What is Fueling the Growing Trend of Divorce Rates Globally?
Divorce is the legal process to end a marriage. Though divorce laws are different in various countries, there is a requirement in most of them for a court sanction or a legal jurisdiction for a divorce to take place. Though there are circumstances where divorce may be unavoidable, there are some ramifications derived from it including: psychological problems, academic impact on the part of children and behavioral impact on the affected individuals.
Throughout the world, cases of divorce have been increasing from the early years of 20th century and in particular in 1970s. According to some analysts and commentators, the easing of laws relating to divorce in many countries have greatly helped in basing marriages in individual choice and therefore, justifying the decisions to settle into marriages. However, these laws have done very little to offer these individuals the required skills in working out the inevitable challenges that usually emanate in marriages. When a married couple get divorced, it could turn out to be stressful for both of them and in particular their children if any. It is a fact that many people become very sad or psychologically affected after the dissolution of their marriage.
According to the Journal of enrichment on divorce rates, divorce rates are lower among people with children in comparison to their childless counterparts. In other words, childlessness is a notable factor that facilitates divorce among married couples. Another factor as identified in the journal is education whereby; educated couples are less likely to divorce that their less educated counterparts.
A recent research conducted by the University of Creighton Center for Family and Marriages found among other factors leading to divorce as including lack of sexual fulfillment, time and money factors. According to this study, these were the crucial elements that bared satisfaction of the couples especially the newly married ones. This study further found that the family’s financial situation, debt brought into the marriage and balancing of the family, extra,marital affairs, job and sex fulfillment were the main concerns to couples with less than 30 years. Those aged 30 and over shared with their younger cohorts the concerns of balancing job and family and frequency of sexual relations, but also added to the problem areas constant bickering and expectations about household tasks.
There is also the issue of selecting the wrong mate. Human beings make mistakes in every area of their lives including mate selection. When it's all said and done a divorce is nothing more than a public admission that a "mistake" was made.
Our society tends to want to teach couples how to fit square pegs into round holes or change water into wine rather than teach them how to go about (selecting) the "right mate" for themselves!
