Hi this is Pat Johnson, your sociology instructor. In this mini lecture we're
going to look at factors that are correlated to a greater likelihood of
divorce. The first factor that our author mentions
where there is a strong relationship between factor and the likelihood of
getting divorced is if your parents were divorced. Now this is most likely because
we have seen this happen in our own families and we see it as an option in
our own marriages. Another factor that many of my students just don't want to
believe exists is that premarital cohabitation,
in other words living together and engaging in sexual intercourse prior to
marriage, is a correlate, is positively correlated with a greater chance of
divorce. Those people who wait to live together and wait to engage in sexual
intercourse until after marriage are less likely to get divorced.
Interestingly enough, this correlation probably has to do with the value system
those people who don't cohabitate (and) who do not engage in sexual intercourse prior
to marriage usually have stronger religious values than those people who
cohabitate before marriage. And we do know that those with strong religious
values are more likely to see marriage as something permanent and divorce as
not an option. So cohabitating prior to marriage is correlated to getting
divorced. Those people who have children prior to
marrying are more likely to get divorced. this is just another one of those
factors that is strongly correlated with the likelihood of divorce. Those who
marry at an early age are more likely to divorce. So people who are married in
their late teens have a slightly greater chance of divorcing than those who marry
let's say in their late 20s. Those who have a childless marriage are
more likely to get divorced. One of the reasons for this factor is that
sometimes people stay married because of the children. In other words, they don't
want to put their children through a divorce and those who are childless
don't have to worry about that factor. Also, people who are in childless
marriages often have both of the spouses working outside the home. They are more
independent financially and don't stay together in an unhappy marriage for the
reason of financial stability they're more likely to get divorced when things
get really rough. Finally, people who are in a low-income economic status are more
likely to divorce and this may have to do with the greater stress that comes
about with being in the low-income bracket. What I want you to remember is
something earlier in our semester. If you're getting a little maybe depressed
because you find that you fit into some of those characteristics-- maybe you did
marry young, maybe you did cohabitate prior to marriage, maybe your parents are
divorced. Remember, our main rule about correlation. Correlation does not mean
causation. Just because two factors are correlated with each other doesn't mean
that one causes the other. Marriage takes a lot of hard work. It takes sticking
with it and a lot of understanding and choosing the right person in who to
marry so don't think that just because some of those factors are in your life
that you're necessarily going to get a divorce from your spouse.
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