Real statistics of marriage and divorce in Russia. Why are people divorced in Russia and the world: statistics Common causes of divorces

Just a couple of centuries ago, the official termination was considered almost the biggest disgrace in life. Today, this process has become the norm for society. This is directly indicated by the statistics of divorces.

Percentage of divorce statistics:

The country	The percentage of divorces
Portugal	67
Netherlands Germany Norway
Finland	45
America	53
Russia	51
Belarus	45
Ukraine
Kazakhstan	27
Uzbekistan	8
Tajikistan	6

As you can see, almost every second married couple gets divorced.

Why is a breakup

These are the main causes of statistics divorces. At the same time, who exactly initiated the divorce plays a big role. According to statistics, men after a divorce say the following:

• 37% are divorced due to the lack of close relations;
• 29% lacked tenderness and affection;
• 14% broke up due to irregular sex life;
• 14% felt in prison;
• 9% was not enough attention and care.

Psychologists say that if the spouses trusted each other in the family and were not afraid to voice their opinions, then the statistics of divorces in the world would be much lower.

Russian divorces

Many people mistakenly believe that divorce in the Soviet Union was rare. But this is not so. Here, the largest percentage of divorces occurred. The USSR ranked first in countries in the world. People actually diverged, but officially this fact was not sought to advertise. After the collapse of the USSR, the CIS arose. Country divorce statistics have risen sharply. The three leaders are:

1. Russia - 51%.
2. Belarus - 45%.
3. Ukraine - 42%.

Today, Rosstat again confirms that the number of divorce proceedings in Russia is leading. Regardless of the points in the legislation where the couple is given a certain amount of time for reconciliation, 7% take their statements. Divorce statistics in Russia as a percentage:

• 41% of couples diverge due to alcoholism or drug addiction;
• 14% due to lack of own housing;
• 14% due to the intervention of relatives who want to help a young family;
• 8% due to absence;
• 6% due to the prolonged absence of a partner at home (work in another city or abroad);
• 2% due to imprisonment;
• 1% due to a serious illness of one of the partners.

These are the main reasons for divorces in Russia according to statistics. However, according to Rosstat, the statistics of divorces could be different if it were not for stopping factors:

• 35% of couples are held by children;
• 30% do not want to share jointly acquired property;
• 22% are not divorced due to the financial dependence of one partner on another;
• 18% of couples live because one of the spouses does not want to divorce them.

How long does marriage in Russia last?

Divorce statistics by marriage:

The time of marriage, in years	The number of divorces, in%
1	3,6
from 1 to 2	16
from 3 to 4	18
from 5 to 9	28
from 10 to 19	22
from 20	12,4

As you can see, up to 4 years of married life, only 60% of families do not break up. Statistics of age divorces indicate that the peak occurs when the husband and wife are 20-30 years old. It is also proved that if an official marriage is concluded before the age of thirty, then it is 50% that it will be long. However, this cannot be said of couples who get married after thirty.

At an earlier age, it’s much easier to adapt to a partner and adapt to new responsibilities. Over the years, changing your habits becomes more difficult - this leads to misunderstanding and divorce.

Who is to blame for the dissolution of the marriage? Spouses were interviewed by age group (20–40 years). According to VTsIOM, the answers for 10 years have not changed - plus or minus 1%:

Floor	Husband,%	Wife,%	No one, %	Both%
Male	6	12	15	61
Female	18	4	10	65

The number of divorces by region

Divorce statistics in the Russian Federation by region in 2017:

At the same time, official divorce statistics in Russia decreased. The main reason is that many couples do not want to register their union and live in a civil marriage. Such cohabitation can last a long time, but without children. With the advent of the baby, most parents decide to legitimize their relationship. An analysis of the statistics of divorces in Russia shows that such families are much less likely to file for divorce.

In this case, not all couples give a divorce. If the spouse is in position, then about which divorce can not be discussed. At the birth of a child, a father must stay close to him for up to a year. If the situation has not changed during this time, then the spouses will be divorced without the consent of the wife.

Divorce statistics in Russia by year indicate that over the past 50 years, broken unions in relation to marriages did not differ much in numbers. But here the statistics of divorces over 5 years, including 2016, suggests that the number of divorced families remains almost unchanged, which cannot be said about the number of marriages officially registered - they became fewer.

