Iranian Population Studies

Iranian Population Studies

Stages of Marital Life and the Decision to Divorce

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Assistant Professor of Family Law, Women's Studies Department, Faculty of Social Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran (Corresponding Author).
Abstract
This article examines the decision-making framework for separation and divorce among Tehran residents from the perspective of life course theory. The research method used in this study is survey-based, using a questionnaire to collect data. The statistical population includes all eligible women and men living in Tehran in 2022, and the sample size is 630 eligible residents of Tehran (men and women) who were randomly selected from each of the 22 districts of Tehran. To clarify the subject matter, theories of marriage, roles and role strain were used. The results show that the decision to separate or divorce is influenced by three stages of a couple's life cycle; in the first stage of family life, which is the stage of acquaintance and compatibility of the couple (38%), the second stage, which is the middle stage of family life, characterized by the stability of married life (28%), and the final stage of the life cycle of married life, characterized by the inconsistent requirements of life and the emergence of the estrangement process (30%), all have an impact on the couple's decision to separate.
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Volume 8, Issue 2 - Serial Number 16
December 2022
Pages 349-384

  • Receive Date 07 January 2025
  • Revise Date 01 February 2025
  • Accept Date 29 January 2025
  • Publish Date 22 December 2022