Number of registered marriages went down by 9.4 percent

The Philippines was able to record 414,213 marriages in 2023 with a 7.8 percent decrease compared to 2022 with 449,828. The crude marriage rate1 decreased to 3.7 marriages per thousand population from 4.0 marriages per thousand population in 2022. On average, a total of 1,135 marriages were solemnized daily.

In MIMAROPA Region, a total of 13,313 marriages were registered marking a 7.1 percent decrease from the total registered marriages of 14,323 in 2022. The crude marriage rate in the region decreased to 3.7 marriages per thousand population from 4.4 marriages per thousand population in 2022. The average daily marriages solemnized in MIMAROPA is 36.5 marriages.

The province of Oriental Mindoro registered 3,888 marriages in 2023, 9.4 percent decrease compared to registered marriages in 2022 with 4,289. The crude marriage rate in the province decreased to 4.2 marriages per thousand population from 4.7 marriages per thousand population in 2022. The average daily marriages solemnized in Oriental Mindoro is 10.7 or 11 marriages. (Figure 1)

Most marriages happened in June

Most of the marriages in 2023 occurred in June with 568 registered marriages, this comprises 14.6 percent of the total marriages in the said year. The month of June had a daily average of 18.9 or 19 marriages. This was followed by the month of May with 462 marriages which comprises 11.9 percent of the total marriages in 2023. Then by February with 403 marriages with 10.4 percent share on registered marriages in 2023. On the other hand, November recorded the least number of marriages with only 125 registered marriages or 3.2 percent share of the total marriages in 2023. The month of November had an average of 4.2 or four marriages per day. (Figure 2)

Top three city/municipalities with the highest number of recorded marriages

Among the 15 city/municipalities in the province, the municipality of Naujan registered the highest number of marriages with 571 or 14.7 percent of the total marriages. The City of Calapan had the second highest number of marriages with 560 or 14.4 percent share followed by municipality of Mansalay with 352 or 9.1 percent share. These three city/municipalities collectively shared 38.1 percent of the total registered marriages in the province. Meanwhile, municipality of San Teodoro had the least number of registered marriages with only 103 or 2.6 percent. (Figure 3).

Majority of couples married between ages 25 to 29 years

Of the total number of registered in the province, around four in ten men, 1,405 registered marriages or 36.1 percent share, married at aged 25 to 29. Same proportion was seen for women, 1,419 registered marriages or 36.5 percent share.

The number of men with registered marriages who are over 50 years of age (142 or 3.7 percent share) was twice than the number of women of the same group (72 or 1.9 percent share).

Moreover, a total of 1,170 marriages or 30.1 percent share involved marriages on adolescent females below 20 years old while the number of marriages involving adolescent males recorded 724 marriages or 18.6 percent share. (Figure 4)

Couples still preferred to be married in civil ceremony

Marriages that were contracted through civil ceremony still recorded the highest number of marriages with 1,738 or 44.7 percent share in the year 2023. Moreover, 1,504 marriages or 38.7 percent share were officiated in Roman Catholic Church while 630 marriages or 16.2 percent share were solemnized by other religious rites. Marriages solemnized in Muslim traditions accounted for 0.4 percent of the total registered marriages while 0.1 percent were performed in tribal ceremonies. (Figure 5)

(SGD) CHARLYN ROMERO-CANTOS
(Chief Administrative Officer)
Officer-in-Charge
Oriental Mindoro Provincial Statistical Office

TECHNICAL NOTES ON VITAL STATISTICS

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 births, deaths, fetal deaths, 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 called vital records.

Marriage is a contract of permanent union between a man and a woman entered 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.

Period when to report the event

Marriages that require the issuance of marriages license shall be reported to C/MCR for registration not later than fifteen (15) days from date of marriage. However, marriages that do not require a license such as marriage at the point of death (Article 27); marriages in remote places (Article 28); marriages between members of ethnic cultural community (Article 33); and marriages between men and women who have lived together for at least five (5) years (Article 34), shall be reported not later than thirty (30) day after date of marriage.

Any report made to the LCROs beyond the reglementary period are considered late and can be entered only in the civil register after the informant complies with the requirements for delayed registration.