DIVORCE AS A SOCIAL PROBLEM When a married couple can not live together comfortably the dissolution of marriage is called ‘divorce’. Divorce ratio is higher today then compared to rates just 15 years ago: The causes of divorce vary from couple to couple but the research done on the causes of divorce by different researchers shows that 1) Lack of communication: is one of the leading causes of divorce. The divorces often happen when people rarely discuss their expectations in details and are less willing to work on their marriages and would like quick solution rather than having to resolve issues. 2) People who come from divorced homes are more likely to get divorced than people who come from happily married household. divorce seem less like a big deal if one has seen his parents go through with it: 3) People who get married between the ages of 23-27 are likely to stay together, than people who get married in their teens:

1. DIVORCE AS A
SOCIAL PROBLEM

2.  When a married couple can not live together
comfortably the dissolution of marriage is
called ‘divorce’.

3.  Communication problem:
 Financial issues
 Forms of abuse:
 “Incompatibility:
 Effects:

4.  A marriage can not work when the lines of
communication fails one can not have
effective relationship if either one of the
spouses won’t discuss his or her feelings can
not talk about his personal issue and expect
his partner to goes what the whole problem
is about.

5.  Money or aspects related to it is a possible
cause of disagreement between couples
married couple could conflict over such
issues as shared financial responsibility.

6.  There are many forms of abuse all of which
are possible causes of divorce: this does not
just include intentional and habitual,
physical abuse, it may also come in the form
of emotional abuse one partner may actively
seek to degrade his or her partner through
harsh language.

7.  This is one of the causes of divorce there are
many kinds and forms of incapability of
couple may be incompatible in anything and
every thing they may not be able to find a
common ground. Intellectually and
emotionally.

8.  There are many areas where man and woman
are affected by divorce with more than 30
years of research now it is known that most
rarely lead to a better life. Life expectancies
(maximum age) for divorce man and women
are significantly lower than for married
people who have the longest life
expectancies:

9.  Research by Robert Coombs (1991)
 “Those who are unhealthy but stay married
are more likely to be happy than who were
divorced”.
 Harold J. Morowitz (1975).
 “After a diagnosis of Cancer married people
are most likely to be recovered while
divorced are least likely to recover indicating
that the emotional trauma of divorced has a
long term impact on the physical health of
the body.

10.  According to a Gilani Research Foundation survey
carried out by Gallup Pakistan, while nearly half
of all Pakistanis (48%) believe that the rate of
divorce has increased, a significant 32% believe
that there has been no notable change in divorce
rate in the last ten years, whereas 19% claim it
has decreased. Amongst various factors causing
an increase in divorce rate, lack of patience tops
the list as cited by 48%, followed by disconnect
with religion (33%), influence of western culture
(27%), women giving priority to their careers
(12%), and men’s lack of interest in their
marriage.

12.  There are two sides of the divorce issue and
while the negative side of how divorce
affects children out weights the positive
side, it is generally agreed that children are
better off in a single parent home than in the
constant turmoil of an abusive but intact
family. There has, however, been very little
evidence to support the argument that
divorce is an advantage to children