Divorce trends in Asia

• Main Authors: Dommaraju, Premchand, Jones, Gavin
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Family, marriage and women; Marriage; Divorce
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100452; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17859
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper presents and discusses recent trends in divorce for countries in Asia, highlighting both wide variations in divorce patterns and recent changes in divorce trends for countries in the region. Three broad regional patterns are evident: an East Asian pattern characterised by increasing divor...