Divorce Statistics and Studies Blog

The Taxpayer Costs of Divorce and Unwed Childbearing: First-Ever Estimates for the Nation and All Fifty States

Divorce and unwed childbearing impose direct costs on government that are at least as much per year as the Iraq war -- $112 billion per year, even using the most methodologically cautious assumptions, says a new report published by the Institute for American Values.  

UK REPORT IDENTIFIES FAMILY BREAKDOWN AS KEY PATH TO POVERTY

See summary on the Family Scholars Blog.
Full report pdf here.

Additional info on effects and correlates of divorce

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Correlations with Other Factors: Age | Alcoholic parents | Children of Divorce Getting Divorced
| Cohabitation | Current Events| Gender of Children | Laws |   Marriage education programs | Occupation | Poverty | Race | Region | Religion |  Smoking | Unrealistic Expectations 
Effects on Society: Domestic Violence | Social-Economic-Taxpayer Costs | Effects on Black Community
Effects on Divorced People: Domestic Violence | Economic | Happiness | Physical and Mental Health
Effects on Children: Generally | Child Abuse | Poverty | Crime | Crime | Physical Health | Mental Health/Behavioral | Social Skills/Adjustment | Suicide | Teen & single parenthood | Exposure to family conflict | Stepfamilies | African American Children
Other:  Summary of Our Findings So Far| Causes of individual divorces