Online Temptations: Divorce and Extramarital Affairs in Kazakhstan

In recent years, the institution of marriage in Muslim Central Asia has undergone profound transformations terms religious dynamics, migration patterns, and impact globalization. Kazakhstan between 2014 2019, every third ended divorce. By examining how Kazakhs’ support for divorce casual sex is related to their consumption information obtained on Internet, mobile phone, social media, this study contributes growing body literature transformative forces communication technology (ICT) Asia. It uses a mixed-method approach that contrasts wider statistical trends from World Values Survey Wave 7 country dataset with empirical data focus groups conducted five different regions involving total 96 respondents. The findings non-statistical analysis show frequent exposure online influences extramarital affairs Yet, use ICTs does not necessarily weaken marriage. Apart its effect university-educated female Kazakh youth, it seems reinforce traditional understanding obligations among older generations young men.