Based on the released data on 26 November 2024, the National Capital Region (NCR) recorded the highest number of grooms within the age group of 30-34 years old with a total of 15,996 or 30.8 percent of the total number of registered marriages in the region (51,892). Meanwhile, the largest frequency of marriages for the brides was of age group 25-29 years old with 19,563 or 37.7 percent.

The City of Taguig recorded 1,765 registered marriages in 2023, with males aged 30-34 years old recording the largest number of marriages with 566 or 32.1 percent. This was higher by 7.0 percent than the number registered in 2022 (529) in the same age group.

The number of teen grooms increased by 100 percent in 2023, from one to two. On the other end, grooms aged 50 years old and over (90 or 5.1 percent) recorded a higher number than the number of grooms registered (81 or 5.3 percent) in 2022.

Age Group of Female aged 25-29 registered the highest number of marriages

Brides aged 25-29 years old recorded the largest number of marriages in the City of Taguig with a total of 689 or 39.0 percent in 2023. This was higher by 16.6 percent than the number registered in 2022 (591) in the same age group.

The number of teen brides who got married in 2023 was 4 or 0.2 percent of the total, a decrease of 20.0 percent from the previous year. Grooms aged 50 years and over were almost twice the number of brides (52 or 2.9 percent). The men tend to marry even after their golden years.

Most of the marriages were registered timely

Out of 1,765 recorded marriages in the City of Taguig, 1,715 were registered timely with 97.2 percent share in the total number. The city ranked 15th with the highest number of timely marriages registered in NCR.

Explanatory Notes

Data on marriages presented in this release were obtained from the Certificates of Marriage (Municipal Form No. 97) that were registered at the Office of the City/Municipal Civil Registrars throughout the country and forwarded to the Philippine Statistics Authority. This release shows an overview of the registered marriages by age group of male and female and registration status that occurred from January to December 2023.  

Vital Statistics are derived from information obtained at the time when the occurrences of vital events and their characteristics are inscribed in a civil register. Vital acts and events are the birth, deaths and marriages, and all such events that have something to do with an individual’s entrance and departure from life together with the changes in civil status that may occur to a person during his lifetime. Recording of these events in the civil register is known as vital or civil registration and the resulting documents are vital records.

Marriage is a special contract of permanent union between a man and woman entered into in accordance with law for the establishment of conjugal and family life.

Place of Occurrence refers to the place where the vital event took place.
 

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NARCISO H. DINO
(Supervising Statistical Specialist)
Officer-In-Charge
NCR III Provincial Statistics Office