The Top 18 Reasons Married Couples Split Up
By: Emma Barker
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Even though divorce rates are falling (finally!) in America, marriages still end every day. A new study published in the Journal of Family Issues by researchers at Pennsylvania State University asked 200 divorcé(e)s about the main reason they broke it off.
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Turns out, we’re a very anti-cheating culture. More than 21 percent of people said they got divorced because of some sort of infidelity, 3 percent more than people who got divorced because they were “incompatible.” Surprisingly, financial problems only caused 2.4 percent of divorces. Check out the graphic below for the rest of the marriage-enders.
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