PSA data shows number of live-in couples, separated Pinoys increased from 2010 to 2015

The number of Filipinos who have separated from their husbands or wives has increased from 2010 to 2015, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority show.

According to Ivan Mayrina's report on "State of the Nation", the number of live-in couples also increased during the same period.

Data showed that the number of Filipinos who got separated from their husbands or wives increased by 36 percent from 893,167 in 2010 to 1,211,262 in 2015.

The figures also showed that the number of live-in couples increased by 87 percent from 3,883,617 in 2010 to 7,254,368 in 2015.

Rev. Fr. Jerome Secillano, spokesman of Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), said that the number of couples who choose to get married would decline if they thought that that divorce was an option.

"Nagbigay ka ngayon ng isang practical na option kapag hindi naging maayos ang pagsasama ninyo, pwede na agad kayo maghiwalay so kung ganun na ang ini-ingrain mo sa utak ng tao, lalong magde-decline yan, yung marriage," Secillano said. —Jessica Bartolome/NB, GMA News