SPECIAL RELEASE Marriage Statistics in Quezon: November 2022 (Preliminary Results)
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2023-019
Number of Marriages… There were 458 marriages registered in Quezon in November 2022. It recorded a decrease of 34.0 percent from the previous month’s total of 694. The daily average of registered marriages during the month was 15, lower than the recorded daily average of 22 in October 2022. Marriages by Place of Occurrence… Lucena City (86 or 18.8 percent) had the highest number of registered marriages, followed by Catanauan (36 or 7.9 percent) and Sariaya (34 or 7.4 percent). City of Tayabas (28 or 6.1 percent) and Candelaria (27 or 5.9 percent) recorded the next highest registered marriages. Around 61.0 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 Sampaloc and in the island municipality of Perez. Marriages by Type of Ceremony… The most number of registered marriages was solemnized under civil rites, with 217 or 47.4 percent. Marriages performed under church rites totaled 190 accounting for 41.5 percent of the total registered marriages. There were four marriage events celebrated under Muslim rites, equivalent to 0.9 percent. Marriages celebrated under other types of ceremonies comprised 10.3 percent. Marriages by Age Group of Groom and Bride… The highest recorded number of brides and grooms belonged to age group 25-29 years, with 174 (38.0 percent) and 177 (38.6 percent), respectively. There were thirty-three (33) teen brides and nine (9) teen grooms in November.
