Digital Influence on Marital Stability: A Time-Series Analysis of Social Media Use and Divorce in Jamaica, 2005–2024

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Time-series analysis reveals rising divorce rates correlated with increased social media use in Jamaica, highlighting socioeconomic influences.

Divorce rates in Jamaica increased from 1.2 to 1.9 per 1,000 population from 2005 to 2024.
A 10-percentage-point increase in social media use is linked to a 0.12 per 1,000 increase in divorce rates.
Time-series analysis employed both OLS regression and ARIMAX models to identify predictors of divorce.
The findings suggest that social media and unemployment significantly affect divorce rates over time.

Philip E. Bourne (2025) studied this question.

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Time-series analysis reveals rising divorce rates correlated with increased social media use in Jamaica, highlighting socioeconomic influences.

Divorce rates in Jamaica increased from 1.2 to 1.9 per 1,000 population from 2005 to 2024.
A 10-percentage-point increase in social media use is linked to a 0.12 per 1,000 increase in divorce rates.
Time-series analysis employed both OLS regression and ARIMAX models to identify predictors of divorce.
The findings suggest that social media and unemployment significantly affect divorce rates over time.

Philip E. Bourne (2025) studied this question.

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