The New Nation - Internet Edition

WASHINGTON: Increasing incidences of divorce around the world have a negative impact on the environment, leading to a less efficient use of energy and resources and bigger expenditures on utilities, a study said Sunday. "Divorce usually causes a former spouse to move out and form a new household, thus increasing the size of materials and land for housing," said the study by researchers at Michigan State University. Higher divorce rates "have led to an increasing number of households and t the average household size and efficiency of resource use per person are lower than in divorced households than in married households."