Family statistics for the year in the Russian Federation. Divorces of married couples in Russia - the whole truth. Dynamics of marriages and divorces

There may be some differences between the values ​​of marriage in different countries of the world. In Russia, over the past hundred years, the way of life has changed so much that it has led to terrible divorce statistics. Just a few decades ago, destroying a social unit was a moral crime. Couples who actually separated did not file for divorce. Today there is nothing wrong with the destruction of a family. Therefore, the divorce rate in Russia has been steadily growing over the past three years.

Reasons for divorce in numbers

Social research and psychological surveys on the topic “Causes of Divorce” are conducted annually. About 40% of broken up couples claim that they were hasty in their choice. Therefore, sociologists have derived a marriage formula:

• A few months of relationship + a year of living in the same area = after that marriage.

This way, the lines of age are erased, and the couple can fully recognize each other’s character. This ensures an increase in the duration of marriage. Other reasons for family breakdown include:

• Harmful craving for alcohol – about 40%;
• Presence of relatives of one of the spouses – 15%;
• Difficult living conditions or lack of their own housing – 14%;
• Reluctance to have children or impossibility of having children for various reasons (incompatibility, infertility, drug addiction, serious illness) – 8%;
• Spouses living in different cities – 6%;
• Imprisonment of one of the spouses – 2%;
• Incurable disease – 1%.

The given figures change every year. For example, the problem of alcoholism is only getting worse in the country. Therefore, the percentage of broken families for this reason is growing. There are also statistics on the reasons that spouses themselves indicate when filing for divorce.

• Approximately 25% indicate infidelity;
• 15% of divorced couples report sexual dissatisfaction with their partner;
• About 13% cite personality incompatibility;
• 7% indicate alcohol dependence.

The fact of the birth of a child changes the attitude of the spouses. Not all couples can survive the first months of sleep deprivation. Nervousness and irritation appear.

Therefore, the birth of a child can either unite a family or destroy it.

But there are couples who can live in the same territory, but not be a full-fledged family. Sometimes spouses even start parallel families. The reasons for such situations may be:

• Keeping the stamp in the passport for the sake of the child;
• The inability of one spouse to move out;
• Dependence of the material plane;
• Disagreement with divorce (most often women);
• The age of a child is up to 1 year according to the law of the Russian Federation.

Statistics of marriages and divorces for 15 years in Russia

Divorce table in numbers:

The period from 2000 to 2004 is characterized by the highest percentage of divorces. Approximately 700 out of 1000 couples broke up their families. From 2005 to 2012, the situation improved noticeably. Sociologists associate this with the strengthening of the country's economic condition. Statistics from recent years show that the number of divorces is growing. According to UN research, after 2012 the Russian Federation ranks first in the world in the number of divorces. The number of divorces over the past three years has reached almost 70%. Since 2013, the number of divorced marriages has been growing significantly. Scientists attribute this increase to the fact that children born in the early 90s are getting married. This was a period of instability in the country.

Every year the number of broken families increases significantly. There is an opinion that by 2020, 850 out of 1000 couples will divorce.

Divorce rate by years of marriage

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Data on years lived together:

• Most often, people who have been married for 5 to 9 years get divorced. The number of such divorces is 28%;
• Further, 22% disperse after 10–19 years. Most often, the cause is infidelity;
• 18% of couples divorce within 3 to 4 years of marriage. This is the time of the “first crisis of family life.” The birth of a child can be a salvation for a family;
• 16% of young people separate after 1-2 years of marriage;
• After a long marriage of more than 20 years – 12%;
• And 4% of couples dissolve their union without living in it for a year. Most often due to the transience of marriage.
• What is the outcome for married couples? A large number of spouses decide to separate before 4 years of marriage.

Marriage statistics by age

Among men, approximately 33% get their passport stamped at the age of 25–30. The second place in the number of marriages is occupied by young people from 20 to 25, and the third place is 35. For women, the picture is a little different. The age group is from 20 to 25 years, i.e. girls born between 1900 and 1995 make up 40% of all marriages. Girls from 26 to 30 years old – 27%. And the group of 30–35 years old accounts for only 12% of the total number of marriages. The overwhelming majority of unions are concluded by men and women whose ages range from 20 to 35 years.

