Divorce Stats

Divorce stats are seen as an inadequate measure of marital breakdown for many reasons. Many people that experience marital breakdowns decide not to get divorced for a number of reasons including, money issues, housing difficulties, religion, or the children involved.
A married couple may feel at a time in life when their marriage is at an ‘irretrievable breakdown’ and want a divorce. However complications stop the divorce from taking place. So although there has been a marital breakdown there is no divorce. This makes the divorce stats an inadequate measure. If the couple had already started a family and had young children it could complicate the process of a divorce. They may want to hold on to the feeling that they are a family even