DIVORCE(SEE ALSO: Bureaucracy, Complex Organizations, Conver-
gence Theories, Family and Household Structure, Family
Roles, Industrial Sociology, Industrialization, Parental Roles,
Social Change, Social Structure, Technology and Society, and
Work and Occupations.)
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University Press.PAUL MORGAN BAKERDIVORCE
Divorce is of sociological significance for several
reasons. To begin, divorce rates are often seen as
indicators of the health of the institution of mar-
riage. When divorce rates rise or fall, many soci-
ologists view these changes as indicating some-
thing about the overall quality of marriages or,
alternatively, the stability of social arrangements
more generally. Viewed from another perspective,
divorce interests sociologists as one of several
important transitions in the life course of individu-
als. The adults and children who experience di-
vorce have been studied to understand both the
causes and consequences. From this perspective, a
divorce is as much an event in the biography of