SPECIAL RELEASE: MARRIAGE STATISTICS IN QUEZON: September 2022 (Preliminary Results)
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SR DVSS 2022-034
Number of Marriages… There were 552 marriages registered in Quezon in September 2022. It recorded an increase of 27.5 percent from the previous month’s total of 433. The daily average of registered marriages during the month was 18, higher than the recorded daily average of 14 in August 2022. Marriages by Place of Occurrence… Lucena City (83 or 15.0 percent) had the highest number of registered marriages, followed by Sariaya (60 or 10.9 percent) and City of Tayabas (34 or 6.2 percent). Mauban (31 or 5.6 percent) and Candelaria (29 or 5.3 percent) recorded the next highest registered marriages. Around 51.2 percent of the 41 municipalities/cities in the province registered less than 10 marriage occurrences during the month. There was no registered marriage event in the island municipality of Jomalig. Marriages by Type of Ceremony… The most number of registered marriages was solemnized under church rites, with 247 or 44.7 percent. Marriages performed under civil rites totaled 232 accounting for 42.0 percent of the total registered marriages. There were three marriage event celebrated under Muslim rites, equivalent to 0.5 percent. Marriages celebrated under other types of ceremonies comprised 12.7 percent.
