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The modern society are treating marriage and divorce as a normal experiences that people undergo in life. The motive and the motivation for marriage has changed compared with the early marriages which were motivated by love and the need to have each other, to help one another emotionally, psychological and many other aspects of life. Today’s marriages are motivated more by the need for financial security, convenience, things that are not binding in the long-run (Norton & Moorman, 1987). In the modern day the rates of marriage among the young population have decrease. People now marry when they are older (Bramlett & Mosher, 2001).
In the 21 st century , there has been a mounting variance in the rate of marriage by ethnic group age. Decreasing number of women are marrying at twenties. Research show that in 1975, 63 percent of women aged between 20 to 24 years of age married, while in 1990, only 39% of women in the same age group had married. The percentage also showed same decreasing trend in the successive older ages .
On the other hand in western nations, researchers further estimates that 40%–50% of all first marriages, and 60% of second marriages, will end in divorce. Some of the factors that contribute to the high rate of divorce early marriages, poverty and less education, cohabitation before marriage, a premarital pregnancy, family background, and sense of insecurity (Stevenson & Wolfers, 2007). Most of the divorced people cite lack of commitment, infidelity, abuse among other common reasons. Challenges in marriage can be fixed and avoid divorce but the luck of commitment leaves no space for reconciliation. Commitment in a marriage bring the sense of security and willingness to invest time and energy to ensure the marriage works
References
Bramlett, M. D., & Mosher, W. D. (2001). First marriage dissolution, divorce, and remarriage. In National Center for Health Statistics.
Norton, A. J., & Moorman, J. E. (1987). Current trends in marriage and divorce among American women. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 3-14.
Stevenson, B., & Wolfers, J. (2007). Marriage and divorce: Changes and their driving forces (No. w12944). National Bureau of Economic Research.
