As in many other countries, the United Kingdom now experiences more divorces and parental separations than ever before; 53% of all marriages end in divorce. The United Kingdom is gaining more communities with "smaller families, fewer marriages, more divorces . . . more out-of-wedlock births, later age at first birth, and more working mothers," (The Clearinghouse on International Developments in Child, Youth and Family Policies 2002). In many cases, children from disrupted families are more likely to lead more difficult and complex childhoods than they would if they were raised in a traditional, nuclear household. For example, children who come from divorced parents in the United Kingdom are more likely to quit school by the age of sixteen, leave home by the time they are eighteen, get married or become involved in a serious relationship before they are twenty, and become parents at an exceptionally early age. These actions, demonstrated by children of divorced parents, appear to be signs of rebellion. As a first step in eliminating these problems in addition to the crime, delinquency and other situations which may follow, the British Government passed the Back to Basics policy in 1993. This plan intends to provide all single mothers with the finances needed in order to keep them out of welfare situations. To accomplish this, the government plans to track down the fathers of the children and force them to pay their partners all necessary funds. The policy advocates maintaining a stable and conventional household, because the government considers this to be the healthiest environment for the upbringing of children.