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Divorce as a social phenomenon

Family - a society cell,the most important form of organization of personal life, based on the marital union and family relationships. The family laid the foundation of morality, spirituality and tolerance.  The concept of family should not be confused with the concept of marriage. The family is a more complex system of relationships, than marriage as it unites not only spouses, but also their children, other relatives. The emotional parties of interpersonal relations become a basis of modern marriage not economic or status, and.  But the sharpness of problems that exist today families is alarming. One such problems is the problem of divorce.                                             

The urgency of the matter is that, although the relationship between people in a marriage and strictly private individual, but at the same time they have also social significance.. In these relations the state future that should represent especial interest is covered and serve as a subject of care from the state and a society.

 Divorce - a formal termination of a real marriage between live spouses. Divorce is not only personal but also a social problem: the quantity of incomplete families increases, divorces influence a demographic situation , on the decision of housing problem and etc.                                                                                                               

Naturally,every phenomenon has reasons. And divorce is not an exception . In every country, every culture with the course of time developed their own individual traditions, concerning marriage and family institute , and they have a tangible impact on the statistics of divorce.

Stats - a stubborn thing, however concerning divorces not all so clear as it might seem at first glance. Even an appeal to the official sources do not fully clarify things, as, for example, when completing the application for divorce is not required to specify the reason for divorce.

 By results of the sociological polls spent in Ukraine in 2011, it was found that the initiators of divorce often serve women. Among the reasons, induced to dissolve a marriage, the following has been named:

-incompatibility of characters and views  33.4%;

-matrimonial incorrectness  15,0 %;

-forced marriage because of pregnancy  15%;   

-drunkenness,alcoholism or the use of psychotropic substances 13,5%

-the hasty,unconsidered marriage 6.5%;

-lack of training spouses to family life  6.4%;

-a sexual dissatisfaction  with each other  5.2%;

-pressure on the young from parents, relatives  or friends 2.3%

-and other causes  2.7%.

 With the advent of children's relationships spouses again put to the test. However the care of joint children often keeps spouses in many families from divorce even if both of them have lost to each other interest. 

So, 2010 became record-breaking low by quantity of divorces in Ukraine, the press-service of the Ministry of Justice informs. Denounced their marriage 126 000 pairs,that almost on 14% less than,than in 2009, and almost on 25% it is less, than in 2008.

Thus the quantity of marriages among Ukrainians exceeds quantity of divorces in 2-4 times. In particular, during 2010, in Ukraine it has been registered over 300 thousand marriages, that has on the average exceeded quantity of the registered divorces almost in 2,5 times.    

In 2010 the high parity of quantity of the concluded marriages and terminated also has been fixed in the Rovno, Volynsk and Lvov areas where on each 3,5 marriages,accounted for a divorce, in the Ternopol and Ivano-Frankovsk areas - for every 3 marriages a divorce in the Chernovitsky area and Kiev - for every 2.7 marriages a divorce in the Odessa area - 2.5 marriages on 1 divorce.

For 9 months 2011 in Ukraine 189 818 marriage unions and 39 039 divorces are registered. Such statistics at press conference on a theme: «Wedding autumn in Ukraine: features of a season of 2011» has published the deputy director - the head of department of the organization of work of bodies of the state civil registration of citizens of Department on affairs of a civil status of citizens Irina Pasechnik.  Pasechnik also noted that for III quarter of 2011 in Ukraine 95 609 marriage unions, while during the same period of 2010 - 94 529. "Thus, we can say with confidence  that our country marriage activity of the population" – she said.

Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago, Linda Waite, who heads a group on research of problem marriages , notices that "the advantages of divorce as means of the decision of problems are strongly exaggerated." It is also a professor at Oxford University, Michael Argyle by results of the 11-year study, during which thousands of people were interviewed, found that "most unfortunate in a society feel those who are divorced or living separately from his partner in life".

Thus, in many cases divorce evil than good. Even if the marriage is not ideal, saving it, much can be corrected. Many who have done this, have found happiness.

First of all it is necessary to achieve change of the relation of public opinion to divorces, and then already to change laws. The solution of a problem demands participation of lawyers, psychologists, teachers, workers of mass-media , and also ecclesiastics of orthodox and other traditional faiths.

 On employment in educational institutions, and also in films and the television programs devoted to problems of family life, it is necessary to explain to all and everyone that any rupture of relations  with the spouse, who in what it is not guilty, not only is immoral, but also goes to harm to the initiator. 

The list of the used literature:

1. Ruetskaya E.V. "In Ukraine there are less divorce" / Donbas is always in the center of events, ¹ 121 (18115) / electronic resource http://donbass.ua

2. Swan O. Statistics of divorce in Ukraine. Figures and fakty. / Donbas is always at the center of events / electronic resource http://donbass.ua

 3. Sinelnikov A.B.  Divorce - a revolution of the family / / Vestnik of Moscow University, 2010, p.136-146