Statistics of divorces in Moscow over the past year show a decrease in their number compared to the previous one. However, the number of applications for marriage registration has also decreased. In St. Petersburg, there is also a similar dynamics as in Moscow. Divorce statistics by year show that the smaller the number of registrations, the less often divorce occurs.

Divorce and children

What are the divorce statistics after giving birth? For many couples, no matter how many years they have been married, the appearance of the first-born leaves its mark on the relationship of the spouses. The main reason is psychological unpreparedness for cardinal changes, as the usual schedule of life together is disrupted.

The statistics of divorces with children confirms this fact. Every second divorce occurs shortly after the appearance of the baby. But divorce is not the main reason why many children are without a parent. Over the past 5 years, their number has increased by 30%. The explanation is simple - many women give birth without a husband. This view of life will be described in more detail by Wikipedia.

If the Russian children brought up in a single-parent family are about 56%, then in Ukraine - about 70%. Psychologists noted that in the future it is more difficult for such pupils to create a strong family, which leads to an increase in the number of divorces according to statistics.

Behavior of spouses after a divorce

The statistics after the divorces noted the following fact - it is more difficult for a divorced woman whether she is married or not with her children. The reason for such circumstances is the increased middle-aged men. After an unsuccessful marriage, only 27% of the fairer sex are remarried. According to official divorce statistics, 15% of women in such unions do not reissue a divorce.

Divorced men have significantly different numbers. Only 68% remarry. Among them, 73% find family happiness. It is worth noting that the divorce process negatively affects the health of participants. In this case, men are more susceptible to occurrence than women. For example, divorce is one of the main causes of myocardial infarction.

Do wives return to ex-husbands after breaking up? Not all spouses understand that they will agree again, it is necessary for both to analyze what happened, draw adequate conclusions and try to change something in themselves. If only one of the spouses does this, then everything will end, as for the first time. 28% of couples who have lived more than one year together, some time after the divorce understand what mistake they made.

80% of men want to re-sign ex-wives. However, according to statistics, wives after a divorce return much less often. Analysis of such a number of divorces in Russia according to statistics shows that a family can break up even after 29 years of marriage.

Divorces for 2016-2017 in Ukraine and Belarus

Divorce statistics in Ukraine are not comforting. Approximately 62% of couples diverge, having lived together for a maximum of 18 months. The reason for transient marriages is their conclusion at an early age. Young spouses not ready to start a new life, often do not understand that the candy-bouquet period will not last forever. Therefore, faced with the first difficulties, they regret the hasty step. It is also noted that only 5% of couples living in a civil marriage officially formalize their relationship.

The situation with marriage in Belarus is different. not too eager to arrange a family life. Young people believe that you must first achieve a certain goal and only then think about the family. The statistics of divorces in Belarus confirms that with the reduction of official marriages, their divorce also decreased.

In 2016, the number of registered marriages decreased by 15%,
   divorces - by 0.5%

The growth and decline in the number of births quite consistently repeat the changes in the number of registered marriages, although they are formed against the background of a relatively high proportion of women born to unmarried women and a periodic increase in the number of registered divorces (Fig. 19).

The decrease in the number of births in the 1990s occurred simultaneously with a significant decrease in the number of registered marriages amid a decline in the demographic wave. At this time, relatively small generations born in the second half of the 1960s - the first half of the 1970s, whose parents - mainly children of the military and post-war years of birth - were also relatively small in comparison with the generations of adjacent years of birth.

In 1998, the number of registered marriages dropped to 849 thousand, and subsequently began to grow against the backdrop of the rise of another demographic wave - numerous generations born in the 1980s began to reach marriageable age. The largest number of marriages - 1316 thousand - was registered in 2011. In general, for the period 1998-2011, the number of marriages increased by 55%. Deviations from the growth trend were observed only in 2004 and 2008.

In 2012-2016, there was again a tendency to reduce the number of registered marriages. In 2015, 1,139 thousand marriages were registered (excluding the Crimean Federal District), which is 13.5% less than in 2011 and 5.5% less than in 2014. Taking into account the data for the Crimean Federal District, the number of registered marriages amounted to 1161 thousand, decreasing by 5.3% compared to 2014.

According to data from January-December 2016, the decline in the number of registered marriages has accelerated markedly. Excluding data on the Crimea, 968 thousand marriages were registered, which is 15% less than in 2015. In Russia as a whole, taking into account the Crimea, 986 thousand marriages were registered in January-December 2016 compared to 1161 thousand marriages in 2015 (by 15.1%).