This trend appeared relatively recently. In Russia, before the 90s, it was customary to enter into an alliance at a younger age. However, values ​​have changed, the lines between the sexes have blurred, women have become emancipated, and age has also ceased to matter much. Marriage unions began to be concluded after 25 years. At this time, both spouses have education, social status and a mature worldview. But early marriages also occur. They are the ones who very often fall into the 16% barrier of divorced people who have not been married for even 2 years.

Civil marriages

About half of all couples choose not to officially marry. Main reasons:

• Uncertainty about the partner;
• Lack of housing for young people;
• Fear of responsibility;
• Absence of a child;
• Prejudice. Some couples are confident that after registration their lives will change dramatically.

This trend came to Russia from Europe. France and Sweden are the world leaders in the number of civil marriages. So, the statistics of divorces in Russia is growing every year. There are more and more unregistered marriages.

People have stopped fighting for their relationships and believe there is nothing wrong with divorce. The ratio of divorced and new marriages in 2014 is 60/40%.

There are no exact data for 2015 yet, but the approximate figure is 70/30%. There are plenty of reasons for official breaks in relations. One of them is the unstable situation in the country, which prevents people from developing and becoming financially independent. In addition, personal contradictions, alcoholism, the inability to have a child and infidelity literally attacked the country.

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Today we will talk about divorces of married couples in Russia.

“People meet, people fall in love, get married... get divorced...”

According to statistics, from 50 to 85% of those who get married break family ties in the legal and actual sense (depending on the Russian region). That is, the 100% mark is not far away.

And why all? The current state of affairs is creating a particularly frivolous attitude towards marriage among the younger generation. “If you don’t like it or it doesn’t work out, you can always get a divorce, why create a tragedy?”

It’s simple, besides, society perceives family separations as an absolute norm; not everyone listens to the opinion of the church. In connection with this, family and family values ​​have lost that precious essence and meaning, which are still spoken about by those who firmly believe in one love for life.

After all, not only has divorce become commonplace, but also loving several or many times in life has become a very real action. What can I say: open relationships, connections without obligations - this is already a completely adequate format of behavior for the majority, even approved by part of the older generation.

“We couldn’t choose that way... today’s young people are happy, you can always get married, but you won’t be able to go out later, it’s better now,” such phrases can often be heard from a very sweet old lady.

Freedom of choice is so desirable for those who were deprived of it, and so destructive for those who have it in abundance.

Trends and statistics of divorces in Russia

Unfortunately, our country ranks first in the world in the number of divorces.

“If in 2013, 218,070 marriages were registered in the first quarter, then in 2014 – 207,825, that is, 10,245 less. The opposite situation is observed with divorces: in 2013, their number for the specified period was 157,065, in 2014 – 172,310, that is, as much as 15,245 more.

Two years ago, the UN recognized Russia as the first among the countries with the highest divorce rate. The UN takes as its initial figure the number of divorces per 1,000 people. In Russia – 5%. And this is the highest figure in the world. Following Russia are Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, the Cayman Islands and the USA.”

There are a little fewer marriages, a little more divorces, and almost everything is heading towards the number of marriages becoming equal to the number of breakups.

Ten years ago, every third officially registered union fell apart, today at least every second.

In the Russian Empire (1721-1017), divorce was an extremely rare and condemned act; it was allowed for special indications:

“Proven adultery.

Bigamy (bigamy).

Presence of a premarital illness that interferes with marital relations.

Long-term unknown absence of a spouse (more than 5 years).

Conviction of a felony involving exile or disqualification from an estate.

Monasticism (only in the absence of young children)

It should be noted that after a divorce, the guilty party most often did not have the right to enter into a new marriage.

According to the 1897 census, there was 1 divorced man per 1000 men, and 2 divorced women per 1000 women. Until 1917, the situation did not change significantly" (Wikipedia)

Divorce in the Russian Empire was possible only through the church; Orthodoxy and the state were inseparable companions. Even though families were strong under pain of punishment and expulsion, many children were born, some of whom died, but the institution of family existed. Who knows, if it were not for such, in some places, forcibly instilled cohesion of society, we would have won the major world wars of the 20th century?

Today's world, where everyone is on their own, where everyone is free to choose to stay married or leave at the first difficulties, promotes a position of disunity; it is not a fact that in the current century the people would be able to unite for victory as before. This is one of the goals of those who undermined the unity of the country through the destruction of the institution of marriage and family values ​​- to scatter people around the world so that they rely only on themselves, to cultivate in them the seeds of sick selfishness.

But who knows what would happen... in hypothetical situations. Education, knowledge, career and the fact that women today rule equally with men are one of the consequences of a fairly high standard of living.

After the revolution, it became possible to obtain a divorce without delay or moralizing, through the registry office. And although under I.V. Stalin they tried to eliminate the “availability” of divorce, later everything returned to the track laid down by the revolution.

However, the era when families were preserved at any cost has its drawbacks. Often hidden behind the mask of a friendly family idyll was not a cloudless existence, but the husband’s aggression hidden by the wife, shown by him for “educational” (in his opinion) purposes - let’s remember the famous “Domostroy” and the period before the formation of the Russian Empire, when the humiliated position of women in society and The family was approved by the kings themselves.

And on the one hand, Orthodoxy seemed to reign with family, God-fearing values, the wife was obedient to her husband in everything... and on the other hand, all this smacked of slavery, humiliation, the absolute dependence of women and impunity, permissiveness of men.

The population was mostly illiterate, girls were married off early, they immediately gave birth to several children in a row, took care of the house, and therefore it was about achieving some kind of heights, career growth (or something similar for that time) - it was It's ridiculous to even think about it. However, we know that women also ruled the state. and there were representatives of the weaker sex with such a “masculine” character, even at the cost of their own lives, who showed self-will, stubbornness, and disagreement with the entire society - who later went down in history as heroines.

Let's return to the modern trend of divorce.

“According to Rosstat, in 2008, for every 1 million 178 thousand marriages, there were 703 thousand divorces (about 60%). For comparison: in 2003, there were 798,800 divorces (73%) per 1,091,800 marriages; in 2010, there were 639,300 divorces (53%) per 1,215,100 marriages.

In September 2013, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev proposed increasing the state fee for divorce” (Wikipedia).

Do you think the state duty is 600 rubles? will stop anyone?.. As we see from statistics and stories of separations of acquaintances and relatives, which we have personally witnessed (or, perhaps, someone has been divorced more than once) - people are not stopped either by the number of children, or by the admonitions of the church, or by conscience, or even awareness that a person is making a mistake, stupidity, etc. Legally, everything is in order, no one will prohibit anyone, and the opinion of the church is only advisory, everyone is their own master.

Reasons for family divorces

The most popular reasons why our compatriots get divorced (according to statistics) are infidelity, poverty, misunderstanding, quarrels, selfishness, drug addiction, alcoholism.

80% of divorces (according to official data) occur on the initiative of women. One of the most common causes of divorce is infidelity. At the same time, 24% of Russians consider it acceptable to have a lover/mistress, 63% are confident that it is necessary to remain faithful. That is, mostly men cheat on women, cheat on them with other women, the latter, it is possible that, having become wives themselves, they will divorce their unfaithful husbands if their spouse cheats. Such a paradox.

And betrayal, you have to understand, is the tip of the iceberg, result, an indicator of some other problem. Psychologists advise going deep inside yourself in search of an answer to the question “how to fix everything? Maybe the reason for my husband’s (wife’s) betrayal is me?” Sometimes the reason really lies in the “injured” spouse... But still, if the innocent party took all measures to prevent the spouse from going to the left, and the guilty party has already made plans or implemented them, the responsibility lies with the one who crossed the line.

And you can endlessly reflect, delve into yourself, but not move the problem forward.

The position of the church is not as clear as it seems at first glance, for example, if your spouse cheated, you can easily get a divorce. If a woman married outside the church and to a man who was spoiled by the attention of the ladies, how can you demand from him the same as from, say, a believer? Initially, the marriage stood on the wrong foundation. So many adequate priests say that the reason for the collapse of a marriage is not infidelity, but because the marriage was concluded without God. However, most of us are just parishioners, and therefore no one will make harsh demands on us...

