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Though the effect of the recession on consumer spending and business growth seems obvious, the economic downturn may also influence the action seen by the nation’s divorce courts.  A new study by Jeffrey Dew, a professor at Utah State University finds that finance-related tensions in a marriage raise the risk of divorce, the New York Times reports.

In a survey, the professor asked husbands and wives how often they disagreed with their spouse over chores, relatives, spending time together, sex and money. Dew found that couples who reported disagreeing about expenses several times a week were more than 30 percent more likely to get divorced than couples who reported having similar disputes just a few times each month.

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