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More than half of Pakistan believes divorce rates have increased: Survey

Around 65 per cent believe that men and women are both responsible for divorces.

Ppi December 13, 2010

ISLAMABAD: More than half of all Pakistanis believe that divorce rates have increased recently, said a Gilani Research Foundaton survey on Monday.

In the survey, carried out by Gallup Pakistan, a nationally representative sample of men and women from across the country were asked the following question: In your opinion has the divorce rate recently increased, decreased or remained the same?

Fifty-five per cent said that the rate of divorce had increased, while 33 per cent held the view that it had remained unchanged, with 11 per cent stating that it had decreased. One per cent gave no response.

In a follow up question the participants were asked the following question: In your opinion mostly who is to be blamed for the divorce?

Fifteen per cent blamed men, 22 per cent blamed women and 62 per cent held both genders equally responsible. One per cent gave no response.

The survey was carried out among a sample of 2,599 men and women in rural and urban areas of all four provinces of the country, during November 2010.

COMMENTS (5)

Deen Sheikh | 13 years ago | Reply I would say its due to rising individualism amongst the urban middle and upper middle class, which is where you would find these high divorce rates.

Saad | 13 years ago | Reply The fact that girls these days are independent. They are educated, self-reliant and capable of making a living; infact support whole families. By this, in no way i mean that girls are responsible. But these are infact the most contributory factors to the increased divorce rates. Gone are the days when men could walk over their wives under the presumption that they r the bread earners.. life without them is impossible for their wives. On the other hand, the women are no longer succumbed by their husbands courtesy the independence they now have available. Time has changed but mentality for most hasn;t and this contributes to arguments and thus divorce. By my reckoning, both genders are responsible and even if one is sensible enuf to realize this, they will try to keep the wheel rolling but obviously this no longer remains a solitary obligation in life...!!

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S.Haque | 13 years ago | Reply @ Shanzey: Before presenting your half baked thesis on the sole responsibility of women for the increased divorce rate in Pakistan because of "running away from islamic way of life", did you for a moment consider the ever increasing domestic violence, acid throwing, stove burning, dowry related violence, marital rape and verbal abuse the reasons for seeking divorce!!

Shanzey | 13 years ago | Reply yes this is true the divorce rate has been recently increased ...but in most of the cases women r responsible n the main reason is that most of us r running away from islamic way of life thats why....

RhyMe | 13 years ago | Reply It has actually increased,the main reasons being zero tolerance,lack of understanding,less respect etc etc etc...

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