Love crashed on the boat of everyday life... A very abstract, but quite clearly characterizing the breakdown of the family formulation. Since 1960, the number of divorces in our country has tripled. That is, people, given the freedom of choice they have, increasingly do not understand what they are getting into: their lack of preparation for family life and the understanding of complete impunity in the event of a divorce, if something does not work out, allows them not to think too much before entering into a union.

Poverty (one of the most common causes of divorce) , or the inability of a spouse to provide for a family, offspring, the resulting life difficulties and conflicts that arise is also a severe test for everyone. And it’s one thing when this is a temporary situation, but when it lasts for years, decades, and there are several children in the family, then it’s difficult to find humility and accept everything as it is. And poverty is different from poverty...

But in today’s world, brought up according to a special scenario, few women want to marry unsuccessful, poor and unhappy men; girls from early childhood (having learned from their mothers) easily flaunt phrases about dreaming of a rich groom.

They marry someone who has nothing, either out of great love, or because both spouses are believers and are ready to be content with little. “There is nothing” means there is little and there is something (work, housing or an alternative), when there is nothing at all - it is shameless for a man to try to get married - in my opinion.

Bad habits, in particular, alcoholism and drug addiction are addictions that poison the life of not only the person who is “hooked” on the addiction, but his entire family, loved ones. All members of the family become terrorized. If you don’t get rid of such a heavy burden in time, such as, for example, an alcoholic husband, then you can make the situation even worse. Many murders happen in a drunken stupor, and when a relative doesn’t get his fix, he is ready to destroy everyone...

Men’s version (from a thematic forum) of why there are so many divorces on the initiative of women: “There are too many temptations and she believes that she will meet someone better.”

And, considering that they really don’t know how to count, plan, weigh the possibilities and don’t want to in principle + the pressure from the wish list and the media - she’s already made a decision, she just has to justify it for herself (and for you). Make you guilty, shift responsibility onto you. And having dumped debts and guilt on you, she rushes towards the sparkling horizons, like a moth to a light bulb.

What’s funny is that it’s impossible to convince her logically, using negative examples. She will tell you that she didn’t find herself in the trash heap, that you are a weight and a burden for her, that you are preventing her from self-realization, etc. - a standard set of arguments for 100% of women in such a situation.”

Women's version of why there are so many divorces on the initiative of women: “the male population has degenerated.”

There are fewer men, and this is a proven fact, than women, and they have become more passive, weaker, less tenacious, and therefore fragile, vulnerable women have to take everything into their own hands.

Half the country drinks, smokes, there is often propaganda of gay values, stories about how fashionable it is to have a mistress, publications, media stories about how someone famous got divorced and married someone else, and everyone is smiling.

Ordinary men, who can barely feed their family, take all this information upon themselves and come to the conclusion that they too can do anything. And what? So a famous businessman or politician is allowed, but a simple village man is not allowed? At the same time, there is no need to get a divorce, there are more women than men, the former already agree to a lot for the sake of the latter.

As a result, providing for the family and much more falls on the shoulders of the fairer sex, and one day, tired of their humiliated position (after all, it’s the 21st century and “Domostroy” is behind us), they decide to irrevocably throw such a heavy burden off their shoulders.

In general, according to women who initiate divorce justifiably or unjustifiably, men are childish, weak-willed, or drunkards, aggressive. And the weaker sex can be understood in this situation.

There is some truth in the versions of both men and women, but the cases are different...

How is life for divorced people and their children?

According to statistics, about 50% of men and about 30% of women remarry. Since “everything is simpler for men”, and initially it so happened that it was a woman who was more capable of becoming attached to a man, it is more difficult for the weaker sex to leave all thoughts about worries about the previous family. In addition, ladies after a divorce (if there were children in the family) mostly remain with the children, and not all men are ready to easily accept someone else’s continuation when there are many “childless options.”

According to Russian laws, a person is able to marry an unlimited number of times (after officially divorcing his previous wife). The amount of alimony can be reduced if the negligent father has several more children in new families, he may not provide assistance (except for payments under the law), in the end he will pay no more than 50% of the “white” earnings for all children, punishment from above, standing feet on the ground, not everyone is afraid. The main concern will remain with the mothers; no one will bear any responsibility - from a legal point of view. But there is another negative nuance.

