Today I read an interesting article from The Star about reasons for divorce in Malaysia. The article called "Meddlesome mothers-in-law" by reporter Yeng Ai Chun. Local studies confirmed that mother-in-law is the main reason couple divorce. This statistic is highest among the Indian community. According to the article,data in Malaysia Community and Family Study 2004 by the National Population and Family Developement Board (LPPKN), mother-in-law meddling in their son or daughter's marriage is the main reason that drives Indian couple to divorced.
"Meddlesome-in-laws" as Yeng called it, is the top three factors for divorce among the Malays and Chinese too. The other two factors are incompatibility stands at 42.3%and infidelity at 12%. Can you imagine? Just because there's a infidelity in one of the couple, it ends up with a divorce paper. Interference by in-laws is the main reason for Indian to divorce. It is the top ranked reson at 30%. Infidelity as a reason for divorce is high among the Malays and Indians. In fact, it is the second highest reason among the Malays and Indian with 25%. The Chinese is more tolerance towards infidelity. They consider infedelity as the least crucial reason for a divorce.
Refusal to put up with polygamy rank high in the Malays community. cheating was rank at the bottom along with health and gambling addiction at 4.2%. The finding shows that abuse is not a reason for divorce among the Malays and Chinese, but is a reason among the Indians at 5%. Another reason which top the rank among the three races at 11.5% is 'not being responsible'. With all this numbers, there's only 0.7% of the Malaysian population was divorced in 2000. I'm very sure the percentage is higher now.
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