Any data on Somali divorce rates in the West

j&jenterprises

A landheere always pays his debts
Has there been any data produced on this? I’d be really surprised if there hasn’t. Every discourse on this is anecdotal, but I am interested to know if this translates to data or it has been blown out of proportion given negativity spreads faster than positivity.
 

j&jenterprises

A landheere always pays his debts
no and there probably wont be

Why not? There are papers written on diaspora mental health within the Somali community, educational attainment, the link between our history of nomadism & type of work in the West (independence - business owner, security, Uber, etc). So I’d be surprised if there isn’t any material on something as exigent of an issue as marriage & divorce within our community.
 
Many Somalis do not record their marriages, hence any data on divorce would not be accurate. There is simply no point.
 
Higher than older generations but not as high as ajnabi despite the jokes y’all make.
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Really? I’d say 50% of the habayars in my area in Ldn are single mothers, but then again you can’t tell the difference between a divorced habar or one who has a husband who decided to go back home. Same shit. They aren’t being provided for and the husband has been out of the picture for at least 4yrs.
 

AbrahamFreedom

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It's 60% in Toronto and Ottawa within the first 5 years according to a prominent Somali community leader I know.
 

Qeelbax

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Really? I’d say 50% of the habayars in my area in Ldn are single mothers, but then again you can’t tell the difference between a divorced habar or one who has a husband who decided to go back home. Same shit. They aren’t being provided for and the husband has been out of the picture for at least 4yrs.
I don’t see such statistics in Minnesota or my family and relatives, this is coming from someone with divorced parents.
:kanyeshrug:
 
My family barely has any divorced people, I guess OGs are just based like that
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I’m not OG sis and thinking about it not one of my parents siblings from both sides are divorced. That’s pretty impressive. Can’t say the same for my cousins though, (their children).
 

Qeelbax

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I’m not OG sis and thinking about it not one of my parents siblings from both sides are divorced. When I thinking about it, that’s pretty impressive. Can’t say the same for my cousins though, (their children).
Out of all my relatives in Minnesota and Canada, my parents are the only divorced ones and my mom isn’t a single mom, my dad is still involved. I have at least 15 relative families in the twin cities alone, the rest are in toronto, ohio etc.
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