Cultural and Socioeconomic Influences on Divorce During Modernization: Southeast Asia, 1940s to 1960s

• Main Authors: Hirschman, Charles, TEERAWICHITCHAINAN, Bussarawan
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2003
• Subjects: Divorce; Marriage; social problems; socioeconomic factors; South East Asia; Asian Studies; Family, Life Course, and Society
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/792; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/1791/viewcontent/CulturalSoceconInfDivorceSEA_2004_pv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The conventional model of a rising divorce rate during the process of modernization is a staple element of the sociological theory of the family. This generalization is challenged, however, by traditional high-divorce societies, primarily in Islamic Southeast Asia, which have experienced a decline i...