Until that time, Canada had one of the lowest divorce rates in the Western World, this is because opinions by social and religious leaders condemned divorce as a threat to the family. ... The cycle continued while the divorce rate soared. ... The lessening of religious and social sanctions against divorce and also the movement towards a more ""me""-oriented ethnic which stresses self-actualization over maintenance of the family unit. All of these factors suggest that an increased divorce rate may be an indication that expectations about the quality of marriage have risen and that many people p...

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• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

However, the author claims that this was not a good idea because it increased the rate of maternal and infant mortality in the region. ... Reading the book enabled me to realize that even though there are different human cultures around the globe in the ways people deal and adopt to the man-made and natural environment surrounding them, there is one aspect that affects every human being. ... This resulted into incompatibility and unhappiness among the married partners, which she claimed was the major causes of most divorce in America even though the rate of divorce in Mali were low since women...

• Word Count: 1541
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

If you ask me, redefining a word is not a very appropriate way of defending marriage (Not that marriage should even be defended in the first place) It's kind a sad that our representatives are that pathetic that they can't even find probable reasons for establishing most of their laws. ... I mean it's in the constitution, but then again what does the constitution, or any law or political documentation for that matter mean to me?) ... And it took me 16 years to figure this out. ... Like ( bare with me the list is long), Accidental death benefit for the surviving spouse of a gov...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

These theories have been developed in part as response to the relatively declining rate of divorce over the past two decades but also to identify the predictors of divorce. ... It must not be forgotten that children also influence parents' rate of divorce greatly. ... More stable marriages and decreased rate of divorce have all been directly related to increased age at marriage (Heaton, 2002). ...

• Word Count: 3231
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

She bitterly curses the name of her soon to be ex-husband, who instigated the divorce with petty excuses: "I just need to rediscover my individual identity", and his favorite: "It's not you, it's me" However, deep down they both knew it was by virtue of the many unresolved dissensions in their relationship. ... If you compare that incredible statistic to the contemporary divorce rate of 50% in normal marriages, you can find a colossal 36% reduction in divorce. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I have three childhood friends who grew up with me in the same neighborhood. ... The divorce rates are on the higher side in our dispensation either because people are not putting enough work into the courtship process or are not continuing to work after marriage. ...

• Word Count: 1211
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate