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Divorce Is Skyrocketing in Rural America — Why Now?
Divorce Is Skyrocketing in Rural America — Why Now?
Divorce Is Skyrocketing in Rural America — Why Now?
According to census data, the divorce rate in rural Americans has increased seven-fold since 1970. Now, for the first time, rural Americans are just as likely as city dwellers to have a marriage end in a divorce. Experts attribute this explosion in divorce in America's heartland to changing values; divorce is no longer as stigmatized as it once was.