Divorce is down more than 30% since 1980, and seems to be headed lower, said UVA sociology professor Brad Wilcox. “A clear majority of marriages being formed today will go the distance,” he told a congressional committee Tuesday. The bad news, he said, is that the nation still faces a deep divide when it comes to family structure and stability, with children from black and less-educated homes facing markedly higher rates of family instability and single parenthood.