The Good News about Couples in Quarantine

Where Are The Numbers Coming From?

First, the article referenced above has no information from any real study and doesn’t actually discuss “divorce rates” at all! It references several anecdotal sources, including isolated information from a legal document website (which would financially benefit from bad news!) such as demand for “divorce agreements.” Those downloads peaked in mid-April, after about three weeks of a full US national lockdown. While it makes sense that quarantines might bring existing marriage trouble to a head, we have no idea what happened after a frustrated spouse bought a divorce agreement form. According to other research, such as a 2015 study from the National Divorce Decision-Making Project, most people who think about divorce don’t actually pursue it!