Fears that the Covid pandemic could fuel a ‘divorce boom’ are misplaced, according to new research into the state of relationships across the UK. Despite the strains of lockdown and home-schooling, married couples with children are twice as likely to say their relationship has improved rather than deteriorated. Pro-marriage campaigners claim their study of 3,005 parents shows that an official commitment has helped couples to better weather the uncertainty of the past 11 months. These figures are down from 2.5 per cent and 5.6 per cent respectively from a study conducted from 2017 to 2019. Marriage Foundation founder Sir Paul Coleridge said: ‘There is unlikely to be a divorce boom in 2021 as couples have faced the pandemic together.

Source: Daily Mail February 07, 2021 02:03 UTC