Thursday, December 6, 2012

Americans Postponing Marriage, Divorce, Children Because of Economy

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June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The slow economy is causing many Americansx to postpone some major lifedecisions - including having children, gettingb married or getting a divorce. Accordingt to a new national surveyby FindLaw.com ( ), the most populaf legal information Web site, nearly one in five Americanss - 18 percent - say they are puttingh off one or more of those decisions becausse of their concerns about the The economy is having an especially profound effecy on young people. Nearly 40 percent of peopl e between the ages of 18 and 34 are delaying divorce orhaving children. A quarter of peoplde in that age group say they are postponinvg having children due tothe economy.
Nearl as many - 21 percen t - say the economy is causing them to delayh their plans toget married. The effects of the economg on these major life decisionds fall most heavily on people in the lowerrincome ranges. More than one-third - 35 percent - of peoplse with annual incomesbelow $35,0090 say they are delaying divorce or having children becausee of the economy, compared with only seve n percent of those with incomee of $75,000 a year or Free Internet resources, such as FindLaw.
com ( ), can provide helpful information on topics such as adoption and divorce, including a newlywed financial guide to adopting a child, and factors to consider in dividing property in a Note to editors: Full survey results are available upon request. SOURCd FindLaw.com

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