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Registered Marriages, Bansud: 2022

(First Issue)

Registered marriages in Municipality of Bansud increase in 2022

In 2022, a total of 204 marriages were registered, an increase of 5.1 percent from the total registered marriages of 194 in 2021. Comparing with the number before the pandemic, an increase of 7.9 percent was observed from 2019 to 2022.

Most marriages occurred in April

In 2022, the month April recorded the highest number of registered marriages with 29 or 14.2 percent share of the total marriages in Municipality of Bansud. The months of May ranked second with 27 or 13.2 percent share, followed by the month of December with 25 or 12.3 percent share. On the other hand, the months of January, February and August had the least number of registered marriages with 
9 or 4.4 percent share.

Couples in Bansud preferred to be married in Roman Catholic Churches

Of the total registered marriages in 2022, 87 marriages or 42.9 percent were officiated in Roman Catholic Churches. About 73 or 36.0 percent were contracted through civil ceremony, while 39 or 19.1 percent were performed in other religious rites. Marriages solemnized in Tribal traditions accounted for 5 or 2.5 percent of the total registered marriage. (Figure 3) 

Majority of couples married between ages 25-29 years

In 2022, majority of the couples in Municipality of Bansud married between ages 25-29 years. About two in ten men (69 or 16.9 percent) married at these ages, and about the same proportion was observed for women (66 or 16.2 percent).

In 2022, the median age of marriage, or the age at which half of the population were younger/older upon marriage was 30 years old for male and 27 years old for female. 

Women in Bansud marry at a younger age than men

In the Municipality of Bansud, women tend to marry at a younger age than men. Among the total marriages recorded, 12 or 5.8 percent of adolescent females are married before the age of 20, compared to just 3 or 1.4 percent of adolescent males in the same age group. 

Marriages in Bansud were timely registered

In the Municipality of Bansud, all 203 marriages were registered promptly, resulting in a timely registration rate of 99.5 percent, while only 0.5 percent were registered late. This indicates that every marriage was recorded within the reglementary period.

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

TECHNICAL NOTES

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.

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

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.