Who makes such fathers? For example, from such children abandoned by similar fathers.

According to statistics, minors who grew up in single-parent or strange families (with new dads, moms) have a high risk of deviation, suicide, mental disorders, and simply repeating the fate of their parents.

After all, it is not without reason that there is an opinion that we all repeat the genetically and psychologically embedded model of behavior of our parents. Only a few, through trial and error as well, are able to change themselves. But basically, what growing children saw from their father and mother is what they will bring to life.

Among other things, the separation of mom and dad is a serious trauma for the child, who, unknown to adults who care only about themselves at this moment, experiences the loss of family integrity, perhaps feels guilty for what is happening.

The psyche of children is very fragile; parents who decide their “adult” issues have no idea what is going on in the child’s soul during this period. And there is a whole catastrophe that will affect the little man for a long time in the present and future.

It’s very scary when none of the adults think about the child and hang all their grievances on him, take out their grievances. Divorce is divorce, but the children are not to blame for anything, they suffer the most in this situation, for them the world has just split in half, they want to protect those who become enemies of each other, and they love both mom and dad.

The generation that grew up with divorced parents repeats the fate of their parents, this is also proven by statistics approaching 100% of divorces among marriages.

The Church's attitude towards divorce

The Bible indicates the main reason why divorce is permissible is the fornication of one of the spouses, that is, adultery. But we are talking primarily about believers. Another point that makes it possible to break up a family: if an unbelieving spouse wants a divorce without any particular reason, you can let him go. But we are talking about true believers, when, as they say, “they do not follow the path and have done everything possible to save another, but he chose his own.” When both are “half-believers” or non-believers, the last point is ineffective.

In Orthodoxy. “The Orthodox Church has expanded the list of reasons for divorce, and currently in the Russian Orthodox Church it is customary to allow divorce for the following reasons, except for adultery:

a spouse's falling away from Orthodoxy,

unnatural vices, inability to cohabitate in marriage, occurring before marriage or resulting from intentional self-mutilation,

infection with leprosy or syphilis, long-term unknown absence,

conviction to punishment combined with deprivation of all rights of estate, an attack on the life or health of a spouse or children,

daughter-in-law, pandering, benefiting from the indecency of a spouse, incurable serious mental illness,

malicious abandonment of one spouse by the other.

Also, AIDS, medically certified chronic alcoholism or drug addiction, and the wife committing an abortion with her husband’s disagreement” (Wikipedia)

In addition to everything indicated, divorcing a spouse who has not committed fornication and entering into a new union is considered adultery, especially if the person already knew about God at that moment. And this is a grave sin.

What is it like, an ideal family in which you won’t want to think about divorce?

According to Russians, an ideal family is when there is mutual understanding, support for each other, love, prosperity, security and well-being, two children. Vague characteristics.

What is missing, for example, from rich, successful, intelligent individuals who have beautiful, kind wives, but exchange the latter for new ones? And why do some people, until a very old age, try out invented ideals, and in the end regret the years they wasted on this, and dream of turning back time to stay with their first wife?

An ideal family begins with ourselves, as believers say. That is, if we are not ready, no real ideal will help the family survive; people are not ready to preserve and cherish. For what? If there are already so many new options and prospects. People often act as the majority does.

Divorce was condemned - there were few divorces, divorces became nonsense, a trivial matter - and many marriages were dissolved all the time.

Divorce when the family actually no longer exists or try with all your might to revive a broken vase from the ashes? How to look children in the eyes when the parents themselves act like stupid, irresponsible children? Maybe it’s easier not to believe in God, so as not to be asked how believers are? And how to revive love if it died once, how to live without love? And how to live with someone for whom there was never love? Everyone answers all these questions themselves. But still, many people simply brush them off without thinking about anything.

Divorce is a fact of our time, and nothing can be done about it; what everyone should do is an individual choice. It’s a pity that there isn’t some kind of golden mean in society... Previously, and even now, divorce is evil for true believers, and mosquito bites for mere mortals.

