Number of Marriages… 
There were 719 marriages registered in Quezon in January 2024. It recorded a decrease of 8.29 percent from the previous month’s total of 784.  
The daily average of registered marriages during the month was 23, lower than the recorded daily average of 25 in December 2023.

Marriages by Place of Occurrence… 
Lucena City (86 or 12.0%) had the highest number of registered marriages, followed by Sariaya (72 or 10.0%) and Catanauan (68 or 9.5%). 
Candelaria with 52 or 7.2 percent and Tiaong with 43 or 6.0 percent recorded the next highest registered marriages. 
Around 41.5 percent of the 41 municipalities/cities in the province registered less than ten (10) marriage occurrences during the month. 
No marriage event was recorded in the island municipalities of Jomalig and Perez.

Marriages by Month… 
For the period of January 2023 to January 2024, July was the most favored month to marry, with a total of 933 marriages, or a daily average of 30 marriages. 
May had the next highest number of marriages with 921 or a daily average of 30. 
August recorded the least number of marriages with 477 or a daily average of 15.

Marriages by Nationality of Groom and Bride… 
About 98.5 percent of the grooms and 99.9 percent of the brides were Filipinos in the registered marriages in December.  
There were eleven (11) intermarriages between Filipino brides and grooms of foreign descent and one (1) intermarriage between Filipino groom and bride of foreign descent.

(SGD.) AIRENE A. PUCYUTAN 
Chief Statistical Specialist 
PSA Quezon

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