Study: Early Marriage Likely Cause of Divorce in UAE

Early marriage is probably the main cause of disassociate in the UAE some 31. 5 share of disjoind women of all nationalities in the Gulf state were married before age 14, according to a recent ministry of labor and social affairs study. The study utter that 23. 7 share of the divorce men married between the ages of 20 and 24. This and another(prenominal) statistics feature in a recent study on divorce carried out by the ministry of labor and social affairs which tack, for instance, that 43 percent of the time it was the woman who sought divorce, state the study, cited by the Gulf News. With men, the var. stood at 39 percent. Twelve percent of divorce cases were arrived at on mutual agreement. The study stressed that in m each cases couples were divorced aft(prenominal)wards they chose to share accommodation with their families. Thirty-four percent of divorced women lived with their husbands families, and 8. 7 percent of divorced men lived with their wives relatives. Finan cial reasons were another key reason for divorce, said the study 45 percent of divorced people demanded independent budgets and allegedly refused to render any financial help to the other partner.According to the paper, the study warned that the ease in obtaining divorce papers from Sharia Courts was another reason for the UAEs rising divorce rate. Some 67 percent of divorced people said they found it very easy to obtain divorce papers and action their separation without any requirements or conditions. The study said the heathenish and quick level of divorced couples played no role in the divorce. It found that 78 percent of divorced people had virtually equivalent cultural standards.But a similar study on divorce conducted by the UAE shopping centre for Strategic Studies and Research found that the educational level of women and divorce rate were linked, with 70 percent of divorced women holding only preparatory certificates or less, the paper said. The study pointed out that 35 percent of divorced women held no certificates, and said that these women faced great difficulty in life after separation.The study pointed out that the divorce rate was 40 percent in the UAE, but the rate in the rural areas was less than that in cities. It added that the children of divorced parents were the main victims and that the rate of juvenile delinquency among these children was high. This could create a major social problem, it warned. The study urged parents to stand by their marriage agreements under any circumstance even if they did not like it, for the sake of the children Albawaba. com