Amid a decrease in the number of marriages, the number of registered divorces remained relatively stable, ranging mainly from 650 to 700 thousand a year. The largest number of divorces was registered in 2002 - 854 thousand. The sharp increase in the number of divorces in 1999-2002 was partly due to changes in the practice of registering divorces (obtaining certificates of divorce). In subsequent years, the number of registered divorces returned to its previous level, dropping to 605 thousand in 2005. The period of moderate growth in 2006-2008 was replaced by the period of recession 2009-2016. In 2015, the number of divorces decreased significantly - by 12% compared to 2014. According to data for January-December 2016, the reduction was insignificant - 608 thousand divorces were registered, 0.5% less than in 2015 (excluding Crimea 600 thousand, or 0.7% less than in 2015).

The increase in the number of marriages and divorces, as well as the number of births, is to some extent related to the corresponding movement of the “demographic wave”, since relatively numerous generations born in the 1980s reached marriage and reproductive age in the 2000s. At the same time, the proportion of couples not registering marriage has increased, and the proportion of children born out of a registered marriage, as mentioned above. While in the 1970s and in the first half of the 1980s the proportion of children born out of a registered marriage was about 11%, then since the mid-1980s it has grown steadily, rising to 30% in 2005. Then, the growth trend was replaced by a rather rapid decline - to 21.6% in 2015.

Figure 19. The number of marriages and divorces registered in Russia (thousands), and the proportion of children born out of wedlock (%), 1960-2016

* 2016 - according to monthly operational accounting, other years - according to annual development excluding the Crimean Federal District

The overall marriage rate dropped to a minimum, as did the number of registered marriages, in 1998 - less than 6 marriages per 1000 residents (5.8 ‰). Then its value began to increase with certain fluctuations, increasing to 9.2 ‰ in 2011 (Fig. 20). Then, a moderate decline resumed - to 7.9 ‰ in 2015 and 6.7 ‰ according to data for January-December 2016 (including and without taking into account the Crimean Federal District).

The overall divorce rate remained stable - at around 4 ‰ - from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. By the mid-1990s, it increased slightly - to 4.6 ‰ in 1994 - but then fell to 3.4 ‰ in 1998. In subsequent years, the growth of the divorce rate resumed. In 2002, the highest divorce rates (5.9 ‰) and the ratio of the number of divorces and marriages reached the highest value (837 divorces per 1000 marriages were registered). In subsequent years, oscillatory increases and decreases were observed in a rather narrow corridor from 4.2 to 5.0 ‰. In 2015-2016, the divorce rate amounted to 4.2 ‰ (with and without the Crimean Federal District).

The number of registered divorces per 1000 registered marriages decreased to 509 in 2011, and in 2016 increased to 620.

Figure 20. The number of marriages and divorces registered in Russia, per 1000 residents, and the ratio of divorces and marriages, 1960-2016 *

* 2016 - according to monthly operational accounting, other years - according to annual development without the Crimean Federal District

Registration of marriages retains a rather pronounced seasonal character - the least marriages are in May, the most - usually in August (Fig. 21). Marriage preferences for specific months are usually based on religious, cultural, and material reasons. So, according to the church calendar, marriages are prohibited during fasting periods; folk customs, signs and traditions in accordance with the cycle of agricultural work stimulate autumn marriages in many cultures. In modern society, the effects of such factors are weakening, but seasonality, however, persists.

In modern Russia, in May 3-4 times fewer marriages are registered than in August. Relatively few marriages are also concluded in January-March, and most of all, in addition to August, in September. Relatively less often marriages began to be registered in December and April, which, most likely, is associated with the spread of church registration and the ceremony of marriage (these months usually have posts).

In 2016, most marriages were registered in July (137 thousand), a large number of marriages were also registered in August (130), June and September (113 thousand each). The May (less than 47 thousand) and January (48 thousand) decline in the number of marriages remained pronounced.

Figure 21. The number of marriages registered in Russia, by months of 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2014-2016 *, thousand

The seasonal deviations of the monthly numbers of marriages from the average annual values \u200b\u200bin Russia show a steady seasonal wave, growing from January to September with a rather deep dip in May and a clear decline in October-December (Fig. 22).

