(ANSA) - Rome, November 20 - Some 195,778 marriages were
celebrated in Italy in 2018, a rise of around 4,500 or 2.3% on
the previous year, ISTAT said Wednesday.
But a tendency to marry ever later in life has continued, the
statistics agency said.
Grooms are aged 33.7 years on average today and brides 31.5,
a rise of 1.6 and 2.1 years over 2008, ISTAT said.
Second marriages, or successive ones, after a period of
growth in the last few years, due also to the introduction of
quickie divorces, remained stable with respect to 2017, at 19.9%
of total marriages.
ISTAT also reported on the number of civil unions.
Same-sex unions were 2,808 in 2018, it said.
The prevalence of male unions was confirmed, at 64.2%.
Geographically, northeastern Italy led the way with 37.2% of
the national total.
Marriages up 2.3% but ever older - ISTAT
2,800 civil unions in 2018 says stats agency