Socioeconomic Determinants of Divorce in Pakistan: A Case Study of Bahawalpur

Abstract

This study analyzes the socioeconomic determinants of divorce in Pakistan. For this purpose, the data of one hundred respondents was collected from 23 union councils of Bahawalpur City using a convenient sampling technique. A questionnaire comprising close- ended questions was used for data collection. For data analysis, the Ordinary Least Square method is used. The OLS estimates show that education, mutual love and mutual understating are found to be positively related to the duration of marriage whereas economic issues, family interference and infertility are found to be negatively related to the duration of marriage. The influence of variables education, mutual love, mutual understating and infertility on the duration of love is found to be statistically insignificant. Therefore, based on the outcomes of the study, it is concluded that socioeconomic factors are vital to influence the duration of marriage.