Introduction
The high divorce rate is a significant social problem in today's American society. According to the National Center for Family and Marriage Research (NCFMR) at Bowling Green State University, 17.6 marriages per 1000 ended in divorce, which resulted in 1,145,110 divorces in 2014 (Eickmeyer, 2015). Comparing with other countries, the divorce rate in America has been ranked top in the world for several year. So, it is important to find out what social factors are associated with divorce in America.
Literature Review
Researches find that there are plenty of personal and social factors that significantly affect the possibility to divorce, which means that there could be a huge variability in the chance of divorce in different groups of people. The major factors that are associated with the risk of divorce include race, age, education level, income, childbearing and so on.
Referring to race and ethnicity, existing research shows that Asian women have the lowest first divorce rate (10 out of 1,000), while White and Hispanic women are similar …show more content…
On the one hand, for educational level, according to the 2010 State of Our Unions report, "Americans without college degrees were about three times more likely to divorce in the first 10 years of marriage, compared to their college-educated peers" (Burg, 2012). However, new research released by the NCFMR shows that with the exception of Asians, the highest rate of first divorce is among women with some college degree, which is conflict with the opinion mentioned by Our Unions report. On the other hand, for income, social scientists believe that a reasonable living standard is an essential factor to maintain a longer marriage. Having a collective annual household income of $50,000 or more is associated with a 30 percent lower divorce risk (Stanton,
The high divorce rate is a significant social problem in today's American society. According to the National Center for Family and Marriage Research (NCFMR) at Bowling Green State University, 17.6 marriages per 1000 ended in divorce, which resulted in 1,145,110 divorces in 2014 (Eickmeyer, 2015). Comparing with other countries, the divorce rate in America has been ranked top in the world for several year. So, it is important to find out what social factors are associated with divorce in America.
Literature Review
Researches find that there are plenty of personal and social factors that significantly affect the possibility to divorce, which means that there could be a huge variability in the chance of divorce in different groups of people. The major factors that are associated with the risk of divorce include race, age, education level, income, childbearing and so on.
Referring to race and ethnicity, existing research shows that Asian women have the lowest first divorce rate (10 out of 1,000), while White and Hispanic women are similar …show more content…
On the one hand, for educational level, according to the 2010 State of Our Unions report, "Americans without college degrees were about three times more likely to divorce in the first 10 years of marriage, compared to their college-educated peers" (Burg, 2012). However, new research released by the NCFMR shows that with the exception of Asians, the highest rate of first divorce is among women with some college degree, which is conflict with the opinion mentioned by Our Unions report. On the other hand, for income, social scientists believe that a reasonable living standard is an essential factor to maintain a longer marriage. Having a collective annual household income of $50,000 or more is associated with a 30 percent lower divorce risk (Stanton,