Not more than 300 marriages are conducted in the City of San Juan

The National Capital Region (NCR) recorded over 30,000 marriages in 2020. Out of this number, 277 (0.8%) occurred in the City of San Juan—making it the lowest among the 16 cities in NCR.

Figure 1 above illustrates the trends in the number of marriages occurred in the City of San Juan from 2006 to 2020. Over the past 15 years, the number of marriages in the city continuously declines from 8,618 in 2006 to 277 in 2020. The downturn began in 2006. Meanwhile in 2013, a dramatic decrease was recorded by 56.5 percent.

First quarter records highest number of marriages

Figure 2 shows the number of marriages in the city by month. In 2020, most marriages occurred in January with 57 (20.6%), followed by December with 49 (17.7%) and February with 43 (15.5%). On the other hand, no marriages occurred in April while only one (1) marriage was recorded in May.

Moreover, the result indicates that most marriages in the City of San Juan occurred in the first quarter of the year with 112 (40.4%).

Seven out of 10 marriages are officiated in Roman Catholic Churches or through Civil Ceremony

Marriages in the Philippines were celebrated based on religious and/or traditional beliefs such as Roman Catholic Rites, Muslim Tradition, Tribal Ceremony, and other religious rites. In addition, marriages can also be conducted through a civil ceremony which can only be officiated by the consul, incumbent mayor, judge, or in case of articulo mortis, by ship captain or airplane chief.

In 2020, 204 (73.6%) marriages were conducted through Roman Catholic Rites or civil ceremony. The remaining were accounted to Muslim Tradition or other religious rites with 73 (26.4%).

On the average, women marry at the age of 30; men at 31

Based on the results of the 2020 Vital Statistics on Marriages, women married between 21 to 60 years old. Meanwhile, men married as young as 20 and as old as 69.

Figure 3 demonstrates the number of marriages by the age group of the groom and the bride. Most men (97 or 35.0%) and women (110 or 39.7%) married between ages 25 to 29. However, on the average, men and women married at ages 31 and 30, respectively.

The result further revealed that only few people wed as they get older.

Not more than 10 marriages are transnational

Out of 261 marriages registered in the City of San Juan, 261 were found to be between both Filipinos. Moreover, the records show that 10 Filipino women and two (2) Filipino men found their love with other nationality.

Two (2) in every 100 marriages were registered late

The Certificate of Marriage of an ordinary marriage must be registered within 15 days following the solemnization while marriages exempt from license requirement have a prescribed period of 30 days.

In 2020, only six (6) Certificates of Marriage were registered beyond the reglementary period.

(SGD.) Danilo R. Cubinar
Chief Statistical Specialist