State of unions in 2013
More break-ups,
fewer marriages
Fewer people have been getting married and more have
been breaking up.
The number of divorces and annulments went up last
year, a report released by the Department of Statistics yesterday
shows.
At the same time, fewer couples tied the knot.
There were 7,525 divorces and annulments last year,
a 4 per cent increase from 2012.
There was a 6 per cent drop in the number of
marriages, to 26,254.
In 2012, there were 27,936 marriages, a 50 year
high.
Last year's number was also lower than the figure
for 2011, but higher than in the three years before that.
While the number of Muslim marriages went up,
overall registered marriages declined because there were fewer
civil marriages."
The percentage of inter-ethnic marriages has
continued to go up, from 17.4 per cent of all marriages under the
Women's Charter in 2011 to 18.1 per cent in 2012 and 18.2 per cent
last year.
The Singapore Department of Statistics started the
collection of divorce statistics in 1981 and started keeping track
of the educational qualification of marriage partners in 1984.
News, The New Paper, Wednesday, July 30 2014, Pg 4
Instead of keeping track onbthe educational qualifications, they
should focus on the INCOME level.
Got paper but got no job, who want to get married ?
Financial stability is more important than a piece of paper!