"Researchers estimate that only about 30% of U.S. couples who divorce make an attempt to reconcile before the divorce... A survey of Utah adults found that only about half of couples who divorced first sought either secular or religious counseling."
"This is unfortunate because reserachers have estimated that about 80% of couples may see improvement in their relationship after visiting a marriage counselor, and over the short term, almost half say all of their major problems were resolved."
"While many children are resilient, still the process of family dissolution is associated with about twice the risk for various social and emotional problems in children of divorce. ... Children who experience their parents' divorce are less likely to graduate from high school, go to college, or graduate from college once they start. They are twice as likely to doubt their parents' religious beliefs and less likely to attend church services. They are at greater risk for early sexual behavior and pregnancy. And they are much more likely to experience a divorce when they marry."
(Hawkins, A.J., Fackrell, T.A., Should I Keep Trying to Work It Out? Sacred and Secular Perspectives on the Crossroads of Divorce. Successful Marriages and Families. 2012. pp 79-87.)
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