There were 26,520 marriages registered in 2019, a slight increase of 1.8 percent from the previous year’s figure of 26,055 marriages.

Three provinces recorded an increase in the number of registered marriages from 2018 to 2019. The biggest increase was noted in Ilocos Sur from 3,436 to 3,558 marriages (3.6 percent), followed by Pangasinan from 15,594 to 15,894 marriages (1.9 percent) while that of Ilocos Norte increased from 2,976 to 3,030 marriages (1.8 percent).

On the other hand, only the province of La Union posted a decrease in the number of registered marriages from 4,049 to 4,038 (0.3 percent).

FIGURE 1. Number of Registered Marriages by Province, Ilocos Region: 2018 and 2019

The number of registered marriages in the province of Pangasinan went up to 15,894 in 2019 from 15,594 in 2018. It had the greatest number of registered marriages in the region. La Union ranked second with 4,038 (15.2 percent) followed by Ilocos Sur with 3,558 (13.4 percent). A year ago, La Union also ranked second with 4,049 marriages (15.5 percent) while Ilocos Sur ranked third with 3,436 marriages (13.2 percent).

TABLE 1. Number and Percent Distribution of Registered Marriages by Province, Ilocos Region: 2018 and 2019

On the other end, the province of Ilocos Norte posted the least number of registered marriages in 2018 and 2019 with 2,976 (11.4 percent) and 3,030 (11.4 percent), respectively.

FIGURE 2. Daily Average Number of Registered Marriages by Month Ilocos Region: 2018 and 2019

The month of January was the most preferred month to tie the knot in 2019 with a daily average of 137 marriages. The month of April ranked second with daily average of 116 marriages, followed by the months of May with 114 and February with 110 daily average of marriage occurrences.

The least number of marriage occurrences in 2019 was the month of September posting a daily average of 29 marriages. It was followed by the month of August with 30 marriages and month of November which recorded a daily average of 34 marriages.

A year ago, the favorite month of couples to tie the knot was also the month of January with a daily average of 126 marriage occurrences. The months of April with a daily average of 120 and May with a daily average of 105 ranked second and third, respectively. The least favored months for marriage were the months of September and October with a daily average of 28 and 33 marriage occurrences, respectively.

TABLE 2. Number and Daily Average of Registered Marriages by Month Ilocos Region: 2018 and 2019

FIGURE 3. Number of Registered Marriages by Type of Ceremony Ilocos Region: 2019

TABLE 3. Number of Registered Marriages by Type of Ceremony Ilocos Region: 2018 and 2019

Marriages officiated in Roman Catholic Church topped the list among all types of marriage ceremonies in 2019. It comprised 11,572 marriages or 43.6 percent of the total reported marriages. Marriages performed in civil rites ranked second with 9,924 marriages or 37.4 percent share followed by other religious rites with 4,938 or 18.7 percent.

Likewise, a year ago marriages solemnized through Roman Catholic registered the highest number of marriages with 11,385 marriages or 43.7 percent share, followed closely by civil rites with 10,126 marriages or 38.9 percent share and other religious rites with 4,447 marriages or 17.1 percent share.

On the other end, marriages carried out under tribal rites posted the lowest number of registered marriages both in year 2018 and 2019 with 9 and 7 marriages, respectively.

FIGURE 4. Percent Distribution of Marriages by Age of Bride and Groom Ilocos Region: 2019

TABLE 4. Number and Percent Distribution of Marriages By Age Group of Bride and Groom Ilocos Region: 2019

The median age at marriage for brides and grooms were 27 and 29, respectively. The largest number of brides and groom in 2019 got married at ages 25 to 29 years with 9,153 or 34.5 percent and 9,722 or 36.7 percent, respectively. Moreover, the number of teenage brides (1,696 or 6.4 percent) was almost four times more than the number of teenage grooms (464 or 1.7 percent). On the contrary, at age 50 years old and over, the number of grooms (921) was almost twice the number of brides (467). It can be noted that men tend to marry even on or after their golden years. Grooms aged 75 years and over (46) were twenty-three times the number of brides (2).

SGD. ATTY. SHEILA O. DE GUZMAN
(Chief Administrative Officer)
Officer-in-Charge