In the Past Decade, Ecuador Sees Rise in Divorce

According to ElUniverso.com Ecuadorians are marrying less and divorcing more often, the results of a study completed by the Ecuadorian Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC). The study finds that the divorce rates have increased 68.8% in a decade. Furthermore, the study shows that marriages did not rise with the population growth from 2000 to 2010. The article reports that marriages occur more often in the sierra, with the least amount in the Amazonian regions and the islands. Divorces are most common in the mountain regions. INEC did not investigate the causes of divorce; however found that divorce occurs in couples who marry under good economic standing. In Ecuador, the article reports on average men marry between 20 and 34 years, while women marry between an average of 15 and 19 years of age.Read Article