title: Changes in the divorce rate and age distribution in China since the 1980s.
abstract: "The divorce rate in China during the 1980s was much higher than before for a number of reasons. In order to understand this phenomenon, the authors will make a comparison between the divorce rates, and the age and duration of the marriage at the time of divorce in the early 1980s and in the late 1980s and early 1990s."
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D002681:China; D003906:Developing Countries; D004243:Divorce; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D008393:Marriage
keywords: Asia; China; Developing Countries; Divorce--determinants; Eastern Asia; Marriage; Marriage Age; Marriage Duration; Marriage Patterns; Nuptiality