Divorce Statistics Religions

Divorce Statistics Religions – Christian faith

3 tables have been furnished below that indicate the divorce rates of the various groups of the Christian faith.

	Divorce rate in percent
Catholics and Lutherans	21
Presbyterians	23
Methodists	26
Episcopalians	28
Pentecostals	28
Baptists	29
Non-denomination Christians	34

In the below mentioned tables, the term ‘frequent’ indicates those who attend church for minimum once in a week. The results are restricted to the United States.

	Divorce rate in percent
Frequent Catholics	23
Frequent Mainline Protestants	32
All Frequent Christians	32
Frequent Evangelicals	34
Frequent other Religions	38
Jews	39
Non-frequent Catholics	41

	Divorce rate in percent
All Christians	41
Non-frequent Mainline Protestants	42
Frequent Black Protestants	47
Non-frequent other religions	48
All non-Christians	48
Athiests and Agnostics	51
Non-frequent Evangelicals	54
Non-frequent Black Protestants	58

Divorce Statistics Religions – Islam faith

The Islam community which has shifted in the West is showing more incidences of divorce. It has been concluded that in North America, 1 out of 3 Muslim marriages would terminate in a divorce. The State University of New York has a sociology professor named Dr. Ilyas Ba-Yunus who has concluded after sufficient research that the Muslims in North America have a divorce rate of 31 percent.

There exists a 37 percent Muslim divorce rate in California and a 30 percent Muslim divorce rate in Texas, Ontario and New York. Thus, it can be concluded that the divorce rate amongst followers of Islam faith is alarming.

Divorce Statistics of Hindus in the United States

Only 5 percent of the Hindus who are present in the United States have been divorced. This is the least divorce rate of any group in this country. The likelihood that a Hindu would be married is 78 percent and would be married to another Hindu is 90 percent.

Divorce Statistics of Mormons

In case of Mormons, the divorce rate is 24 percent. Also, the possibility that a Mormon would be married is 71 percent and would be married to another Mormon is 83 percent.

Judaism looks up to divorce as a fact of life and the divorce rate is 30 percent.

Divorce Papers