Resident: Younger People Don’t See The Need to Get Married

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NASSAU, BAHAMAS – After learning that there was 75.6 percent jump in people saying they’re legally separated when compared to 2010’s figures, one resident said it comes down to commitment issues.

And while divorce rates are up as well, some people aren’t opting to get married at all. The “never married” group increased by 18.2 percent compared to 2010.

Janet Fowler also says she feels like the struggling marriage statistics could be an indication of the bahamian public straying further from christian principles.

As for the decline in birth rates, she says we are selfish.

“I don’t need that you know what and the examples that are around us,” she said.

“The sacrifice on theirs is contraceptions available. Why should I have a chat and so we are not committed to that that’s giving up of self and so very good job you know people got some positive things. I’m doing negative things. Some young people getting an education and they want to be self-sufficient.”

But for Lucinda Moxey she says she feels COVID has had a big impact on a lot of people’s relationships and priorities and that when it comes to people choosing to remain child-free, it may be as simple as looking outside and seeing the amount of hardship going on in the country.