People in the middle of divorce still hope for reconciliation
Posted on Wednesday, October 12th, 2011 at 6:08 pm
A survey of 2,500 parents in the middle of a divorce revealed that 1 in 4 people still hope to reconcile their marriage even late into divorce proceedings.
The survey was a part of a study titled “Interest in Marital Reconciliation Among Divorcing Parents” and was conducted by researchers at the University of Minnesota. The study’s participants were all parents in the middle of a divorce and who had taken parenting classes.
3 in 10 individuals involved in the study said that they would like to receive professional help to reconcile their marriage. Among couples involved in the study, both spouses in 1 in every 10 married couples were interested in getting help to reconcile their marriage.
Officials say the study is the first to collect data on divorcing parents’ interest in reconciliation.
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Study suggests welfare leads to marital dissatisfaction
Posted on Monday, September 19th, 2011 at 5:41 pm
A recent study into the relationship between marital satisfaction and income suggests that couples receiving government assistance — such as welfare, Medicaid, or food stamps — are more likely to experience marital dissatisfaction leading to divorce.
Researchers involved in the study acknowledge that financial issues are widely known to contribute to divorce. However, in the study, researchers compared couples within the same income range and compared those receiving government assistance to those not receiving any form of government assistance.
Surveys revealed that among couples with an income of $20,000 or less, couples receiving government assistance were much more likely to report experiencing marital dissatisfaction than those couples within the same income bracket, but not receiving government assistance.
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