This contribution provides an overv

This contribution provides an overview to what is known about divorce, its trends,cross-national variation, predictors, and consequences. Geographically, the focus is on Europeand North America and I focus on formal divorce, that is, the ending of a marital union. Thepaper is a contribution to a book volume edited by Judith Treas, Jacqueline Scott and MartinRichards: The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Families.

This contribution provides an overview to what is known, about divorce its trends
cross-national, variation predictors,,, And consequences. Geographically the focus, is on Europe
and North America and I focus on formal divorce that is the ending,,, Of a marital union. The
paper is a contribution to a Book Volume edited by Judith Treas Jacqueline Scott, and Martin
Richards:The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Families.