Registered marriages rose sharply in 2021 as quarantine measures eased, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said in a report on Monday. READ:
REGISTERED MARRIAGES rose sharply in 2021 as quarantine measures eased, the Philippine Statistics Authority said in a report on Monday.
Citing preliminary data from its Vital Statistics report, the PSA said marriages in 2021 totaled 356,839, up 48.2%. On a per-thousand people basis — an indicator known as “crude marriages,” the marriage rate was 3.2% that year, the PSA said.Calabarzon logged the largest number of marriages with 50,211, or 14.1% of the national total. Metro Manila had 41,025 , and Central Luzon 39,402 .The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao posted the fewest registered marriages with 2,337 .
December was the preferred month for marriages with 52,788, or 14.8% of the total. June followed with 34,943 and May 34,246 .The age range most represented in the marriage numbers were couples aged between 25 and 29, with men that age entering 136,613 marriages or 38.3% of the total. Women that age accounted for 142,617 or 40% of the total.Adolescents who married in 2021 included 15,253 females and 3,499 males .
Other forms of religious rites accounted for 26.4%. Muslim rites accounted for 1.1% of marriages and tribal rites 0.9%. —
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