Which country has the highest divorce rate in the world? Name two factors that have influenced the ability to divorce. What are two risk factors that relate to divorce?

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Correct answers will vary but should state that the United States has the highest divorce rate in the world, but it may optionally include the fact that the often-repeated "statistic" stating that "half of all U.S. marriages end in divorce" is wrong. Divorce is usually caused by multiple factors, but some major factors include the increased emphasis on individualism and the self and the sense based on changed norms that the individual is not locked into the relationship due to being married and can leave if it ceases to work for him or her. Acceptance of divorce and greater knowledge about how unhappy marriages affect children worse than divorce has lowered the use of children as a reason for staying married. Material circumstances also affect divorce rates. Women are more likely to have an education and careers than in the past, enabling the choice to leave a marriage more readily, or allowing men to leave without feeling they will leave their respective wife and children without support. Changes to the law that allow for no-fault divorce have made it easier to obtain a divorce. Risk factors that increase the likelihood of divorce include marrying as a teen, cohabitating prior to marriage, poverty, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, infidelity, having divorced parents, mismanaged finances, and domestic violence.