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Poor Communication Main Cause of Marriage, Cohabitation Breakdown

posted by n1 on Tuesday March 28 2017, @01:03PM   
from the xkcd-523 dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

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.

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• Re:givem reasons != real reasons (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Wednesday March 29 2017, @06:49AM

  by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Wednesday March 29 2017, @06:49AM (#485724) Homepage

  Probably, but I wouldn't word it exactly the same way. I'd say never commit to someone who has a different attitude to debt. If you'll pay for X after N days, then why not simply buy X N days later, do you really need it right now? Usually not. And if you can do without it for N days, do you actually need it at all? Usually not. I guess having a similar attitude to debt often implies having a similar attitude towards frugality.

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