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Finance Concerns Linked to Divorce Rate According to Utah State Study

By admin on January 7, 2010

Reportedly, finances are a hot button topic that could be directly linked to divorce rates. While it has long been suspected that financial concerns and arguments are a major point of contention amongst divorcing couples, a new study may show that there is a definite link between monetary disagreement and tendency to end a marriage. According to an article on the New York Times website, a study conducted at Utah State University found that couples who found themselves disagreeing about money at least once a week were more than 30 times likely to seek a divorce than those couples who only disagreed about finances a few times total each month.

The study examined a control group of about 2,800 couples in 1987, and then reexamined the same group five years later in 1992. Initially, the couples were asked about how often they argued with one another over issues ranging from in-laws to spending time with one another, including the topic of finances. Of all the different topics of contention, arguments over money were deemed to be the best indication of whether or not a couple would eventually divorce.

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Source:http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/money-fights-predict-divorce-rates/