{"id":70347,"date":"2024-07-10T20:10:39","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T18:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=70347"},"modified":"2024-07-10T21:52:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T19:52:24","slug":"numbers-of-childless-couples-are-increasing-due-to-migration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/numbers-of-childless-couples-are-increasing-due-to-migration\/","title":{"rendered":"Numbers of childless couples are increasing due to migration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The structure of the Albanian family has changed. The 2023 census revealed that couples are either married or cohabiting, but have no children. This figure has increased by 152% compared to the 2011 Census.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;The young families have realized that the birth and welfare according to the standards is higher and makes them proud. Second, they think of migrating and then planning to have a child&#8221;, said Entele Binjaku.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Married or cohabiting families without children were 264,882, an increase of 152% from the 2011 Census. The number of families between the two censuses increased by about 33,000 or 4.5%, but the number of couples without children has increased significantly due to high migration of young people during the last decade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">According to the census, the most frequent family nuclei consisted of married or cohabiting couples with children, 52.2%, followed by married or cohabiting couples without children, 37.5%, while single parents with children accounted for only 10.3 % of them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;The way young people see life is related to affirmation at work, consolidation of economic status, which leads to postponing the birth of the first child&#8221;, said sociologist Entela Binjaku.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The migration of the last decade also significantly reduced the number of family members. 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