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Ask Dr. Helen: Should Men Get Married?

October 31, 2007 - 2:01 am - by Helen Smith
Jenny
2007-11-02 03:13:02

Marriage, Divorce Rates:

From this page you can see there are still a lot of men willing to marry:
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/peo_mar_rat-people-marriage-rate

This one shows a lot of those marriages end in divorce:
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/peo_div_rat-people-divorce-rate

That puts the divorces per 100 marriages at 50.5. Not the worst on the planet:
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/peo_div_per_100_mar-people-divorces-per-100-marriages
(The U.S. is missing for some reason, but would be #4)

Note that the countries with the highest number of divorces/100 marriages is in places where a woman can get a divorce. They are also typically in places with a higher standard of living, lacking institutionalized wife-servant class.

O.K. so there are a lot of men out there still willing to get married.