Why is the Indian divorce rate so low?

Question

Most stats i've seen show it barely over 1 % of marriages.... a big leap from the over 50% that exist in Sweden or the US

Answer 1

To understand why the divorce rate in India is very low one wil hav to understand the social fabric of the Indian society, the culture, the social value system, social intelligence, the philosophy of life, meaning of happiness, the will to sacrifice and dedicate, the social expectations,etc and much more.



Understanding the basic difference between the indian approach to marriage and western approach wil help.



In nutshel let me say that Indians pay more respect to the social values as a whole. The society is seen as the main unit,and individuals are bound to it.

But in western cultures the society is loosely bonded with strong individulistic approaches. In india an uncle, aunt, grandparents are integral part of the family. Even the neighbours and the community members are treated as extended family members.

The social wellbeing is of prime-most importance. Individual wellbeing comes by in the process.



The three important factors thdat goes to make a good relationship are-

1. Adjustment

2. Concession

3. Mutual aid



Indians learn to adjust. Because the husband snores the wife wil not run to the court to file divorce.

Because the wife objects to something the husband will not file divorce.

In many matters the society pools in efforts & energy to find amicable solutions to the issues facing the family units.

There exists a strong social bonding.



This doesnt mean that members are deprived of their Rights to s3k separation.

Look for instance in the westernised society where a person gets married the first time, on petty grounds seeks divorce, marries another, divorce again, marries another, divorce again, and in the name of the Right to divorce, a person is searching for happiness,and when a person is 50+ he/she settles down with one partner wiking to make all sorts compromises out of his/her helplessness. The same compromises he/she was unwilling to make when ego-ridden young blood was running in him/her.



It is all about willing to understand,make adjustments, cmcessims,and mutual aid.

Answer 2

I work with an Indian girl, she is in an arranged marriage, I asked her what if she didn't like the guy? She said well you have to stay together anyway. It is the same as prostitution I think, glad i'm not Indian! Although guess those arranged marriages are more about convenience and money and not love, and the sex is just about the man getting off and the woman pumping out babies. Those poor women, imagine a life time of misery if you got sold off to some a*%e hole with no escape! What's wrong with divorce anyway? Can two people who were totaly in love not fall out of love after 20 years? People change, we shouldn't be ashamed of it.

Answer 3

I think its good that the Indian divorce rate is too slow. It may be because of arranged marriages and attached families. Attached families are the base of unity in the families.

Answer 4

BECAUSE INDIANS HAVE LESS MATERIALISTIC DESIRES! That my friend is the true answer. The religious beliefs are all tied too letting go of materialistic desires. Greed, lust, fights, murder all arise from desires. Indians are born with a higher development in spirituality, and thus are able to let go of materialistic attachments.

Answer 5

Western nations, such as the USA and Sweden, value the individual more than the family unit. In India (and other non-Western nations) the family unit is considered more important than the inidividual.

Answer 6

because over there in india even pakistan any of those countrys where the parents arrange the marriage there to scared to get a divorce even if they dont like each other because there so worried about what the extended family will think

Answer 7

Gentle man You want to accelerate ?

That is where the indian quality culture is far ahead of the world. It shows the moral duty of each other, of course there is little exception but over all rating of family life in india can only be understood by those who is able to understand what is wife and husband...!

Answer 8

A lot of their marriages are still arranged. There is a high rate of staying together with an arranged marriage. I know it seems weird, but it's true.

Answer 9

Because in India, even if you are in an unhappy marriage, you stay together to save the honour of your family. Culture is the biggest problem, if you removed the culture, there would be more divorces than anywhere in the world, that's for sure. People stay together to satisfy the needs of their parents.

Answer 10

Yes its the culture,,,,

but u know why they don't get divorced

just because

all men and women are same,,,either in sweden or in US,,or in india,

but here only women suffers if compared to sweden or us,

here in india ,,,women lives happily with the man who rape her everyday,,

and they call it DESTINY,,,

Answer 11

Indian culture are very strong, once you married, they don't believe in ever getting divorce.

Answer 12

Because in middle-eastern culture indian wives can't leave their husbands.

Answer 13

because people here always compromise with everything and they like accusing the dam society and culture for everything instead of doing anything themselves and lastly they like having kids as soon as they marry then compromise again for the kid

Answer 14

endurance, compromises,sacrifice,live for others, n build only......these are some values which are generally taught to any indian at home since his/her early childhood.................so whenever it comes abt family they are reminded that whatever the situation is.......u have to continue.....thing go easy by the tym...

Answer 15

Its all cultural, its not that they are all happy in their marriage but they just have to put up and shut up.

Answer 16

There's just waaaaaaay too much of us. So naturally the percentage in a bigger population is lesser. Besides, we Indians are an ugly bunch most of us, so when we do find a partner...we held on to them for dear life cause our chances of getting another one with our ugly mug is less

Answer 17

Cultural push not to, the woman would be ostracized and ruined.

Answer 18

Because they think about their children and parents .

Answer 19

Culture is probably the biggest reason. =p