title: The social and demographic correlates of divorce in rural Bangladesh.
abstract: "This article examines the rate of divorce by age, sex and duration of marital life at the time of divorce in rural Bangladesh for a period of 18 years from 1975 to 1992. An attempt has also been made to investigate the extent to which the incidence of divorce changes with the various socio-economic and demographic characteristics. The overall divorce rates per thousand married males and females declined from 16.1  to 11.5 and 11.8 to 8.4, respectively, during the study periods 1975-1979 and 1989-1992."
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001208:Asia; D001459:Bangladesh; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004243:Divorce; D008393:Marriage; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D012737:Sex Factors
keywords: Age Factors; Asia; Bangladesh; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Divorce--determinants; Marriage; Marriage Duration; Marriage Patterns--changes; Nuptiality; Population; Population Characteristics; Sex Factors; Southern Asia