More Muslim Women Steering Clear of Marriage, Kids: Census Data
  • 5 years ago
As the triple talaq debate grows in the country with the courts and the Muslim Personal Law Board fighting it out, government data shows muslim women in India between the ages of 20 and 34 are more likely to get divorced than women from other religious communities.
Comparing Census data from 2001 and 2011 shows that the percentage of muslim women who never got married grew by 94% in the decade, which is much higher than among Buddhist (72.78%), Hindu (69.13%) and Sikh (66.21%) women.
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