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Is Marriage Back? Divorce Is Down, Family Stability Is Up

By Filings on Tue, 07/29/25
Society & Culture
Divorce
Family
Marriage
American Culture

“After peaking in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the divorce rate has been falling in recent decades. In fact, the divorce rate has hit a 50-year-low. Since the 1980s, each cohort of married couples has seen their risk of divorce decline, as the figure below indicates.” - IFS

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