SPECIAL RELEASE: MARRIAGE STATISTICS IN QUEZON: May 2023 (Preliminary Results)
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2023-132
Number of Marriages… There were 921 marriages registered in Quezon in May 2023. It recorded an increase of 71.8 percent from the previous month’s total of 536. The daily average of registered marriages during the month was 30, higher than the recorded daily average of 18 in April 2023. Marriages by Place of Occurrence… Lucena City (99 or 10.7%) had the highest number of registered marriages, followed by City of Tayabas (87 or 9.4%) and Sariaya (78 or 8.5%). Candelaria with 77 or 8.4 percent and Polillo with 68 or 7.4 percent recorded the next highest registered marriages. Around 39.0 percent of the 41 municipalities/cities in the province registered less than ten (10) marriage occurrences during the month. There was no registered marriage event in the island municipality of Perez. Marriages by Type of Ceremony… The most number of registered marriages was solemnized under church rites, with 475 or 51.6 percent. Marriages performed under civil rites totaled 377 accounting for 40.9 percent of the total registered marriages. There was one (1) marriage event celebrated under Muslim rites, equivalent to 0.1 percent. Marriages celebrated under other types of ceremonies comprised 7.4 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 332 (36.0%) and 327 (35.5%), respectively. There were forty-nine (49) teen brides and fourteen (14) teen grooms in May. Marriages by Previous Marital Status of Groom and Bride… Almost all of the couples were first timers or single brides (912) and grooms (908) prior to the marriage. Only a small percentage of brides and grooms were widow/ widower, divorced and annulled prior to the marriage. Marriages by Nationality of Groom and Bride… About 99.1 percent of the grooms and all of the brides were Filipinos in the registered marriages in May. Intermarriages between Filipino brides and grooms of foreign descent were with American, Australian, British, French, Korean, Tunisian and Filipino-Spanish. (SGD.) AIRENE A. PUCYUTAN Chief Statistical Specialist PSA Quezon NDP/PFVM/JPM
