{"id":3837,"date":"2025-03-18T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/ccf\/?p=3837"},"modified":"2024-11-29T12:46:16","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T18:46:16","slug":"for-the-children-american-views-of-marriage-and-divorce-in-the-context-of-having-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/ccf\/2025\/03\/18\/for-the-children-american-views-of-marriage-and-divorce-in-the-context-of-having-children\/","title":{"rendered":"For the children? American views of marriage and divorce in the context of having children"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Untitled by stevepb. Licensed by Pixaby. [shown: marriage certificate cut by scissors]<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

American attitudes toward marriage and divorce are changing. In a recent survey, 40% of Americans<\/a> said they were pessimistic about the future of marriage and the family, and only one-quarter said that having children or being married was very important to having a fulfilling life. Indeed, only about 10% of Americans<\/a> think that getting married or having children are extremely important as a milestone for adulthood. Americans have held tolerant views of divorce for a while, and a recent Gallup poll shows that 81% of Americans think that divorce is morally acceptable<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given these shifts in attitudes, we recently conducted a study<\/a> of attitudes towards marriage and divorce when children are involved. We use data from the American Marriage Survey, conducted across the United States in late summer 2021. The survey includes 2,789 American adults. We created an attitudinal measure to see whether people hold one of the following views:<\/p>\n\n\n\n