Figure 22. Seasonal deviations of monthly numbers of marriages from annual average values \u200b\u200bin Russia, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2014-2016 * years,%

* 2015-2016 - according to monthly operational accounting without the Crimean Federal District, the remaining years - according to updated annual development data

Registration of divorces is less affected by the seasonal factor than registration of marriages, although the least number of divorces is more likely to occur in January-February or May, and the largest - in March, October or December (Fig. 23). In 2016, the smallest number of divorces was recorded in January (43 thousand), the largest - in March (55), slightly less in August (54) and December (53 thousand).

Figure 23. The number of divorces registered in Russia, by months of 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2014-2016 *, thousand

* 2015-2016 - according to monthly operational accounting without the Crimean Federal District, the remaining years - according to updated annual development data

The seasonal deviations of the monthly numbers of divorces from the average annual values \u200b\u200bare insignificant in the period from April to October and are quite significant in the winter months (Fig. 24).

Figure 24. Seasonal deviations of the monthly number of divorces from the average annual values \u200b\u200bin Russia, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2014-2016 * years,%

* 2015-2016 - according to monthly operational accounting without the Crimean Federal District, the remaining years - according to updated annual development data

The level of marriage and divorce varies markedly in the regions of Russia, which is associated with the characteristics of the age structure of the population and ethnocultural stereotypes of marital behavior of the population.

According to data from January-December 2016, the value of the overall marriage rate varied from 3.8 ‰ in the Republic of Ingushetia to 9.7 ‰ in St. Petersburg (Fig. 25). In the previous 2015, the coefficient value varied in a wider range - from 4.8 ‰ in the Republic of Ingushetia to 11.7 ‰ in Sevastopol. The median value of the indicator in 2016 decreased to 6.4 ‰ compared to 7.8 ‰ in 2015. In the central half of the regions, the value of the overall marriage rate varied in a narrow range from 6.0 to 7.1 ‰ in January-December 2016 (from 7.2 to 8.3 ‰ in January-December 2015).

The value of the total divorce rate varied in 2016 from 0.9 ‰ in the Chechen Republic and the Republic of Ingushetia to 6.3 ‰ in the Magadan Region (in 2015, from 0.8 ‰ in the same republics to 6.2 ‰ in the Magadan Region) . The median value of the trait remains the same - 4.3 ‰.

Figure 25. General marriage and divorce rates by region - subjects of the Russian Federation, 2015 and 2016, per 1000 people

Sources:

Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) - www.gks.ru

Socio-economic situation in Russia.
   January-December 2016 and previous issues of the monthly report;

The natural movement of the population by regions of the Russian Federation
   January-December 2016 - http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/2016/demo/edn12-16.htm;

Preliminary Population Estimation
   as of January 1, 2017 and on average for 2016 (Posted on 1/26/2017) - http://www.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_main/rosstat/ru/statistics/population/demography/#;

The number and migration of the population of the Russian Federation in 2015
   (Statistical Bulletin). M., 2016

The population of the Russian Federation
   by gender and age as of January 1, 2016 // Statistical Bulletin

Demographic Yearbook of Russia. 2015 and previous issues of the yearbook;

Russian statistical yearbook. 2016 and previous issues of the yearbook.

Regions of Russia. Socio-economic indicators. 2016;

Health care in Russia. 2015;

Women and men of Russia. 2016.

Forward \u003e\u003e\u003e

In Russia, there has been a sharp increase in the number of divorces in relation to the number of marriages. Moreover, this was not due to an increase in the number of divorces - their number in 2016 amounted to 608.3 thousand, which actually corresponds to the level of 2015 and even slightly lower (in 2015, 611.6 thousand divorces were recorded).

Moreover, according to the Federal State Statistics Service, in 2016 in Russia there was a sharp decrease in the number of marriages - from 1,161.0 thousand in 2015 to 985.8 thousand in 2016, which amounted to only 84.8% of the previous year.

Statistics of the natural movement of the population of Russia
(Rosstat data on the date of registration with the registry office)
	thousand			Per 1000 population
	january December		increase, decrease (-)	january December		2016 in% by 2015
	2016 year	2015 year		2016 year	2015 year
Born	1893.3	1944.1	-50.8	12.9	13.3	97.0
The deceased	1887.9	1911.4	-23.5	12.9	13.1	98.5
including children
under the age of 1 year	11.4	12.7	-1.3	6,0 1)	6,5 1)	92.3
Natural increase, decrease (-)	5.4	32.7		0.0	0.2
Marriages	985.8	1161.0	-175.2	6.7	7.9	84.8
Of divorces	608.3	611.6	-3.3	4.2	4.2	100.0
1) It is calculated on 1000 born alive.

