Marriage ceremonies increase by 27 percent  

• There was an increase of 27 percent in the registered marriages in March 2021. From 1,202 registered marriages in March 2020, Ilocos Region registered  1,525 marriages in March 2021.
• Registered marriages in March 2021 in all provinces of Ilocos region is higher than March 2020 registered marriages.
• Ilocos Sur showed the biggest increase in the number of registered marriages  at 107 percent.
• Pangasinan had the greatest number of registered marriages in March 2021. It had 65 percentage share (986 marriages) to the total registered marriages in the region.  
• La Union ranked second with the greatest number of registered marriages with 15 percent (229 marriages).
• Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Norte followed with 11 percent (174 marriages)  and  9 percent (136 marriages), respectively.

Civil marriages highest in March 2021

• There were 781 registered marriages through Civil ceremonies in March 2021.  It is the highest number of registered marriages among other types of ceremony.
• Roman Catholic Church ceremonies followed at 498 registered marriages.
• No Muslim marriages was registered this month.

Teenage brides reached almost seventy in March 2021

• There were 68 teenage brides who were registered in March 2021.
• The median age of brides based from the registered marriages in March 2021 was at 27 years old.  This means that half the number of brides was younger than 27 years old and half was older than 27 years old.
• The grooms had a median age of 29 years old also. 
• Most brides belong in the age group 25 to 29, contributing 38 percent of the total number.
• The highest number of grooms was from the age group 25 to 29 that is 39 percent of the total number.  

Pangasinan covers 8 slots in the top 10 city/municipality with most registered marriages

• In Region I, Dagupan City, Pangasinan ranked first with 73 registered marriages in March 2021.
• This was followed both by City of Alaminos and San Carlos City, Pangasinan with 61 registered marriages then Aguilar and Lingayen, Pangasinan with 50 and City of San Fernando, La Union with 49.
• Calasiao, Pangasinan with 47, then San Fabian, Pangasinan with 42 marriages, Aringay, La Union with 38 and lastly, Malasiqui, Pangasinan with 36.
• In Ilocos Norte, municipalities of Adams and Dumalneg recorded with one registered marriage each.
• In Ilocos Sur, municipalities of Gregorio Del Pilar, San Esteban and San Ildefonso also recorded one marriage each in March 2021.