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A decomposition of immigrant divorce rates in Australia

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Crude divorce rates of overseas-born Australians by birthplace are not comparable because different birthplace groups have different age structures and marriage patterns that affect the rates. This paper decomposes the crude rates into components due to the effects of age structrue, marriage patterns and the divorce rate of married men and women. This allows for a better comparison of the level of divorce by birthplace. The range in the standardized divorce rates by birthplace is smaller than that indicated by the crude rates. Nonetheless, there remains considerable variation in immigrant divorce rates in Australia.

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  1. University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    Zhongwei Zhao

  2. Demography Program, Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University, 0200, Canberra, ACT, Australia

    Siew-Ean Khoo

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Khoo, SE., Zhao, Z. A decomposition of immigrant divorce rates in Australia. Journal of Population Research 18, 68–77 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03031956

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