By IRNA,
Islamabad : A total of 48 per cent Pakistani 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, findings of a survey say.
According to a carried out by Gallup Pakistan says 19 per cent claim divorce 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.
A nationally representative sample of men and women from across the country were asked “Some people believe that divorce rate has increase in the past 10 years whereas others believe there has been no change. What is your view point?”
Forty eight percent (48%) believe the divorce rate in Pakistan has increased, 19% believe it has decreased, whereas 32% claimed that there has been no significant difference in divorce rate in the past 10 years. The remaining 1% gave no response.
It is seen that a proportionately higher percentage of urbanites (55%) as compared to their rural counterparts (44%) are of the opinion that over the past few years the rate of divorce has increased.
The data reveals no significant difference except that a higher percentage of urbanites (21%) than ruralites (6%) blame women for taking more interest in their careers which causes marriages to break.
The study was released by Gilani foundation and carried out by Gallup Pakistan, the Pakistani affiliate of Gallup International. The recent survey was carried out among a sample of 2698 men and women in rural and urban areas of all four provinces of the country, during May 2010. Error margin is estimated to be approximately + 2-3 per cent at 95% confidence level.