Studying The Rise In Divorce Among Kuwaiti Degree-holders

According to the latest statistics released by the Sharia Documentation Department in the Ministry of Justice, Kuwaiti-Kuwaiti marriages reached 7,300 between January and October 2023. The daily obtained a copy of the statistics showing that the number of Kuwaiti men who got married to non-Kuwaiti women totaled 1,100; 420 Kuwaiti women got married to non-Kuwaitis, 170 non-Kuwaiti men got married to non-Kuwaiti women, and 48 Kuwaiti women got married to Bedoun men.

University degree holders have the highest number of marriages and divorces recorded. Divorce among Kuwaitis is prevalent among couples with a smaller number of children, considering that the highest number is among couples with only one child — a total of 650 divorce cases in the last 10 months. The lowest number of divorce cases is among Kuwaiti couples with many children — 130 among couples with six children, 320 among those with four children. The statistics disclosed that the highest number of marriages between Kuwaiti men and non-Kuwaiti women under a marriage contract inside Kuwait are women from Saudi Arabia — 380 Kuwaiti men got married to Saudi women, eight to American women, nine to African women, 98 to Moroccan women, 117 to Asian women, 38 to Egyptian women, 63 to Syrian women, 97 to Iraqi women, 50 to Jordanian women, 15 to European women, 36 to Lebanese women, three to Palestinian women, 15 to Bahraini women, four to Qatari women, one to an Omani woman and one marriage to an Emirati woman.

In the study on Kuwaiti women who married non-Kuwaiti men, 200 Kuwaiti women were married to Saudi Arabians, nine to Europeans, 11 to Americans, 20 to Asians, 21 to Iraqis, 16 to Syrians, nine to Jordanians, 11 to Egyptians, five to Africans, two to Lebanese, eight Bahrainis, 25 Qataris, 13 Emiratis, and eight Omanis. A total of 2,500 Kuwaiti marriages take place among university graduates; 46 Kuwaitis with primary school diplomas are married to a variety of nationalities; 760 Kuwaiti-Kuwaiti marriages involve couples with intermediate diplomas, two of whom are illiterates - a university graduate married an illiterate man and an illiterate man married an intermediate certificate.

There were 21 marriages among Kuwaitis with higher degrees, compared with 200 among doctorate degree holders with various specializations. A total of 105 Kuwaiti women have married men from various nationalities with various academic degrees. Additionally, 4,100 of more than 200,000 marriage contracts recorded by the Public Authority for Civil Information ended in divorce, while 364 of those who married in the current year divorced. There were 800 divorce cases among university students, 61 among those with primary school education, and nine among illiterate people from different nationalities.

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