Researchers have found that married couples who opt for long-term separations are generally those who can’t afford to divorce. A study done also found that about 80 per cent of all respondents who went through a marital separation ultimately divorced, most within three years.
Those who simply separated tended to be racial and ethnic minorities, have low family incomes, and education, and have young children.
The study involved 7,272 people from across the country who participated in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79), and who were married at some point.
People who divorced immediately were similar to people who separated first before divorcing, but people who separated and did not divorce had very different profiles, the researchers found.
Almost 75 per cent of those who remained separated, or who separated and then reunited, were black or Hispanic. Those who remained separated were most likely than those who divorced to have a high school or lower education.
Compared to people who divorced, those who separated without divorcing also tended to have more children. The number of people who choose separation seems to be declining, but the time spent in separation seems to be increasing.
According to Thailand divorce lawyers, slow economical times are a factor in fewer divorces and more separations.
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