationships, and the opportunity for personal growth and individuation." (Hetherington)