North Palm Beach, Florida. January 9, 2008: divorce360.com commissioned a GFK Roper poll on divorce to learn more about the causes for divorce.
Women divorce over abuse, men divorce over sex:
The number one reason people gave for divorce is abuse. More than one in three (36%) divorced Americans cited either verbal or physical abuse as the main cause of divorce. Money, at 22%, is a distant second. Other reasons for divorce include someone new entered their life (18%), sex (16%), disagreements about how to raise their children (13%), or boredom (12%) as contributing factors. Only 6% divorced over whether to have children, and just 4% cite religion as a factor.
Gender plays a role in the reasons for divorce:
Women are more than twice as likely as men (48% vs. 21%) to divorce because of verbal or physical abuse. Men, in turn, are more than twice as likely as women (22% vs. 11%) to cite sex as the cause for their failed marriage.
Not divorcing- but thinking about it:
One third, 33%, of married Americans have at some point in their marriage considered the idea of divorce. Two in ten, (19%), cited issues surrounding children, while 18% cite fears about cheating as the primary reasons for thinking about divorce.
Women are significantly more likely than men (39% vs. 27%) to have at least thought about divorce at some point in their marriage. Children are most likely to be the issue, particularly for women. Most notably, women are more than twice as likely as men to think about divorce after their children were born (19% vs. 7%).
“Divorce has become an unfortunate reality”, notes divorce360.com’s CEO, Cotter Cunningham. “It is difficult, painful and complex. We don’t advocate divorce. We do want to help people struggling with it. From making the decision to leave to going to court for custody or alimony, divorce is an emotional, financial and legal rollercoaster. It doesn’t just impact the two people involved. It impacts their children, friends and other family members. The decisions made before, during and after a divorce can touch many lives. Divorce360 strives to offer the essential information needed to help people make educated choices about those important decisions.”
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01.09.08 at 05:12 PM |
Ahhh, my favorite topic.
Sigh.
01.10.08 at 01:55 PM |
I’m a lawyer in a small town, so most of my cases are about divorce, and I can tell you from personal experience that divorce is about sex. Either someone’s not putting out, or someone’s not getting enough. Sad to say but true. What people cite, is obviously different.