Bakhro
Regularly in the media you hear news about divorce
rates, along with the most common items that contribute to divorce.
But what is the actual truth. Are the divorce rates increasing
or decreasing, and what are the most common factors contributing
to divorce?
Many people believe that divorce rates are not
as high as that communicated by the media. In fact, some professors
believe that since around 1980, the divorce rate has in fact stabilized.
However this is difficult to prove as since 1996, accurate statistical
data stopped being collected. In fact most of the information
and statistics about divorce rates now comes from polls rather
than accurate data.
As the information comes from polls rather than
accurate statistical data, it is somewhat hard to say for sure
whether divorce rates are rising or declining. But it is believed
that the rates are now declining. Which has to be good news for
U.S. citizens since we regularly feature in the top 10 worldwide
countries listing of high divorce rates.
So I guess the next question has to be why the
U.S. has continually such high divorce rates. Well, nothing is
sure. But there are some main contributory factors that have been
identified.
When women’s wages began to increase some
years ago and more women started going out to work rather than
staying at home looking after the children, their spouse began
to feel threatened. For those who couldn’t cope with this
new situation, their marriages resulted in divorce, and this continues
to be a key factor today.
Religion also plays a strong role in divorce.
When one party in the marriage develops strong religious beliefs
that either contradict with the other party or become too overbearing
to cope with, divorce results.
Changes in the divorce laws have also helped to
increase the divorce rates. It used to be that getting divorced
had a stigma attached and most people would prefer either to separate
without going through divorce proceedings, or try and remain together
to avoid loss of face. However with the introduction of no-fault
divorces combined with a drop in the stigma attached with getting
a divorce, the divorce rates began rising.
Another key contributory factor to the high divorce
rates in the U.S and other Western countries is longevity. Due
to the advances of medicine and science we are all living longer,
which results in a longer marriage relationship, thereby increasing
the chance of divorce.
As a whole, there are many contributory factors
to the high divorce rates. Having said that, if it now appears
that divorce rates are decreasing, that has to be good news and
means that we are doing something better in our society today
than previously.
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