China admits goofing divorce statistics
EarthTimes.org -- 27 Jan 2007
Beijing, Jan 27 (DPA) China has halved its divorce rate after statisticians
admitted that they had counted the number of people and not the number of
divorces in the annual figure, state media said Friday.
The official divorce rate is likely to drop from 2.76 per 1,000 in 2005 to
about 1.3 per 1,000 last year, the official China Daily newspaper said.
The National Bureau of Statistics previously calculated the rate based on
the number of divorcees, making the level of divorce in China appear as high
as that in some Western nations.
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Robert Hughes, Jr., Ph.D., The Demographics of Divorce -- United States and Missouri.
This clearly-written article explains what the different divorce rates do and don't mean, and suggests some less "newsy" but more substantial stats that indicate what the "true" divorce rate may be. It's an excellent demystification of divorce rates nationwide, but also contains a demographic overview of divorce in Missouri.
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Old but good: "To Avoid Divorce, Move to Massachusetts"
By PAM BELLUCK
11/14/04
Interviews many experts on various reasons behind variations in divorce between states.
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