According to Rosstat, the number of registered marriages in 2016 decreased by 15%. According to sociologists, the growing trend may lead to a decrease in the birth rate: we have already “lost” at least 175 thousand children. The decrease in marriages is associated with the fashion for open relationships, the small number of the 1990s generation and economic instability in the country.

In 2015, 1,161,044 new families were created in Russia. And in 2016 - already 985,834. According to the scientific director of the Independent Institute of Family and Demography, Igor Beloborodov, the decrease in the number of marriages is associated with the age structure of the population: the small generation born in the 1990s is of reproductive and marriageable age. This situation can lead to a significant decrease in the birth rate.

In 2016, there were 175 thousand fewer families than the year before. Even based on the minimum birth rate, we have lost 175 thousand children who could have been born in the next 2-3 years. And some families would have given birth to a second and third child,” said Igor Beloborodov.

Leading researcher at the International Laboratory of Political Demography and Macro-Sociological Dynamics at the Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEI) RANEPA Andrey Korotaev notes that the collapse in the birth rate of 1987–1993 is a circumstance that still greatly influences the demographic situation.

The increase in the birth rate, which began only in 2007, will have a real effect only in 2027, Korotaev said.

He noted that every year there are fewer and fewer women of childbearing age, which means the number of marriages will decrease. If new measures to support families, comparable in effect to maternity capital, do not appear in the near future, we will not be able to avoid a fall in the marital birth rate.

The largest number of marriages in 2016 took place in the Central Federal District (more than 250 thousand). Of these, 86 thousand are in Moscow, 55 thousand are in the Moscow region. The least number is in the Far Eastern Federal District (about 45 thousand).

Igor Beloborodov explains this by the fact that the capital is the most populated city in the country. Visitors also get married here. This opinion is shared by Elena Mikhailova, director of special programs at VTsIOM. She noted that the Central Federal District leads in population (as of January 1, 2016, more than 39.1 million people lived on its territory).

In general, the decrease in the number of marriages is due to economic instability - the wedding ceremony requires large material expenses, and potential newlyweds during a crisis period are in no hurry to determine the date of the celebration, says Elena Mikhailova.

Associate Professor at the Institute of Psychoanalysis, member of the European and Russian Professional Psychotherapeutic League Vladimir Fainzilberg told Izvestia that the trend of trial marriages is growing in Russia. People live together and only after a few years they decide their future fate: they register a marriage or separate.

This trend has come from the West: men and women are achieving financial, economic and professional status later than 20 years ago. Many people receive several higher educations, which takes time and money.

People are putting aside the issue of forming a family and planning to have children after 30 years of age. All this affects the reduction in the number of marriages, says Vladimir Fainzilberg.

The number of divorces in Russia has remained almost unchanged over the past few years: in 2016, their number decreased by less than 1% and amounted to about 600 thousand.

Divorce is least common in the Caucasus, and most often in the Central District: almost 160 thousand divorces over the past year. The leaders (due to population) are Moscow (about 43 thousand divorces) and the Moscow region (about 34 thousand). It has long been noted that during a crisis, the number of divorces declines - families become stronger.

When a person is laid off at work, his earnings drop, he has no time for mistresses. You have to turn your face to the family, concentrate on it, and this in any case strengthens family relationships,” summed up Igor Beloborodov.

Below are the official statistics of divorces in Ukraine for 1990-2016 (for 27 years) according to the Ministry of Statistics of Ukraine. The data are presented in absolute numbers; the sample includes all facts of officially registered divorces between couples on the territory of Ukraine, without taking into account the reasons for divorces and the specifics of the division of property.

Analysis of the information provided allows us to assess the level and dynamics of divorces in Ukraine, to answer the question - how many divorces occur in Ukraine per year, or - how many divorces are registered in Ukraine annually.

It must be taken into account that the data on divorces in Ukraine in the statistics below do not include information from the occupied Ukrainian territories - the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, parts of the Lugansk and Donetsk regions.

In 2016, Ukrainians got married less often and got divorced more often. These are the data of the Ministry of Justice on the conclusion of acts of civil status. “Today” found out in which regions of the country people are most willing to legitimize relationships, and where families are breaking up more often.

