It is noted that in 1990 in Russia there were 72 thousand underage brides, and in 2018 - 4.6 thousand.
At the same time, the number of young men who married before the onset of minority was 13.5 thousand in 1990, and 454 in 2018.
“The decrease in the number of married minors is most likely due to a combination of economic factors and a reassessment of the youth’s consciousness,” commented the data to the head of the laboratory at REU named after Plekhanova Elena Egorova.
In August, the Federal State Statistics Service announced a reduction in the number of marriage registrations in Russia.