tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post754369112284888747..comments2023-12-24T20:48:11.634+00:00Comments on Opinionated Vicar: Families - The Lefts BlindspotDavid Keenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11872644403415655350noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post-14754717361553246302019-11-21T21:28:59.874+00:002019-11-21T21:28:59.874+00:00The divorce rate has been falling partly because f...The divorce rate has been falling partly because fewer people have been getting married, and its reasonable to assume those are the more committed couples, or those with more financial resources (due to the cost of weddings). The evidence shows that cohabiting couples are much more likely to break up than married couples. <br /><br />The Relationships Foundation estimate of the cost of family David Keenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11872644403415655350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post-12837423104737950882019-11-21T18:54:14.596+00:002019-11-21T18:54:14.596+00:00The divorce rate has been mostly falling for coupl...The divorce rate has been mostly falling for couple of decades, and in 2017 was the lowest it had been since 1973. <br /><br />Source:<br />https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/divorce/bulletins/divorcesinenglandandwales/2017<br />see Fig. 2.<br /><br />The Civitas report you link to is from 2002. The Centre for Social Justice page doesn't define "Kathryn Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05829669522063886278noreply@blogger.com