If in 2015 both the number of marriages and the number of divorces decreased, then in 2016 the trends changed. Last year, 229.45 thousand new families were formed in the country - this is 69.6 thousand less than the year before (299 thousand marriages in 2015).

As for divorces, their number, on the contrary, increased slightly - by 0.6 thousand (130.0 thousand in 2016 versus 129.4 thousand in 2015). According to experts, such trends are related to the situation in the country.

“Like last year, there are fewer marriages, primarily due to economic problems and related everyday difficulties: the housing lending system for young families is not working well, and the cost of renting apartments is rising. Not to mention the fact that the wedding itself will cost a pretty penny,” explains psychologist Liliya Voronina. - As for the increase in the number of divorces, there are several reasons. Firstly, families began to break up more often due to the war in Donbass: our soldiers return from the combat zone with a disturbed psyche and physical injuries, and for their wives this is often an unbearable burden. Secondly, rising prices for everything disrupt the established budget of families and more often leads to domestic conflicts and, as a consequence, to divorce. Thirdly, due to the situation in the country, situations often arise in which one of the spouses wants to move to live in another city or even country, but the other is not ready for this.”

The leading regions in the number of weddings and divorces, as last year, remain Kyiv, Dnepropetrovsk And Kharkovskaya areas. Marriages are registered least often, as last year, on Lugansk region, and get divorced least often in Transcarpathian region (in 2015, the champion for strong families was the Lugansk region).

“The fact is that in Western Ukraine people reverence family values ​​with great reverence; there, religion is tightly integrated into the institution of marriage, which does not encourage divorce. In big cities, people take it easier, the pace of life is higher there, and that’s why they get married more often,” says the psychologist.

Incredible: 75% of married couples in Ukraine get divorced within the first five years of marriage! But what about “both in sorrow and in joy”?

It turns out that in Ukraine most marriages break up within a period of already first five years! And this is a very large number indeed.

Here are some more important figures released during the official event. Today, 60 to 90 percent of spouses in some regions separate within the first five years. About 70 percent of children grow up in single-parent families.

“Tomorrow these children will be unable to create a full-fledged family. We find ourselves in a vicious circle of human weakness, loss of foundations in society!” the experts shout.

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Over the course of their development, different countries and different cultures develop their own traditions and norms of behavior, and they, among other things, relate to such a unit of society as the family. On the territory of the Russian Federation, the number of families that sooner or later break up is growing every year.

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A little history

The problem of divorce did not always exist, for example, in the pre-revolutionary period Due to the lifestyle that most of the population led, divorces were rare.

Firstly, engaging in subsistence farming served as a kind of obstacle, after all, a woman could not do all the work herself, and a man would also need help, and work on the land was the only income, so leaving her other half was not profitable.

Secondly, The church dealt with the issue of divorce, who had a very negative attitude towards divorce.

Another limiting factor appeared in the USSR - the party. People who were members of parties were afraid of being judged by their colleagues, and there was also the possibility of expulsion from the party due to divorce.

In the Soviet Union, all personal life was visible and under control, this reduced the number of divorces to a minimum.

After the collapse of the USSR, the lives of citizens were increasingly influenced by Western trends and the issue related to the collapse of such a unit of society as the family arose more and more often.

Table of marriages and divorces by recent years

This issue is of concern, and therefore it is subject to constant monitoring. They conduct various surveys and studies, which are later structured into statistics. Deals with statistics on the number of marriages and divorces in Russia Federal State Statistics Service.

So according to her number of registered marriages in Russia was the following:

Based on these data, we can conclude that the quantity has remained practically at the same level for 5 years, only in 2011 there was a jump of 100 thousand. If we calculate the number of marriages per 1000 people, we get about 8.5.

Now let's see how things stand with divorces over the same periods of time. We see that within 5 years, the number of divorces ranges from 600-700 thousand. If you calculate the number of divorces per 1000 people, you get about 4.7.

Based on statistics on marriages and divorces, we get the following: half of all marriages break up. The statistics are very, very disappointing and this trend is becoming common in Russia.

Beautiful info-graphics according to Rosstat data for 2015:

Here's what the dynamics were like in past decades:

What about in other countries of the world?

