Statistics Show Increasing Number of Koreans Divorcing or Remaining Single
According to the statistics an increasing number of Koreans are divorcing or choosing to remain single:
One in four married men are likely to get divorced. The more the highly-educated people are, the less they will likely they are to divorce.
Among married men who left school before finishing their education the proportion is as high as 48 percent. Among men with a high-school diploma the chances drop to 30 percent, and among university graduates to 20 percent.
According to a report by Statistics Korea’s analysis of census and annual marriage data from 1990 to 2010, the chance of divorce among men rose from 10.4 percent in 1990 to 25.1 percent in 2010, up 2.5 times over the last 20 years.
Kim Soo-young at Statistics Korea said, “Although individual circumstances and social values have a big impact, divorce got more common due to the prolonged slump after the 1997 Asian financial crisis.”
The chances of divorce among married women also rose from 9.9 percent to 24.7 percent over the same period.
The number of remarriages has declined. In 1990, more than seven out of 10 couples who divorced chose to remarry, but that dropped to half by 2010.
The number of men and women who choose to stay single also rose. In 1990, only one in 11 men chose to stay single, but that rose to one in every five by 2010. The ratio for women rose from 5.1 percent to 15.1 percent over the same period. [Chosun Ilbo]
You can read the rest a the link, but it is believed that more and more Koreans are seeing little benefits in marriage and want to remain single because of the convenience.
But if a man is divorced, isn’t a woman divorced at the same time?
“But if a man is divorced, isn’t a woman divorced at the same time?”
Good observation…
The statistics indicate that men have a higher divorce rate than women. Bad men.
…but upon consideration, this is more likely a case of skanky women.
The statistic would (counter-intuitively) seem to suggests some women divorce more than once but are correctly counted as a single divorcee.
A simple example would be one woman marries and divorces twice. Statistics show one woman is a divorcee and two men are divorcees… giving the appearance that men are twice as likely to be irresponsible and uncommitted…
…when the reality is that 50% of women are gold digging opportunistic sluts.
…or these meaningless statistics indicate something entirely different.
Who knows?
The real lesson here is that statistics without explanation and access to raw data are whatever anyone wants them to be.