102.3 Blake FM » blue collar http://1023blakefm.com Plays New Country Sat, 18 May 2013 08:12:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Divorce Rate Soars In Rural America http://1023blakefm.com/divorce-rate-soars-in-rural-america/ http://1023blakefm.com/divorce-rate-soars-in-rural-america/#comments Sun, 03 Apr 2011 11:26:52 +0000 littlemeg http://lonestar1023.com/?p=2562 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.

]]> http://1023blakefm.com/divorce-rate-soars-in-rural-america/feed/ 0 Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images