The less than stable economy in the United States has affected every family throughout the Country. Unfortunately, the not so great economy is taking some heavy tolls on individuals and their families. Not only are people spending less money, becoming unemployed, or being forced to tap in to retirement or other savings funds just to make it by from day to day, but it is causing quite the increase in the amount of divorces.
The strain that the struggling economy has put on families across the United States is very hard. Unfortunately, the strain has become so hard in a lot of families that the family has fallen apart and decided to part ways. There are numerous different reasons why this happened and many times these actions are for the sake of the family. The statistics As of today, the amount of individuals that are married is 7.5% among every one thousand people. However, the divorce rate is 3.6% among every one thousand people. Since the struggling of the economy, many families have found it hard to make it by. For instance, a lot of divorces have been caused by the struggling economy because, perhaps, the male of the family was the higher paid individual. Therefore, the male was the sole provider in that household.
Since the economy has worsened and is continuing to do so, he was laid off from his job which is now leaving him unemployed and unable to find another full time job. This means that the female of the marriage is being depended upon as the sole provider. A lot of times this causes a huge strain on the marriage and ultimately becomes too much for the family to deal with. A lot of families have also gotten divorced in order to receive financial assistance or assistance through various other government programs. For instance, let’s say a mother could receive insurance through the state she is residing in for her dependent sick adolescent child if it was based on her income alone, since her income is rather low. The father in the family makes about the same amount of money, which disqualifies them from receiving any assistance with their child’s persistent illness.
It may be that even with their combined household income they are unable to purchase an insurance plan and neither of their employers offers insurance. In this case, a lot of families decide to divorce in order to receive these sorts of government and state assistant programs. The issue is worsening The amount of divorces has surely increased since the economy has become unstable. In fact, it seems like each time the economy gets a little worse the amount of divorces start to increase.
The unstable economy is putting a strain on families all over the nation. Unfortunately, not all of the families will make it out of this economical struggle with their family or their marriage still intact. In some cases, it is just too hard for families to cope with or to get through everyday life.
