Til Divorce Do Us Part: Divorce, Sex, and State of Residence among Hmong Americans

• Main Authors: Nao Xiong, Ger Xiong
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hmong Studies Journal 2012-01-01
• Series: Hmong Studies Journal
• Subjects: Hmong Americans; marital status; divorce
• Online Access: http://hmongstudies.org/NXiongGXiongHSJ13.2.pdf

Data from the American Community Survey (ACS) 2008-2010 were used to analyze the relationship between current marital status (divorced versus married) and sex, and to examine how this relationship varies for the Hmong across states. Women, when adjusted for age groupand state of residence, were not significantly more likely than men to report that they were divorced. Those in Minnesota were almost two times more likely than those in California to report being divorced even after controlling for sex and age group. There was no significantdifference in divorce reporting between Wisconsin and California Hmong. The findings suggest that divorced Hmong women, like divorced women in the United States in general, tend to remain unmarried for a longer period of time than their men counterparts.