Divorces and annulments on the up, as marriage numbers fell in 2019

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Divorces and annulments on the up, as marriage numbers fell in 2019 via yahoosg

SINGAPORE — Marital dissolutions rose in 2019 while marriages declined in the same period, according to figures released by the Singapore Department of Statistics on Tuesday .

Meanwhile, 25,434 marriages were registered last year, 5.8 per cent lower than the 27,007 marriages registered in 2018. There is a larger proportion of brides who are older than grooms in first marriages, rising from 16 per cent in 2009 to 18.3 per cent in 2019. For general divorce rates, there were 6.9 male divorcees for every thousand married males aged 20 years and over in 2019, down from 7.5 in 2009; for females, the rate was 6.5 female divorcees for every thousand married females aged 20 years and over in 2019, down from 7.1 in 2009.

The proportion of marriages involving grooms and brides with the same educational qualification increased slightly to 67.5 per cent in 2019, from 64.9 per cent in 2009. Female plaintiffs attributed “unreasonable behaviour” of spouse as the top main reason for divorce in 2019 . In comparison, having “lived apart or separated for three years or more” was cited as the top main reason for male plaintiffs .

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