PSY 441 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Psych, Forced Marriage
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Arranged marriage: according to stats verified by unicef, human rights council, the average global divorce rate for arranged marriage is 4% The divorce rate for love marriage is 55: arrange marriage stats. Average number of years older the male is than the female in an arranged marriage is 4. 5 years. Percent marriages in india that are arranged- 90: 30,000 people in india were asked and 77% believe that arranged marriage is better than love marriage. North india- 88: percent marriages arranged in world-55, in the us men age 40-50 that have never been married- 14% Percent women 40-50 who have never been married- 10: arranged marriages are different than forced marriages and there has been more worldwide effort to stop forced marriage, mail order brides etc, marrying age of girls. Kyrgistan before 18 years old- 14. 4: arrange marriages fall into different. Parents or guardians select and neither are consulted nor have any say before the marriage.
