Quantitative Meta-analysis of studies of the factors affecting divorce during the years 2000 to 2014

Subject Areas : Quarterly Journal of Woman and Society

hadi ghazizadeh ¹

1 - payame noor

Received: 2020-11-05 Accepted : 2022-03-08 Published : 2022-04-21

Keywords: Divorce, meta-analysis, Effect size, divorce factors,

Abstract :

The present study was conducted with the aim of meta-analysis of research conducted in the field of divorce factors. The research population is all the researches that have been done in the form of articles and dissertations in the database of Noor specialized journals, database of Iranian publications, comprehensive portal of humanities and Irandak in the field of factors affecting divorce. Of these, 14 studies were identified and recorded as appropriate. Excel software and the second version of CMA software were used for analysis. In the study of economic variables, in the fixed model, the effect size was equal to -0.125 and significant and in the random model was equal to -0.115 and was not significant. The magnitude of the effect of social factors in the fixed model was equal to 0.292 and in the random model was equal to 0.303, both of which were significant. In the study of cultural factors in the fixed model the effect size was -0.117 and was not significant and in the random model was -0.011. In the study of individual factors in the fixed model the effect size was -0.149 and was not significant and in the random model was -0.111 was not significant. The results, in general, showed that there was heterogeneity in all four groups studied. The results of Egger regression test in four economic, social, cultural and individual categories indicate no significant deviation from the regression line and consequently no bias.

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