Monday, April 15, 2013

Divorce in Canada: Facts, Figures and Consequences.

It is easy to misinterpret and misunderstand facts ab away divorce. To begin with, often of the media that informs us is American. As a result, we often accept American facts and erroneously apply them to the Canadian situation. We do have to go bad Canadian from American facts. Second, official statistics close divorce atomic number 18 roughtimes confusing and erroneously interpreted, even by a few scientists themselves. And, third, when research information and official statistics are published, radio, TV, and paper people often tend to report on some selected pieces of information and consequently may inadvertently blow them out of proportion. Furthermore, media people may neither have the time nor the spot to provide the necessary appreciation of the context and other burning(prenominal) facts which are essential in the interpretation of the information they selectively provide.

UNDERSTANDING THE NUMBERS.

Is it true that one out of every two marriages breaks up?

Definitely not. This business about one out of every two marriages breaking up comes to us straight from the U.S. where the rate has constantly been higher than our own. Moreover, even for Americans, the claim exagge range the rate of divorce which stands at 44 percent.

So what percentages of marriages do break up?

Frederick and Hamel (1998) cautiously judge that almost one in every three Canadian couples (31%) who married in 1991 will eventually split up if the 1991 divorce rates prevail.

Are divorce rates expiry up or down?

Statistics Canada presents us with the following rates of divorce throughout the years:

Years         # of divorces         Rates per 100,000

pop.         Rates per 100,000

Married couples

1921         558         6.4         N/A

1941         2,462         21.4         N/A

1961         6,563         36.

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0         N/A

1968         11,343         54.8         N/A

1969         26,093         124.2         N/A

1981         67,671         271.8         1,174.4

1985**         61,980         253.6         1,103.3

1986         78,304         298.8         1,301.6

1987***         96,200         362.3         1,585.5...

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