Divorce Statistics and Studies Blog

New article on divorce's effects on adults

Divorce leads to increased depression and drinking for both men and women, although it varies depending on whether there are children, according to The Association of Family and Conciliation Courts summary and critique of the following article, which also measured several other outcomes:

Williams, K. and Dunne-Bryant, A. [2006]. Divorce and Adult Psychological Well-Being: Clarifying the Role of Gender and Child Age. Journal of Marriage and Family, 68, 1178-1196.

Long-term economic outcomes for divorced women

Divorce financial planner Carol Ann Wilson's DivorceTIPS blog reviews several late-1980s studies of how men and women fared in divorces and afterwards.

UK REPORT IDENTIFIES FAMILY BREAKDOWN AS KEY PATH TO POVERTY

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

Australian study: divorce harms finances long-term

Link: Divorce's financial pain | The Courier-Mail.

Divorce's financial pain

Michelle Collins

March 18, 2007 12:00am Article from: The Sunday Mail

Excerpt:

THE marriage vow "until death do us part" can become "into debt do we part" for many Queensland couples who decide to split up, new research suggests.

An investigation by the Australian Institute of Family Studies reveals the financial impact of divorcing a partner can stretch long into retirement.

The study found that no matter when couples divorced, even if it was in their 20s, divorcees generally had fewer assets and were more reliant on the pension when they reached retirement age.

It also revealed that home ownership rates of divorcees, both those who remarry and those who never walk down the aisle again, were lower than the rate of those who were married and had never divorced.

People who did remarry sometimes improved their financial status but never to the same level as those who stayed married.

Complete article

Additional info on effects and correlates of divorce

To get complete information and citations, you should also review the Divorce Statistics Collection’s page on your topic:
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