WSJ: China’s Divorce Rate Crosses New Threshold
"In 2009, according to a report by the Civil Affairs Ministry, one in every five marriages ended in divorce. Less than a decade ago, in 2000, that number was one in seven. The report is drawing attention from Chinese media. Recent articles in China Daily, Shanghai Daily, and People’s Daily discuss the trend..."
Any armchair sociologists care to speculate?
Jerry Chan, Editorial Director
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one in five? I heard it was closer to 50%. Maybe that's just in the cities or something.
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don't know the source, but here's some data on the cities:
Here are the top 10 cities of divorce rate.
Beijing ------------- 39%
Shanghai----------- 38%
Shenzhen----------- 36.5%
Guangzhou-------- 35%
Xiamen------------- 34.9%
Taipei---------------- 34.8%
Hong Kong--------- 33.9%
Dalian--------- 31%
Hangzhou--------- 29%
Harbin--------- 28%
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Based on my very limited research/understanding, that's still far behind the West.
The divorce rate in America for first marriage, vs second or third marriage:
50% percent of first marriages, 67% of second and 74% of third marriages end in divorce, according to Jennifer Baker of the Forest Institute of Professional Psychology in Springfield, Missouri.
Source: http://www.divorcerate.org/
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I'd imagine it's lower in China than in the US too. However, I also think that the rate is not 50/50 in the US, like it used to be.
Apparently, divorce rates have been dropping since 2007.
The New York Times:
"In the states for which data were available, there were 3.4 divorces per 1,000 people in 2009, following rates of 3.5 divorces per 1,000 people in 2008 and 3.6 divorces per 1,000 people in 2007."
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/28/birthrates-marriage-rates-a...
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More than 2.5 mln Chinese couples divorced in 2010
Jerry Chan, Editorial Director
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i should go to hanzhou
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