The most common reasons given for the breakdown of marriages or live-in partnerships in Britain are communication problems and growing apart, according to analysis by UCL researchers of the latest National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-3).
[...] Natsal is the largest scientific study of sexual health lifestyles in Britain. It is carried out by UCL, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and NatCen Social Research [sic]
Natsal is run every 10 years, and includes a representative sample of men and women resident in Britain aged between 16 and 74. Natsal-3 was carried out between 2010 and 2012.
The study focused on the responses of 706 men and 1254 women to questions about their reasons for breakdown of a marriage or cohabiting relationship in the past 5 years.
[UCL is, of course, University College London. It has as part of one of its faculties the above-mentioned school.]
I would have guessed footie.
(Score: 3, Informative) by VLM on Tuesday March 28 2017, @03:54PM (3 children)
basically every culture on the planet
Note that contemporary non-marriage cultures are uniformly ... not doing well by any bean counting measure.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 28 2017, @06:12PM (2 children)
Chicken and the egg.
Marriage does not cause create financial security.
Marriage is a symptom of financial security.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 29 2017, @04:20AM (1 child)
Marriage is pretty much nothing. It isn't some magical fix for relationships. The only practical effects it has is that the government foolishly grants some legal privileges to people who get married. Aside from that, it's much like rain dancing: Magical thinking nonsense.
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Wednesday March 29 2017, @07:03AM
Don't worry. Some people think more babies are magical fixes for bad relationships..