Naturally, such statistics significantly worsened the indicators of the so-called marriage preservation - according to 2016, the number of divorces amounted to 61.7% of the total number of marriages. Although back in 2015, this divorce rate in Russia was 52.7%.

Although in general the number of divorces in Russia remains high, the situation has improved somewhat compared to the most demographically crisis years of the 2000s. The largest number of divorces was recorded by statistics in 2002 - 853.6 thousand or 5.9 divorces per 1 thousand of the population.

Divorce statistics in Russia by years
(official data from Rosstat)
Years	Units	Per 1000 population
1950	49378	0.5
1960	184398	1.5
1970	396589	3.0
1980	580720	4.2
1990	559918	3.8
1995	665904	4.5
2000	627703	4.3
2001	763493	5.3
2002	853647	5.9
2003	798824	5.5
2004	635835	4.4
2005	604942	4.2
2006	640837	4.5
2007	685910	4.8
2008	703412	4.9
2009	699430	4.9
2010	639321	4.5
2011	669376	4.7
2012	644101	4.5
2013	667971	4.7
2014	693730	4.7
2015	611646	4.2
2016	608336	4.1

It is also interesting to look at the global situation with divorces in the world, comparing the relevant indicators in different countries of the world. Russia here according to statistics of divorces is among the main world leaders. Together with Russia, countries such as Spain, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Luxembourg are at 60% of divorces from marriages. Belgium has the worst rate, with about 70 divorces per 100 marriages.

According to the registry office, 99 720 couples of Muscovites were married last year, which is 763 couples less than in 2014. “For 71 percent of men and 69 percent of women, this was their first marriage. In addition, 16 percent of marriages in 2015 were concluded between Muscovites and representatives of foreign states, ”the head of the Civil Registry Office of Moscow added.

The first place in the ranking of countries where brides and grooms come from is Turkey, the second is Germany, followed by Afghanistan, Israel, Great Britain, Italy, Serbia, France, Syria and the United States of America. And from the former Soviet republics, Muscovites most often register marriages with citizens of Ukraine, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Georgia.

In 2016, in a leap year, according to forecasts of the Civil Registry Office, Muscovites will marry less. “Each leap year is four to five thousand marriages less. But let's hope that in 2016 the number of divorces in Moscow will decrease, ”said Irina Muravyova.

In 2015, 43 560 couples divorced - this is 1818 couples less than in 2014. “Over the past five years, in general, the number of divorces has decreased by two percent and the number of marriages has increased by two percent on average. But unfortunately, most divorces occur by court order. This means that there are minor children in disintegrating families or there are some contentious property issues, so people go to court. And yet, our statistics show that during economic crises, families more often unite and decide either to postpone parting or not to consider this issue at all, ”explained Irina Muravyova.

According to Irina Muravyova, in 2015, 143,150 newborns were registered in the registry offices of the capital. This is 4,792 children more than in 2014. Last year, 73,839 boys and 69,311 girls were born. Thus, there are 4.5 thousand more boys.

“In general, over the past five years, the birth rate in the capital has grown by 14 percent. Another good indicator: 81 percent of children are born in families where the parents are in an officially registered marriage. It is also noteworthy that more than 70 thousand boys and girls became the first-born. We registered 52 thousand acts in families where the second children appeared. And 20.5 thousand boys and girls became third, fourth and so on, ”said Irina Muravyova.

Still the most popular names for boys in Moscow are Alexander, Maxim, Artyom, Mikhail, Daniil, Ivan, Dmitry, Kirill, Andrey and Egor. The most popular female names of 2015 are the names Sofia and Sofia. In second place are Maria and Marya. Sophia and Maria are followed by Anna, Anastasia, Victoria, Elizabeth, Polina, Alice. The top ten leaders are Daria and Alexander.

Among the unusual names, according to the Civil Registry Office of Moscow, in 2015, residents of the capital chose the name Mercury for the boy and the name Joy for the girl.

Read the full interview with Irina Muravyova.

