SPECIAL RELEASE: MARRIAGE STATISTICS IN QUEZON: June 2023 (Preliminary Results)
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2023 - 153
Number of Marriages… There were 893 marriages registered in Quezon in June 2023. It recorded a decrease of 3.0 percent from the previous month’s total of 921. The daily average of registered marriages during the month was 30, similar with the May 2023 figure. Marriages by Place of Occurrence… Lucena City (102 or 11.4%) had the highest number of registered marriages, followed by Sariaya (83 or 9.3%) and Tagkawayan (64 or 7.2%). Mulanay with 48 or 5.4 percent and Pagbilao with 41 or 4.6 percent recorded the next highest registered marriages. Around 36.6 percent of the 41 municipalities/cities in the province registered less than ten (10) marriage occurrences during the month. Marriages by Type of Ceremony… The most number of registered marriages was solemnized under church rites, with 452 or 50.6 percent. Marriages performed under civil rites totaled 363 accounting for 40.6 percent of the total registered marriages. Marriages celebrated under other types of ceremonies comprised 8.7 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 368 (41.2%) and 331 (37.1%), respectively. There were thirty (30) teen brides and five (5) teen grooms recorded during the month. Marriages by Previous Marital Status of Groom and Bride… Almost all of the couples were first timers or single brides (887) and grooms (876) 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 99.0 percent of the grooms and all of the brides were Filipinos in the registered marriages in June. There were nine intermarriages between Filipino brides and grooms of foreign descent. (SGD.) AIRENE A. PUCYUTAN Chief Statistical Specialist PSA Quezon NDP/PFVM/JPM
