Evaluating the Rising Trends of Divorces Within Malaysian Community

Abstract

The concerned research evaluates the increasing divorce trends among the Malaysian community and seeks to highlight the main reason behind it. In research background, earlier situations and comparative displays of societal values and factors behind divorce have been provided. It has shown the present situation in Malaysia behind continuous divorce cases. It has also shown specific details related to factors and reasons for rising divorce trends along with female and male discrimination in the society. A brief has been provided in the methodology section to understand the tools this research used to evaluate the divorce trends such as secondary research. Lastly, key research findings have described the relationship between lack of education and increased divorce rate, role of economic factors in influencing increased divorce rate and others for enhancing the main views.

The Determinants of Divorce in Malaysia: The Role of ED, Ethnicity, and Religion

“…One of the greatest socio-cultural concerns in Malaysia today is the rising divorce rate (Abd Kadir, 2021). Repeated marital problems lead to couples opting for divorce as a final resort.…”

“…According to Ghaniet al ( 2017), national data indicate that from 2012 to 2015, over 32% of couples cited a lack of good communication as a primary factor for their divorce. This fundamentally emphasizes the need for communication between partners in order to survive a marriage (Abd Kadir, 2021). However, according to Mohd Zain et al ( 2019 According to Statista (2022), in 2020, the divorce rate for men aged 30 to 34 is 8.8 divorces per thousand married men within this age range.…”