Divorce Statistics and Studies Blog

Muslim divorce drops 80% after instant triple-talaq criminalized, governor claims.

"Cases of divorces dropped by 80 pc after enactment of law"

ANI
10th August 2021

"New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Monday said that cases of divorces in the Muslim community have dropped by 80 per cent since the Muslim Women (Protection Of Rights On Marriage) Act was enacted." ...

[more]

Immigrants divorce less, even if poor and uneducated.

All immigrant groups have lower divorce rates than the US average.

Poorer and less educated immigrants marry just as often, and divorce even less, than richer and more educated ones. This is the opposite of the pattern for Americans generally.

Hispanics have lower marriage rates than average, Asians have higher ones.

These findings, and some very insightful suggestions for exploring the underlying reasons, are in:

Marital Demography: The Immigrant Difference" by Anne Snyder in Family Studies

Based on "U.S. 2010: Divergent Paths of American Families" by Zhenchao Qian of the Sociology Department at Ohio State University, a comprehensive report on marriage, cohabitation, divorce, and remarriage and on many demographic variables and correlations.

Decline & fall of working-class men: games, entertainment, subcultures disconnect them from community

Why Working-Class Men Are Falling Behind

by Michael Jindra - Institute for Family Studies - January 2, 2014

Active participation in any religion reduces chance of divorce, especially for Protestants, Jews

GLENN T. STANTON

FactChecker: Divorce Rate Among Christians