
Is Separation still an Important Component of Marital Dissolution?
Author(s) -
Jr. Wayne W. McVey
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
canadian studies in population
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.157
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1927-629X
pISSN - 0380-1489
DOI - 10.25336/p62w3q
Subject(s) - cohabitation , wife , separation (statistics) , marital separation , general partnership , diversification (marketing strategy) , demography , popularity , demographic economics , geography , sociology , psychology , political science , social psychology , economics , statistics , law , business , mathematics , marketing
This research examines the diversification and changes in the Canadian familyform over the past 25 years. While the husband-wife family has declined overthis time period, it still remains the dominant family form. Statistics Canadacensus statistics allows for the examination of new family forms since 1981, asthe common-law partnership and the now married have been distinguishedwithin the husband-wife family category. With the introduction of the 1968 and 1985 Divorce Acts, separation became a major ground for divorce in Canada. Marital breakdown should be measured by the incidence of both divorce and separation. The popularity of cohabitation further clouds the measuring of total partnership breakdown since separation of cohabiting partners is not recorded. This research focuses on the change in marital separation and the increase in cohabitation since 1981. Marital separation has declined in its contribution to total marital dissolution since 1985.