Not only are divorces on the rise, but young Bulgarians are also growing less eager to marry, stated Prof. Antoaneta Hristova from BAS's Institute for Population and Human Studies at a presentation Tuesday.

In 2001, the portion of Bulgaria's population living in marriage was 54%, compared to 44% in 2011.

In contrast, the share of couples cohabiting without marriage has significantly grown from 4% in 2001 to 8% in 2011.

70% of the latter are couples comprising individuals between 16 and 39 years of age.

During 2010, more than half - 54.1% - of childbirths in Bulgaria happened to couples who were not married.

Instability of marriages has also grown for the period with the fraction of divorced people grown from 3.7% in 2001 to 5.8% in 2011.

At the presentation, Prof. Hristova recalled that Wednesday and Thursday the Institute for Population and Human studies will hold a conference on family studies hosted by Bulgaria's Ministry of Labor and Social Policy.

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