Divorce

• most startling changes in the family in the uk in the last century
• rose from 27,000 in 1961 to peak of 180,000 in 1993 falling to 130,000 in 2012
• athough in the last few years divorces have been

-    bc less people are getting married so less divorces, if you measure the no of divorces against no of marriages divorce is higher than in the past

• 1974- 1 divorce in every 4 marriages 
• 2012 2 divorce in every 4 marriages 
• GB has highest divorce rates in EU
• one half of marriages today are likely to end in divorce

Divorce statistics 

• presented…