Divorce and remarriage among the Malays in Singapore.

• Main Author: Siti Ramziyani Ramdzan.
• Other Authors: Sun Hsiao-Li Shirley
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Family, marriage and women
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/15205
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The issue of divorce seems to strike a chord in the Singapore Malay community. The rate of divorce amongst the Malays has increased by 28.6% from 1015 in 1997 to 1305 in 2007. However, despite the rise in divorce rates, marriage between divorcees and divorcees make up 16% of the total marriages regi...