Singles - article
Lessons from the divorce generation
A recent Newsweek cover story, entitled The Divorce Generation Grows Up, chronicles the history of divorce by spotlighting a middle class suburban community. more »
by: Penna Dexter - May 6, 2008 - topic(s): Family, Children, Marriage, Divorce/Remarriage, Singles
Buckner helps single mothers
The women traveled a dark road. They spent years trying to get somewhere but always ended up in the same place. They were single moms struggling to provide, and their road was filled with potholes—unpaid bills, little mouths to feed and employers who required higher education which, due to responsibilities, they could not attain. more »
by: Whitney Farr - Jun 25, 2007 - topic(s): Family, Education, Parenting, Mothers, Singles
Cheerleading for Divorce
National Review
January 23, 2007, 6:00 a.m.
Cheerleading for Divorce
Socially irresponsible reporting.
By Jennifer Roback Morse
“51% of Women Are Now Living Without Spouse,” the New York Times trumpeted last week. Is this something to celebrate, as the paper of record seemed to do? And more importantly, is it even true?
There is certainly a trend away from marriage, but the numbers reported by the New York Times are deliberately misleading.
These data come from the American Community Survey for 2005, whose website is here. If you go directly to the simplest table, S1201, you will find, contra the NYT, that 51 percent of women are married. (Run your eye down the first column to the row which lists “females.” Scoot over to “Now married, (except separated).”) Voila! 51 percent of women are now married.
Jan 30, 2007 - topic(s): Family, Living, Marriage, Divorce/Remarriage, Pop Culture, Singles
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