A British family law firm is urging couples to take a "compatibility quiz" before getting married or deciding to live together.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110106/lf_ ... dtYXJyaQ--
Something has to be done, Let us examine the statistics worldwide --->
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European Divorce rate - Study carried out in 2005, The trend indicates that it is only rising.
Source - http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/i ... _2005.html
Note - Those that are dark colored indicate a high number of NEW Marriages Ending in divorce ! UK is at an alarming rate of Approximately 50%
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The divorce rate in America for first marriage, vs second or third marriage
50% percent of first marriages, 67% of second and 74% of third marriages end in divorce, according to Jennifer Baker of the Forest Institute of Professional Psychology in Springfield, Missouri.
http://www.divorcerate.org/
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Divorce rate in Australia in around 40%. Meaning, about 40 percent of marriages can be expected to end in divorce.
..divorce rate in Canada is about 48% ... Almost 75% of Canadian divorces are being initiated by women.
http://www.divorcerate.org/
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Situation in the gulf ?
In a symposium held late last year in Kuwait, a study presented by Dr. Abdulaziz Alahmed estimates the divorce rate in Kuwait at over 25% while in Qatar at 38%.
http://www1.albawaba.com/news/high-divo ... ulf-states
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/qatar-ha ... 42427.html
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Situation in the UAE ?
..The fact is oil wealth is one of a number of socio-economic factors that has led to the UAE having one of the highest divorce rates in the Middle East...
http://1426.blogspot.com/2009/05/uae-ha ... es-in.html
..In the UAE, the rate amounted to 46%...
http://www1.albawaba.com/news/high-divo ... ulf-states