Youth's Assessment of the Consequences of Divorce and its Effects on Tendency to Divorce in Tehran City

The consequences of divorce and the assessment of life after divorce can affect the tendency of young people to divorce. In this regard, the article examines this hypothesis; the positive assessment of the consequences of divorce, the tendency of young people to divorce will be increase. The data is drawn from a survey of 720 married people aged 15-29 conducted in the city of Tehran in 2014. The results showed that about 18 percent of married young people tend to divorce. Most of them had a positive assessment of the consequences and life after divorce. Multivariate analysis indicated that in addition to the negative perception of the consequences of divorce, variables such as religiosity, employment status, SES, and gender had significant effects on the degree of tendency to divorce. In general, these variables account for about one-third of the variance of dependent variable, and the effect of the perceived level of consequences and life after divorce has been stronger than other variables. In conclusion, youth's perceptions of the consequences and life after divorce strongly affect their decision to divorce.