Social Aspects of Guatemala 1 | Page 7

As we can see, comparing 1990 and 2010 the percent of births have been descending.

This is because people are getting more education about this topic, and the economy does not help the people that think about to make a family with 10 children like before.

If we look at this and compare people from rural areas with the people who live in urban areas we can conclude and confirm that the ones of rural areas have more children. This is because the people are not being teach about the pros and cons of having a lot of children.

This graphic represents “ The Birth Rate in Guatemala” between 1986 and 2000.