Divorce Seen As Biggest Challenge to Stable American Family Life
Americans recognizes divorce as the biggest challenge to stable family life in the morder day, outpacing other factors (1) such as same-sex or dual-career couples, according to a new survey, “The Changing Shape of the American Family.” Conducted by Harris Interactive and commissioned by Martindale-Hubbell’s lawyers.com from LexisNexis and Redbook magazine, the survey is featured in the November issue of Redbook.
Nearly nine in ten (88%) of U.S. adults opine that divorce has an adverse impact on maintaining a stable American family life. In comparison, 53 percent feel that way about same-sex couples, and 50 percent say dual-career households negatively impact families. Virtually all U.S. adults (99 percent) acknowledge that families have changed over the past generation, and 70 percent say those changes have been for the worse.
“Clearly, many Americans are apprehensive about the forces that threaten family. They're struggling to understand all this change and what it means for their own personal choices, but they also feel a lot of compassion toward other families that make different choices--or don't have a lot of choices,” said Stacy Morrison, editor-in-chief of Redbook. The unease that many U.S. adults feel about non-traditional family arrangements could be compounded by their lack of familiarity with legal concerns that affect families. The survey shows that 85 percent say they are somewhat or not at all knowledgeable about basic family law issues. Among the documents Kopit recommends adults consider are wills, prenuptial agreements, co-habitation agreements and powers of attorney.
The following data from the survey indicates the make-up of American families:
--One-half of all U.S. adults are currently living with a spouse or opposite-sex partner; --Thirty-six percent of those married or living with a partner currently live with their biological children;--Nearly one in five (19%) U.S. adults with at least one child in the household also have one non-immediate family member living there (such as an aunt, uncle or grandparent);--Parental ties are strong: nearly half (45%) of single, never-married U.S. adults live with at least one biological parent; and --Some Americans go solo: nearly one-in-five (17%) of all adult Americans live alone.
Martindale-Hubbell’s lawyers.com from LexisNexis is the leading lawyer directory on the Web, providing consumers and small businesses access to a free database of more than 440,000 attorneys and law firms nationwide. Lawyers.com helps site visitors make a fast, informed decision when choosing a lawyer. More than one million searches per month are conducted at lawyers.com by consumers and business people in search of the right lawyer for their needs. LexisNexis is a leading provider of information and services solutions, including its flagship Web-based Lexis and Nexis research services, to a wide range of professionals in the legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting and academic markets. A member of Reed Elsevier Group plc. LexisNexis serves customers in 100 countries with 13,000 employees worldwide.
Nearly nine in ten (88%) of U.S. adults opine that divorce has an adverse impact on maintaining a stable American family life. In comparison, 53 percent feel that way about same-sex couples, and 50 percent say dual-career households negatively impact families. Virtually all U.S. adults (99 percent) acknowledge that families have changed over the past generation, and 70 percent say those changes have been for the worse.
“Clearly, many Americans are apprehensive about the forces that threaten family. They're struggling to understand all this change and what it means for their own personal choices, but they also feel a lot of compassion toward other families that make different choices--or don't have a lot of choices,” said Stacy Morrison, editor-in-chief of Redbook. The unease that many U.S. adults feel about non-traditional family arrangements could be compounded by their lack of familiarity with legal concerns that affect families. The survey shows that 85 percent say they are somewhat or not at all knowledgeable about basic family law issues. Among the documents Kopit recommends adults consider are wills, prenuptial agreements, co-habitation agreements and powers of attorney.
The following data from the survey indicates the make-up of American families:
--One-half of all U.S. adults are currently living with a spouse or opposite-sex partner; --Thirty-six percent of those married or living with a partner currently live with their biological children;--Nearly one in five (19%) U.S. adults with at least one child in the household also have one non-immediate family member living there (such as an aunt, uncle or grandparent);--Parental ties are strong: nearly half (45%) of single, never-married U.S. adults live with at least one biological parent; and --Some Americans go solo: nearly one-in-five (17%) of all adult Americans live alone.
Martindale-Hubbell’s lawyers.com from LexisNexis is the leading lawyer directory on the Web, providing consumers and small businesses access to a free database of more than 440,000 attorneys and law firms nationwide. Lawyers.com helps site visitors make a fast, informed decision when choosing a lawyer. More than one million searches per month are conducted at lawyers.com by consumers and business people in search of the right lawyer for their needs. LexisNexis is a leading provider of information and services solutions, including its flagship Web-based Lexis and Nexis research services, to a wide range of professionals in the legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting and academic markets. A member of Reed Elsevier Group plc. LexisNexis serves customers in 100 countries with 13,000 employees worldwide.
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