Does Divorce Make People Happy? Findings from a Study of Unhappy Marriages |
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| Author:
| Waite, Linda J.
Gallagher, Maggie |
| Contribution by:
| Browning, Don
Doherty, William
Luo, Ye
Stanley, Scott M. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-931764-03-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2002 |
| Publisher: | Institute for American Values
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $7.00 |
Book Description:
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Does divorce typically make adults happier than staying in an unhappy marriage? Many Americans assume so. This study represents, to the best of our knowledge, the first serious effort to investigate this assumption empirically: Two out of three unhappily married adults who avoided divorce reported being happily married five years later.
Does divorce typically make adults happier than staying in an unhappy marriage? Many Americans assume so. This study represents, to the best of our knowledge, the first serious effort to investigate this assumption empirically: Two out of three unhappily married adults who avoided divorce reported being happily married five years later.