Etemad Report: Economic Factors Play a More Prominent Role in Rising Divorce Rates

The Etemad newspaper has reported on the cumulative statistics of "divorce, marriage, and birth" events over the past 14 years, indicating that economic factors have become more significant in the statistical fluctuations in this area. Etemad emphasized that the declining trend in marriage and birth statistics has a meaningful correlation with the decrease in social capital, while the role of economic factors in increasing divorce rates has been more pronounced from 2008 to the end of autumn 2022. According to published statistics, in 2008, there were over 110,000 registered divorces, more than 881,000 marriages, and over 1.3 million births. By autumn 2022, these figures had risen to 146,000 divorces, 391,000 marriages, and 810,000 births. The statistics show that in 2008, the misery index was over 35%, the unemployment rate was 10.5%, and the inflation rate was 25.4%. By autumn 2022, inflation had reached 44%, unemployment had dropped to 8%, and the misery index had risen to 52%. Ahmad Mortazavi Moghaddam, the head of the Supreme Court, announced on May 2 that 17,000 family dispute cases were referred to the Supreme Court in 2022, which he deemed "regrettable." Previously, the Deputy for Women's Affairs in the Presidency stated that "more than 45% of marriages are unsuccessful, and from 2011 to 2020, divorce rates increased by 28%." A review of statistics on divorce, child marriage, child motherhood, and femicide; Atena Daemi: Most female prisoners are victims of child marriage. The surge in marriage and divorce registration fees has also occurred; a 50% increase in tariffs. The Deputy of Education in Qazvin stated that the marriage of "9 and 10-year-old students" has become problematic. The rising age of marriage in Iran; the Parliament: Young people face "first-level" problems in meeting their needs. A 36% decrease in the desire for marriage among youth; over 45% of marriages in Iran are unsuccessful.