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The Union Label Bulletin
Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
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International divorce statistics from Paris show Switzerland leading with 40 divorces per 1000 marriages, France at 21, Germany at 17. French divorces increased from 1,879 in 1884 to 14,692 in 1904. Nearly twice as many women as men are divorced for misconduct due to men's concealment and women's forgiveness.
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Some curious facts appear from an international table of divorce statistics that has been published in Paris. From this it appears that the little cosmopolis known as Switzerland is pro rata most prolific in divorce, the numbers being 40 per thousand marriages. France follows with 21, and Germany comes next with 17 per thousand. In France divorces have grown from 1,879 in 1884 to 14,692 in 1904. It also appears that nearly twice as many women are divorced as men on the ground of misconduct, not that men are more virtuous but that they have more opportunities of concealment, and women are readier to forgive.
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Switzerland
Event Date
1884 1904
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switzerland: 40 per thousand marriages; france: 21 per thousand, grown from 1,879 in 1884 to 14,692 in 1904; germany: 17 per thousand; nearly twice as many women divorced as men for misconduct
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International table of divorce statistics published in Paris highlights Switzerland as most prolific in divorces pro rata at 40 per thousand marriages, followed by France at 21 and Germany at 17. In France, divorces increased significantly from 1884 to 1904. Women are divorced nearly twice as often as men on grounds of misconduct, attributed to men's opportunities for concealment and women's readiness to forgive.