The problem of divorce is acute not only in our country; other countries are also in a disappointing situation. According to statistics, Portugal takes the lead among all countries, where 67% of marriages fail, that is, for every 100 marriages, there are about 67 divorces.

The Czechs, Hungarians and Spaniards are not far behind the Portuguese, in these countries the average divorce rate hovers around 65 percent.

The situation with divorces in the United States is approximately the same as in Russia, where about half of marriages end in divorce. Things are a little better in Norway, Germany, Australia and Canada, where the divorce rate is 40% or slightly more.

The Irish can boast of the stability of their relationships; in Ireland, only 15% of marriages end in divorce.

As we can see, Russia is not the country that tops this list, but there are many countries in which things are much better, and we have room for improvement.

Statistics on age at marriage

What about the age of those getting married? Lately we can talk about increasing the number of marriage registrations between men and women over 25 years of age. This phenomenon is considered relatively new, since in the years after the war and up to 1990, the age of people who got married was lower.

The trend to marry after 25 years of age emerged in the mid-90s.

Since the early 2000s, marriage rates for people aged 25-35 have exceeded those of 25 years ago. A by 2010, the 25-30 age group overtook 18-24 year olds in the number of marriages.

And in general, among the young group of people there is a decrease in marriage activity, this is especially noticeable if we compare the statistics of our days and the statistics of 20 years ago. It should also be noted that marriages under the age of 18 among men and women in Russia have become statistically uninteresting, introducing a small number of early marriages.

Consider the age of men who marry. So the first place in this list is occupied by the age group of 25-30 years, it accounts for about 33% of marriages, i.e. about a third of all marriages. Together with this age group, the groups from 20-25 and from 30-35 years old make up about 75% of all marriages.

It turns out that if we take a wider range, it turns out that men aged 20-35 are the undisputed majority, because other older and younger groups only have 25%.

Marriages under 18 account for only 0.1%. Another interesting fact is that there are 0.5% more marriages among men over 60 than among men aged 18-19.

Data for women

As for women, the situation is as follows. The largest percentage was the group aged 20-25 years (about 38%), followed by the group aged 25 to 30 years (about 27%). The age group of 30-35 years old occupies 12% of the total, and thus it turns out that these three age groups of 20-35 years old occupy 77%.

Thus, we can say with confidence that almost all marriages that take place among both men and women are concluded between the ages of 20-35.

Information on civil marriages

There is another situation - civil marriage. More and more couples do not formalize their marriage, but simply live in a civil marriage.

A civil marriage is considered to be the cohabitation of citizens without registering the relationship with the registry office.

This trend again came to us from Europe. The leaders among civil marriages are France and Sweden.

As for Russia, the Institute of Demography presented data on which In Russia, about half of all couples live in civil marriages. These words are confirmed by the fact that the total number of people who were married recently decreased from 65% to 57%.

If you are planning to get married, about submitting an application to the registry office and about writing a marriage contract.

Common causes of divorce

There are many reasons for the breakup of couples, but according to sociological surveys, about 40% of couples get divorced due to the fact that at one time they made a hasty decision to register a marriage, often under pressure from relatives.

The next popular reason is treason, so because of her, a little less than 20% of Russians decided to end their marriage. 15% of couples divorced because sexual dissatisfaction, another 13% broke up because they came to the conclusion that do not have common views on life, 7% of marriages are destroyed alcohol.

At the present stage in Russia, another reason for the breakdown of marriages has appeared - social media. According to statistics from the St. Petersburg Psychoanalytic Center, 15% of marriages break up because of social networks. And psychologists believe that this percentage will only increase over time, as more and more people plunge into social networks.

But in the end, 64% of couples believe that both are equally to blame in a divorce.

Statistics on time spent together

But as for the time spent together, then Most often, couples who have been married for 5-9 years get divorced (about 28%). Couples who have been married for 1-2 years and 3-4 years divorce in 17% of cases.

The smallest percentage, only 3.5%, are couples who could not live together for even a year. Also, not all couples who have lived a long life together manage to save their marriage; couples who have been married for more than 20 years get divorced in 13% of cases.