Canadian divorce rates “Fluctuating between 35% and 42%, the proportion of marriages projected to end in divorce has remained relatively stable during the last 20 years. In 2008, 40.7% of marriages were projected to end in divorce before the thirtieth wedding anniversary.” More….
After a spike in the divorce rate in 2002, the divorce rate in Portugal has only slightly increased over the past decade. In 2008, “no-fault divorce” was legalized which may account for the slight increase in divorce since 2003.
A more complete list of research report about divorce, remarriage and stepfamilies published in 2015 or between 2010-2015.
This week’s summary is a report in The Journal of Chinese Sociology about the role of children (number, age, etc.) in predicting divorce. Also, below is a figure showing the growth in the Chinese divorce rate.
A more complete list of research report about divorce, remarriage and stepfamilies published in 2015 or between 2010-2015.
Xu, Q., Yu, J., & Qiu, Z. (2015). The impact of children on divorce risk. The Journal of Chinese Sociology, 2(1), 1. http://www.journalofchinesesociology.com/content/2/1/1
This figure shows the trends in marriage & divorce in Illinois from 1958-2011. On average in recent years (2000-2011) the rates of both marriage and divorce have leveled off, neither increasing or decreasing very much. Over the entire period of time, there are lower rates of marriage and divorce. Link to original data source.
The United Nations released its most up to date report on marriages and divorce across the world. Seventy countries have now reported data. More postings about world divorce rates. There are 11 countries that have reported their 2013 divorce rates.
In recent months I have created several graphs and figures that compare divorce rates across the world. I have now created a page that includes many of these graphs and figures in one place to make them easier to find.
It is called World Divorce Rated Compared…..
A recent report by Sheela Kennedy and Steven Ruggles from the Minnesota Population Center at the University of Minnesota, challenges the common reports that the divorce has been declining. In this 2014 report Kennedy and Ruggles write that rather than going down, the divorce rate in the US has been steadily increasing for the past 30 years. This is a startling and important reexamination of recent trends in divorce.
In the last 2-3 days I have seen several mentions in the “business press” about new 2012 US Census data on the number of divorces increasing. For example, here is the sentence from Bloomberg….Worsening divorce rate…. After doing some looking in the US Census data and American Community Survey…. I can’t find this data. Anyone know where it is?
This figure provides the most current trend in US divorce rate in the last 10 years that I can find and here is the trend in US divorce rates over the past 100 years.
Some European countries have legalized divorce in the past 2 or 3 decades. The divorce rates in these countries are still very low. Italy legalized divorce in 1970, Spain legalized divorce in 1981, Ireland legalized divorce in 1995 and Malta legalized divorce in 2011. Only Spain has seen a dramatically large change in their divorce rate. Ireland has seen little change. Italy’s divorce rate has doubled. Malta has the lowest beginning rate of divorce.
The original source of this data can be found at Eurostat– Marriage & Divorce Statistics.