THE RESULTS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH IN IRAN ARE WORRYING
A social research was
conducted in January on the basis of provinces
throughout the country by the
Research Center of the Iranian Islamic
Advisory Assembly. The
results regarding “age of marriage, divorce,
birth rate, the newly married
couples’ desire to have children and the
structure of country’s
population” are quite worrying…
The report states that the
age of marriage rose very steeply in the
past 10 years and
particularly in cities the average age of marriage
rose to 35. It is noted that
rate of divorce among the newly married
couples increased by 25-35%.
It is stated that there has been decrease
in the rate of population
growth and birth rate in the last 5 years,
population growth rate which
was nearly 1% in 2005 is stated to have
decreased to 0,65% as of
2010.
The report stresses that more
than 80% of the couples who are
considering having children
are planning to have one or two children.
The ageing of the country’s
population is stated to be accelerating
and the population that is
over 65 falling into the category of the
elderly rose to 5.5 million.
Also it is reported that nearly 2 million
elderly people have no social
security and they live dependent on the
circles around them It is
reported that if the current situation
continues, approximately 15.5
million of the Iranian population that
is expected to reach 90
million in the coming 15 years will be
categorized as the elderly
and the ratio of the elderly to the general
population will reach 17%.
The report stresses that unless measures
are taken, it will be
inevitable that serious problems emerge
economically and socially.
The report sets forth the
pessimism and crisis of trust which the
Iranian society is having.
The increase in the birth rate in the
1980’s has brought about a
young and dynamic population. However,
since 2000’s there has been
considerable decrease in birth rates in
parallel with the problems of
nutrition, unemployment, health and
education. The future of Iran
does not hold hope for young
generations. Not only
economic conditions but also the obstacles for
rights and freedoms are
weakening Iranian young people to live in this
country. As of the current
situation a great brain drain is taking
place in the country.
Although the Administration takes measures, it
seems difficult to prevent he
dreams of young people to have education
and find a job suitable their
education abroad. In this case, the
Administration must take into
account the results of the report.
