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On the surface, at least, the census statistics continue to show a dramatic deterioration in orthodox marriages. Between 1970 and this year, the share of married couples among the nation's 86.8 million households fell from 70.5% to 58%, replaced by an explosion of single people living alone. Some 20.6...
Some experts see such reversals as signs of a mini-revival of family life. The divorce rate, which doubled from 1950 to 1982, has leveled off, though it still hits 1 of every 2 U.S. marriages. "People may be taking marriage more seriously," suggests Barbara Wilson, a federal demographer. Similarly...
Harris eventually found a Lubavitcher couple willing to open their home to extended observation. Over four years, Harris visited them in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, N.Y., where 15,000 Lubavitchers live. The pseudonymous central figure of Harris' book is Housewife "Sheina Konigsberg," not a born-and-bred Hasid...
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316% Rise in the divorce rate for U.S. Army officers since the war on terror began in 2001