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June 30th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
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Steve Doughty
19:40 EST, 29 June 2012
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19:41 EST, 29 June 2012
Divorces have fallen to their lowest level for nearly 40 years.
There was a one per cent fall last year and a larger drop is predicted as divorce petitions fell three per cent.
Although fewer couples are choosing to marry, it appears those who do are older and more likely to stay together.
Figures show people tend to marry later in life, but are more likely to stay together
Divorce became common in the 1970s after the introduction of quickie and no-fault divorces, and reached a peak of more than 165,000 in 1993.
But since then — apart from a brief rise after 2000 and a one-year blip in 2010 — official splits have waned.
There were 119,610 divorces in 2011, one per cent fewer than the 121,265 in 2010 and there were 129,298 divorce petitions filed — down three per cent from the 133,499 in 2010.
A Ministry of Justice analyst said: ‘The decline reflects the smaller married population and a higher average age at marriage.
‘The younger a person marries, the higher the probability of divorce so the trend to delay marriage has contributed to the decline in divorce over the last 20 years.’
The average age at which a woman first marries has reached 30 as millions put off raising families for the sake of education and career building — and as many choose to cohabit.
Researcher Harry Benson of the Bristol Community Family Trust said: ‘Those getting married are generally more committed. People who are decisive enough to get married are more likely to stay together.’
He said that divorce early in a marriage is where most of the fall in divorce is taking place.
Author on the family Jill Kirby said: ‘Divorce figures may reflect the fact that fewer people are getting married.
‘But the biggest cause of family break-up is the untold numbers of unmarried cohabiting couples, whose families fall apart at five times the rate of married families.’
Since 1993 official splits have waned
The lowest figures for divorce since the 1970s were recorded in 2009, when the MoJ counted 115,174. The low figure is thought to have been brought about by the onset of recession and financial difficulties for couples whose relationships were already rocky, and there was a sharp rise again in 2010.
The long-term fall has now been restored by the latest count.
According to figures from the Office for National Statistics, the last year in which there were fewer than 120,000 divorces before the current decline was 1974.
ONS figures – which will not be published until the late autumn – are similar to those provided by the MoJ, but there are always small variations. Officials admit these are largely due to counting errors by civil servants.
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The question is also if the reduction in divorces over the last few years can be put down to the economic crises, as there are no financial “incentive” to finalise the divorce
Also, the rise in the number of people cohabiting also reflect an increase in the number of separations from cohabiting people, and though these experiences do not have the same economic consequences, they are still devastating for the people – especially when it comes to couples who have children together!
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You can’t divorce if you don’t get married. Dropping numbers getting married = droppig numbers getting divorced. Do they really thnik we are all this dumb?
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The percentage of divorces to marriage would be a better indicator. As for the reasons, I don’t believe it is largely due to career women, more to the increase in cohabitation. Any real decrease in divorce is more likely to be due to economic factors – the rich are still divorcing!
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If people are choosing to cohabit, stay single and not have kids doesnt that affect the divorce rate if they are less married people about that say in 1970?
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“How can they divorce when they don’t marry in the first place; instead simply cohabit?- PPaul Holbourneau, Bangkok Thailand,”———Is that suppose to be clever or something?
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How can they divorce when they don’t marry in the first place; instead simply cohabit?
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