Divorce is expensive.Toronto--An Investors Group poll of 160 divorced Canadian Canadian (kənā`dēən), river, 906 mi (1,458 km) long, rising in NE New Mexico. and flowing E across N Texas and central Oklahoma into the Arkansas River in E Oklahoma. adults conducted by Decima Research Decima Research is a public opinion and market research company in Canada, founded in 1980 by Progressive Conservative Party of Canada strategist Allan Gregg. Gregg left Decima in 1994 and went in to semi-retirement following the electoral disaster for the Progressive shows that a majority believe divorce is the most expensive event that can happen in a person's life. Respondents In the context of marketing research, a representative sample drawn from a larger population of people from whom information is collected and used to develop or confirm marketing strategy. reported that as a result of their divorce 35 percent had to go into debt; 22 percent had to seek financial support from friends and family; 28 percent had to sell household items or personal assets; and 27 percent had to sell or redeem redeem v. to buy back, as when an owner who had mortgaged his/her real property pays off the debt. The term also refers to paying the amount due and all charges after a foreclosure (due to failure to make payments when due) has begun. financial investments. The poll also found that 44 percent of people said it was extremely difficult to save for post-secondary education for their children after divorce (LifeSiteNews, July 22, 2004). |
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