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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

Short note: Social consequences of increase in the rate of divorce.

  • UPSC 1992
  • Systems of Kinship

Divorce, the legal dissolution of marriage, has risen sharply in industrial societies since the 1960s. In India it remains low but is rising, especially in cities. Census 2011 counted about 13.6 lakh divorced persons, 0.24% of the married population, and nearly three times as many separated. William J. Goode linked the rise to women's economic…

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  • Consequences for individuals
  • Consequences for family structure
  • Consequences for society: rival readings
  • Institutional and legal responses
  • Conclusion

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