Divorce rate hits record high
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Divorce rate hits record high even as marriage rate falls
THE divorce rate among Singaporeans reached a record level last year, with 1.91 cases per thousand residents.
This is a significant 11 per cent increase from 1.72 the previous year, latest official statistics reveal.
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The last high was in 1998, when it hit 1.78, after which it fell before rising again in 2002.
The figures were in a report called Statistics On Marriages And Divorces 2003 released by the Singapore Department of Statistics yesterday.
Of all age groups, young couples aged 20 to 24 were the most likely to break up, consistently registering the highest divorce rate over the last decade.
Both in 2002 and last year, males aged 35 to 44 and females aged 25 to 34 formed the largest proportion of divorced people.
The mean ages for divorce were the same in the two years - about 40 for males and 37 for females, the report said.
'Unreasonable behaviour of spouse was the most common reason cited for non-Muslim divorces, increasing from 29 per cent in 1993 to 49 per cent in 2003,' it said.
Having lived apart or being separated for three years or more was the second most common reason.
Among Muslims, 43 per cent cited personality difference and 16 per cent, infidelity, as the reason for going their separate ways.
This rising divorce trend was accompanied by a drop in the number of marriages.
Last year, only 21,962 couples registered to be married, an over 5 per cent dip from the 23,198 couples in 2002. This is after a 4 per cent increase in the number of marriages from 2001 to 2002.
According to the report, marriage rates last year fell across all age groups, continuing a similar trend in the last decade.
The annual report also revealed that the mean age at which Singaporeans marry increased by two to three years over the past two decades. The mean remarriage age also increased, by one to three years over the same period.
Meanwhile, older men continued to marry younger women.
Last year, such marriages accounted for 73 per cent of all first marriages, a slight decrease from 76 per cent in 1993.
Married couples within a year's age difference of each other increased from 29 to 33 per cent in the last decade, as did couples aged 10 years or more apart, which increased from 6 to 8 per cent over the same period.
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Zi gu duo qing, kong yu heng.
*shake head*
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no. of marriages decrease
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Good wat. Time to moderate da number of human on Mother Earth. Too many liao.
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it's good to divorce if both can't get along with each other..
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wow...r u one?Originally posted by Haze|:it's good to divorce if both can't get along with each other.. -
you think for one moment divorce rates got anything to do with the population of humans?
if you do, i have a used car i can sell you, or an MLM thing to intro to you
Originally posted by Bontakun:Good wat. Time to moderate da number of human on Mother Earth. Too many liao. -
Simply saying woman can have sex with guys and give birth without getting married is easier.Originally posted by the Bear:you think for one moment divorce rates got anything to do with the population of humans?
if you do, i have a used car i can sell you, or an MLM thing to intro to you -
like that woman who is married, got artifically inseminated and had her lover's child, had another child the natural way with the same lover, then had a child with her husband too...
you think divorce is going to stop this deranged woman?
heck! we need to get license for dogs and cats.. but any semi-sentient moron can have a babyOriginally posted by Nelstar:Simply saying woman can have sex with guys and give birth without getting married is easier. -
Maybe that's why the birthrate is declining?
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wah long post..
hahahhaa =X
why suddenly tok abt marriage... So yun when you getting married ah?? ahhahaa...
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Divorce rates MAY not have an effect on wat I said. but since there r so~~~~ many ppl divorced, surely they have frens ard them rite? AND their frens noe of da "divorced" situation, they will tink twice (have doubts) abt tying da knot in da 1st & thus hamper in da annual birth rate of SG or any other countries for dat matters.Originally posted by the Bear:you think for one moment divorce rates got anything to do with the population of humans?
if you do, i have a used car i can sell you, or an MLM thing to intro to you
Its a domino effect thing.
& its ok, I dun need a USED car or another MLM "thing". Thank you. I got my own life. XD -
How can U sae dat? U r mine!!! ALL Mine!!! U CANNOT be shared to other guys!!!Originally posted by Nelstar:Simply saying woman can have sex with guys and give birth without getting married is easier. -
divource rate so high now..wonder y pple still wanna get married..
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Ci heng mian mian wu jue qi.....Originally posted by Yunhaier:Zi gu duo qing, kong yu heng.
*shake head*
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Zhe jiu hua.. Jiu shi gan hen dang nian Chang er MEi ai shang le Wu gang..Originally posted by Nelstar:Ci heng mian mian wu jue qi.....
Wo, tang tang de Tian Peng Yuan Shuai jing li guo 400 duo ge qing jie...
You gan er fa!!!
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ba jie geOriginally posted by SunRisE:Zhe jiu hua.. Jiu shi gan hen dang nian Chang er MEi ai shang le Wu gang..
Wo, tang tang de Tian Peng Yuan Shuai jing li guo 400 duo ge qing jie...
You gan er fa!!!
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who calling??Originally posted by InnoHippo:ba jie ge
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Very sad, nowadays people not willing to compromise & work out problems together. Feel sorry for the kids esp. the younger ones. Not easy growing up in single-parent environment
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unfair to the kids...Originally posted by gerrykoh:Very sad, nowadays people not willing to compromise & work out problems together. Feel sorry for the kids esp. the younger ones. Not easy growing up in single-parent environment -
meow meow?? you guy or girl??Originally posted by Me0w Me0w:unfair to the kids...
got one friend name meow meow oso.. -
is it... maybe i am ur friend.. heehee..... i m girl.... so am i ur friend...?Originally posted by SunRisE:meow meow?? you guy or girl??
got one friend name meow meow oso.. -
On second thought, should call "ba jie mei"Originally posted by SunRisE:who calling??
*look around* 
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I think we should define MARRIAGE in today context before anyone go for it so the DIVORCE rate will not be high....
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MY FRIEND is a guy leh..Originally posted by Me0w Me0w:is it... maybe i am ur friend.. heehee..... i m girl.... so am i ur friend...?
hhehehe.. unless he change sex.. a ahahaha
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ahhahaha.. ba jie mei.. sounds better@@Originally posted by InnoHippo:On second thought, should call "ba jie mei"