Divorce rates around the world: A love story
Divorce rates around the world: A love story
- February 3, 2019
- Research by Evan Schofer (professor) and Cheng-Tong Lir Wang (grad student), sociology, via Psychology Today, Feb. 3, 2019
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University of California at Irvine sociologists Cheng-Tong Lir Wang and Evan Schofer analyzed nearly four decades of divorce data (1970-2008) from 84 countries around the world. They looked at changes in rates of divorce over time and different rates of divorce in different places. Their report, “Coming out of the penumbras: World culture and cross-national variation in divorce rates,” was published in the December 2018 issue of Social Forces.
For the full story, please visit https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/living-single/201902/divorce-rates-around-the-world-love-story.
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