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A bit of history

The problem of divorces did not always exist, for example, in the pre-revolutionary period   In connection with the lifestyle that led the majority of the population, divorces were rare.

At first, subsistence farming served as a kind of obstaclebecause the woman herself could not do all the work, and the man’s help was not superfluous, and work on the ground was the only income, so it was not profitable to leave her second half.

secondly, the issue of divorce dealt with the church, which is very negative about divorce.

Another deterrent appeared in the USSR - the party. People in the parties were afraid of condemnation from their colleagues, in addition, there was the possibility of expulsion from the party due to divorce.

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

After the collapse of the USSR, Western trends influenced the life of citizens more and more and more often, the question connected with the collapse of such a cell of society as a family arose.

Last year marriage and divorce table

This issue is exciting, in connection with which it is constantly monitored. According to conduct various surveys, studies, which are further structured into statistics. 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:

Year	Registered Marriages	Number of divorces
2010	1215066	639321
2011	1316011	669376
2012	1213598	644101
2013	1225501	667971
2014	1225985	693730

Based on these data, we can conclude that the amount for 5 years is practically kept at the same level, only in 2011 there is a jump of 100 thousand. If we count the number of marriages per 1000 population, then we get about 8.5.

Now let's see how things are with divorces at the same intervals. We see that within 5 years, the number of divorces ranges from 600-700 thousand. If we count the number of divorces per 1000 population, then we get about 4.7.

Based on the statistics on marriage and divorce, we get that half of marriages break up. The statistics are very, very disappointing and this trend is becoming familiar to Russia.

Beautiful info-graphics according to Rosstat for 2015:

But what was the dynamics in past decades:

How about in other countries of the world?

The problem of divorces is acute not only in our country, other countries are also in a disappointing situation. According to statistics among all countries, Portugal breaks into the lead, in it 67% of marriages collapse, that is, for 100 marriages, about 67 divorces are given.

Czechs, Hungarians and Spaniards are not far behind the Portuguese in these countries, the average divorce rate is 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 divorces. Things are a little better in Norway, Germany, Australia and Canada, where the number of divorces is 40% or a little more.

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

As we see, Russia is not the country topping this list, but there are many countries where things are much better and we have a lot to strive for.

Statistics on age of marriage

How are things with the age of marriage? In recent times, we can talk about increase in the number of marriage registration of men and women whose age exceeds 25 years. This phenomenon is considered relatively new, since in the years after the war and until 1990, the age of people who entered into marriage was less.

The tendency to marry after 25 years emerged in the mid-90s.

Since the beginning of the 2000s, indicators of marriage of persons aged 25-35 years exceed the indicators that existed 25 years ago. A by 2010, the age group of 25-30 years overtook 18-24 year olds in the number of marriages.

And in general, a young group of people has a decline in marriage activity, this is especially noticeable when we compare the statistics of our days and the statistics that were 20 years ago. It should also be noted that marriages under the age of 18 among men and women in Russia have become statistically not interesting, I will introduce 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, groups of 20-25 and 30-35 years old make up about 75% of all marriages.

It turns out if you take a wider range, it turns out that men aged 20-35 are an undeniable majority, because to other older and younger groups only 25% remains.

Marriages up to 18 years make up only 0.1%. It is also interesting that there are 0.5% more marriages among men over the age of 60 than there are married marriages among men aged 18-19.

Data for women

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

Thus, it is safe to say that almost all marriages that are concluded among men and women are concluded by them between the ages of 20-35 years.

Civil Marriage Information

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

Civil marriage is considered cohabitation of citizens without registering relations with the registry office.

This trend again came to us from Europe. The leader 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 common-law marriage. These words are confirmed by the fact that the total number of people who have been married recently has decreased from 65% to 57%.

If you are going to get married, about filing an application with the registry office and about writing a marriage contract.

Common causes of divorce

There are many reasons for couples to break up, but according to opinion polls, about 40% of couples are 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 terminate their marriage. 15% of couples divorced due sexual dissatisfaction, another 13% broke up because they concluded that do not have common views on life, 7% of the marriage destroys alcohol.

At the present stage, another reason for the breakdown of marriages has appeared in Russia - social networks. According to statistics from the St. Petersburg Psychoanalytic Center, it is precisely because of social networks that 15% of marriages break up. 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 for divorce.

Statistics on time spent together

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

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