Stressful divorces choice of provider

This statistic shows how stressful respondents found their divorce to be, broken down by divorce provider type, in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2014/2015. For respondents who used online divorce services, 44 percent rated their divorce as 'not stressful', while 40 percent of those who used face-to-face divorce services found their divorce to be 'very stressful'.

How stressful was your divorce?* (by divorce application method)

Characteristic	Online	Face to face
Not stressful	44%	16%
Somewhat stressful	19%	26%
Quite stressful	14%	18%
Very stressful	23%	40%

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Release date

March 2015

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

April 4, 2014 to January 5, 2015

Number of respondents

100 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

* Original question: "On a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 is extremely stressful and 1 is not stressful at all, overall, now that you have completed the divorce how stressful did you find the divorce?". 'Very stressful' corresponds to responses 9 - 10, 'quite stressful' corresponds to responses 7 - 8, 'somewhat stressful' corresponds to responses 5 - 6, and 'not stressful' corresponds to responses 0 - 4.
This portion of the survey was conducted after the divorce application process was completed.

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