Census Bureau: Marriage and Divorce
This link takes you to the general main page to look up several surveys done by the Census Bureau, including SIPP and ACS reports mentioned in the book. Link
Good News about Marriage: The Numbers
The Numbers The Good News About Marriage covers five areas of little-known but encouraging news about marriage and divorce,debunking five common myths in the process. Below are data tables sharing some stats central to one of those areas: debunking the 50% divorce rate. There are many different ways to look at the divorce rate. But…
The Good News About Marriage Research
The research for The Good News About Marriage started without us actually realizing it. In 2006 I was a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist writing a routine piece about marriage and divorce. I wanted to accurately cite the numbers—which I assumed were around 50%—but my senior researcher, Tally Whitehead, and I were soon very confused by…
Online Sources For Your Own Research (Marriage)
A Note From Tally In the beginning, Shaunti asked me to simply look up the divorce rate for a newspaper article she was writing. I started with looking at articles and references published by some well-known governmental and non-profit organizations, including the Census Bureau, the CDC, the National Marriage Project, Focus on the Family, and…
