Financial incentives alone are not the answer to improving marriage and divorce rates – Mehr News Agency | Iran and world’s news
Mehr news agency; Community Group_ Fatemeh Mirza Jafari: According to the Statistics Center of Iran, the divorce-to-marriage ratio has increased from 16.3 to 32.9 during the years 1390 to 1399, which has increased, but in 1398 it is at the highest point in this period, ie 33%, but last year Has decreased by 0.1 percent.
Other details of this statistic show that in 1390 the total number of registered marriages was 874,702, which in 1399 decreased to 556,731.
According to the announced statistics, marriage in Iran decreased by more than 36% between 1390 and 99, in other words, during this period, the marriage trend was mainly decreasing and only in 1995, a slight increase in marriage was recorded, from about 685 thousand. 352 marriages reach 704,716, but the same number has dropped by 100,000 the following year.
But on the other hand, marriage is the bitter story of divorce in the country, the statistics of which show that in 1990; There were 142,841 divorces registered, which increased to 183,193 in 1999, indicating that the divorce rate had grown by 28%.
Marriage incentives are not the answer
Mohammad Reza Mahboubfar, a researcher and demographer, regarding the decreasing trend of marriage and the increasing trend of divorce, said in an interview with Mehr: “Unfortunately, it should be said that increasing the divorce rate and decreasing marriage is another leaf of deprivation in Iran.”
The researcher and demographer added: “The increase in divorce and the decrease in marriage occur in a situation in which the Supreme Leader of the Revolution has repeatedly emphasized the increase in population.”
Pointing out that in 1986, the fertility rate per woman was 6.5, he said: “Unfortunately, in these years, we have faced a decrease in the fertility rate, so that from 1986 to five years later, more than 550,000 births decreased.” It finds and becomes 1.6 children per woman, which represents the lowest fertility rate in the world.
Regarding incentives to increase marriage, Mahboubfar said: “I do not consider incentives for marriage or childbearing to be effective in any way, because currently 30 million people in our country are in absolute poverty and are looking to meet their basic needs.”
He added: “Currently, 70% of Iranian households are below the poverty line, so incentives can not be the answer to inflation, inflation, unemployment and livelihood problems.”
Regarding the need to improve lifestyles and the impact of cultural issues on reducing marriage, the researcher and demographer noted: “I believe we can not set a good cultural model for a society in which 40 million Iranians need immediate economic and psychological assistance;” Because it is obvious that people in the society are constantly comparing themselves with the upper class, and it is obvious that in such circumstances we can not force them to change their lifestyle, but we must have an effective program to eliminate corruption and eliminate discrimination.
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