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In order to talk about why the divorce rate in the United States is higher than in India, it is important to be clear that each country has its own culture, its own customs and way of life. For example, in the United States people have more options in matters of economic improvement, women are more independent, and people have a liberal mind set about social relationships. On the other hand, India is considered to be a third world country, women have limited rights, and people have a very conservative concept of how relationships should be. Therefore, in a country with a liberal opinion about relationships, in which divorce is the number one option for "solving problems" within marriage, one can expect to find a 50% divorce rate. Whereby in a country where most marital relationships are arrange by the couple's parents and in which divorce is seen as an ultimate resource to fix a problem in the marriage, the 1% divorce rate is just fair. 

In my opinion, culture is the main factor that determines the reason why the United States has a higher divorce rate in comparison with the 1% divorce rate of India.