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More Scrolling, More Marital Problems: Less Sex, More Divorce Worries For Couples Distracted by Phones.
by Wendy Wang and Michael Toscano
June 2024
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More than one-third of married Americans (37%) say that their spouse is often on the phone or some kind of screen when they would prefer to talk or do something together as a couple, according to a new Institute of Family Studies/Wheatley Institute survey of 2,000 married couples ages 18 to 55. The phone problem is even worse among lower-income couples, with 44% indicating that their spouse is distracted by phones while they desire quality time together, compared with 31% of higher-income couples.

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