Decline in Rate of Divorce and Separation Filings in Denmark in 2020 Compared with Previous Years

Fallesen, Peter

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“…Our findings in Mexico, a middle-income setting, suggest a similar decline in new marriages and new divorces. However, Mexico’s decline in new marriages (54%) and divorces (43%) is substantial when compared with related studies in high-income countries, which range from a reduction in new divorces by 3% to 27% and new marriages by 10% to 14% (Fallesen, 2021 , Kim & Kim, 2021 , Komura & Ogawa, 2022 , Westrick-Payne et al, 2022 ). The larger reduction in marriage and divorce rates in Mexico may be due to several factors, the most notable being the limited supply of vaccines, the weak economic relief response of the Mexican government, as well as limited administrative capacity of the government.…”

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“…The majority of the existing literature studying the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on marriage and divorce rates focuses on high-income settings. Fallesen ( 2021 ) use a monthly series of divorce filings in Denmark, and show that the filing rate was 7% lower during the pandemic. In Japan, Komura and Ogawa ( 2022 ) find that the pandemic-induced nationwide state of emergency caused the number of marriages and divorces (per 1000 population) to decline by 10% and 27%, respectively.…”

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“…These findings fit into a small but growing body of literature analyzing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on marriages and divorces. In particular, studies in Denmark (Fallesen, 2021 ), Japan (Ghaznavi et al, 2022 , Komura & Ogawa, 2022 ), South Korea (Kim & Kim, 2021 ), and the United States (Manning & Payne, 2021 , Wagner, Choi & Cohen, 2020 , Westrick-Payne, Manning & Carlson, 2022 ) all show a reduction in both new divorces (ranging from 3% to 27%) and new marriages (ranging from 10% to 14%) during the pandemic (Fallesen, 2021 , Kim & Kim, 2021 , Komura & Ogawa, 2022 , Westrick-Payne et al, 2022 ). Our study fills several remaining gaps in this literature by considering a middle-income setting, documenting the dynamic effects of the pandemic, and considering the compositional shifts of new marriages and divorces during the pandemic.…”

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Marriage and divorce during a pandemic: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on marital formation and dissolution in Mexico

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In this study, we consider the initial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on family formation and dissolution. We use national microdata covering all marriages and divorces in Mexico, an event-study design and a difference-in-difference specification. Our findings indicate that over March through December of 2020, marriage rates declined by 54% and divorce rates by 43%. By the end of 2020, divorce rates recover back to baseline levels, but marriage rates remain 30% below the 2017–2019 baseline level. Overall, our findings suggest that marital dissolutions quickly recovered (6 months into the pandemic), but at the end of 2020, family formation remained at persistently lower levels.

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Marriage and divorce during a pandemic: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on marital formation and dissolution in Mexico

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“…Several scholars in the intimate relationship sciences have argued that the pandemic constitutes an extraordinary setting for studying the functioning of relationships given that the majority of couples were "locked inside the same home" (Fernandes et al, 2020), at least in countries that experienced national lockdowns. The direct (e.g., illness, death of loved ones and the fear of one's own mortality) and indirect (e.g., employment loss) consequences of the pandemic have been closely interconnected with couples' relationship quality and stability (Fallesen, 2021;Manning and Payne, 2021). We believe that understanding whether and how the pandemic and the quarantine measures have affected relationship quality is crucial.…”

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COVID-19 and relationship quality: Emotional, paid work and organizational spheres

Bellani¹,

Vignoli²

2022

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This study contributes to the growing literature on the repercussions of the COVID- 19 pandemic for family functioning, with a special focus on couples’ relationship quality. We advance an analytical model that emphasizes the role of three main stressors of relationship quality during the pandemic: namely, emotional, paid work-related and organizational stressors. To outline such an approach, we analyze whether the onset of the pandemic – and the home confinement that followed – has reduced relationship quality in France, Italy and Spain using survey data collected in April 2020.We show that relationship quality decreased for a non-negligible part of the population, and that this result was driven mostly by the emotional stressor. These negative effects on relationship quality appeared to be relatively stable across genders, different levels of network support and countries; which suggests that the severity of the lockdown measures outweighed the traditional moderating factors usually accounted for in family research.

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“…Several previous studies have found the associations between the hardships of the Covid-19 pandemic and the couples’ relationship ( Fernandes et al, 2021 ; Pietromonaco & Overall, 2021 ; Schmid et al, 2021 ). Some studies found that divorce rates increased during the pandemic compared to before the pandemic ( Goodwin et al, 2020 ; Zhu et al, 2021 ), while others found that they decreased ( Fallesen, 2021 ; Kim & Kim, 2021 ; Manning & Payne, 2021 ).…”

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Covid-19 and Marital Dissolution in West Java, Indonesia

Puspitasari¹,

Gayatri²

2022

The Family Journal

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The most common reason for divorce in West Java, Indonesia, shifted from financial difficulties prior to the Covid-19 pandemic to marital conflicts throughout the outbreak. A theoretical explanation of the rising percentage of couple fight was required to inform predictions about how the present pandemic might damage the couple's relationship and avert marital dissolution. The narrative study used a conceptual framework that combined the family stress model and the stress divorce model to postulate that couples who were already vulnerable prior to the pandemic were more likely to experience relationship instability and, eventually, marital dissolution after being exposed to inherent pandemic risks. Couple relationship stability during the pandemic could be achieved by the development of a positive dyadic coping strategy. A coordinated couple task allocation and high-quality communication among each other were crucial in fostering bonadaptation and resilience in a married relationship. Future research can use quantitative and qualitative methods to determine the underlying cause of the change in the primary reason for divorce during the pandemic.

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Decline in Rate of Divorce and Separation Filings in Denmark in 2020 Compared with Previous Years

Cited by 14 publications

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Marriage and divorce during a pandemic: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on marital formation and dissolution in Mexico

Marriage and divorce during a pandemic: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on marital formation and dissolution in Mexico

COVID-19 and relationship quality: Emotional, paid work and organizational spheres

Covid-19 and Marital Dissolution in West Java, Indonesia

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