Divorce rates are down, marriage rates are up, contrary to popular belief
August 21, 2025
In a study conducted by American Family Survey in 2019, researchers found that 88% of men and women in the United States think the divorce rate is increasing. However, The Institute of Family Studies in Virginia recently released an article that reports the rate of divorce is actually at a low, and family stability is up.
“Marriage isn’t declining anymore. We’ve seen the marriage rate in the past 15 years level off. We see the divorce rate down, we see more kids growing up in married parent families. This is all great news. And so, I think that should be part of our cultural understanding of the state of marriage today,” said Grant Bailey, a research fellow at The Institute of Family Studies and one of the authors of the article, “Is Marriage Back? Divorce is Down, Family Stability is Up.”
