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PhilippinesIn 1987, the government of the Philippines introduced a Constitution that affirms

equality for all citizens, regardless of gender. Still, significant gender imbalances

remain and customary laws that discriminate against women prevail, particularly in

rural areas where girls and boys have unequal access to education, and men and

women have different employment opportunities. In the cities, government agencies

are slowly recognising women’s rights and granting them legal authority to exercise

those rights, especially in concluding contracts, and owning land or property.

FAMILY CODE:

Women in the Philippines have a relatively high degree of protection within the

family context. Their situation improved with the promulgation of the 1997 Family

Code, which removed several discriminatory provisions under the Civil Code. The

Family Code set the legal age of marriage at 18 years for both men and women. Still,the incidence of early marriage is somewhat elevated: a 2004 United Nations report

estimated that 10 per cent of girls between 15 and 19 years of age were married,

divorced or widowed. Other sources indicate that women’s age at first marriage is

increasing in the Philippines, and is strongly linked to level of education: urban

women generally marry at a later age than rural women.

Polygamy is illegal for non-Muslim citizens (about 95 per cent of the population) and

arranged marriages are not part of Filipino tradition. Filipino law does not provide for

divorce, although if one spouse is a foreign national, the courts generally recognise

the legality of divorces obtained in other countries.

Within the Constitution, men and women were granted equal parental authority and

shared responsibility for raising their children. In cases of marriage annulment,

illegitimacy or divorce in another country, the Family Code provides that children

under the age of seven are placed with the mother, unless there is a court order to

the contrary. According to the US Department of State, children over the age of

seven typically remain with the mother, although the father can at that time dispute

custody through the courts.

There is no legal discrimination between men and women in the area of inheritance.







TABLE 5 Number of Marriages by Previous Marital Status of Bride and Groom: 2005

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Previous MaritalStatus of BridePrevious Marital Status Total-------------------------------------------------

of Groom Single Married Widow Divorced Not Stated

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Total 518,595 514,389 - 3,516 485205

Single 505,860 503,605 - 1,837 34276Married 108 80 - 4 321Widower 5,229 3,729 - 1,457 394Divorced 7,209 6,881 - 217 10011Not stated 189 94 - 1 1

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Source: National Statistics Office, Vital Statistics Division

Page last updated: May 20, 2008



TABLE 1 Number, Percent Distribution, Crude Marriage Rate, and PercentChange of Marriages by Region:

2004-2005

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2005 |2004 |Region-------------------------|--------------------------| Percent

(Place of Occurrence) Number Percent CMR | Number Percent CMR | Change

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Philippines 518,595 100.0 6.2582,281 100.0 7.0 (10.9)

National Capital Region 82,830 16.0 7.492,921 16.0 8.4 (10.9)Cordillera Administrative Region 9,708 1.9 6.210,868 1.9 7.1 (10.7)I - Ilocos Region 32,356 6.2 7.236,022 6.2 8.1 (10.2)II - Cagayan Valley 24,145 4.7 7.827,281 4.7 9.0 (11.5)III - Central Luzon 67,605 13.0 7.872,861 12.5 8.6 (7.2)IV-A - Calabarzon 67,042 12.9 6.676,800 13.2 7.7 (12.7)IV-B - Mimaropa 14,119 2.7 5.717,684 3.0 7.3 (20.2)V - Bicol Region 28,295 5.5 5.535,881 6.2 7.1 (21.1)VI - Western Visayas 39,171 7.6 5.737,089 6.4 5.5 5.6VII - Central Visayas 37,961 7.3 6.242,975 7.4 7.2 (11.7)



VIII - Eastern Visayas 16,333 3.1 3.924,823 4.3 6.1 (34.2)IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 15,440 3.0 4.918,399 3.2 5.9 (16.1)X - Northern Mindanao 28,282 5.5 7.126,612 4.6 6.8 6.3XI - Davao Region 23,600 4.6 5.826,496 4.6 6.6 (10.9)XII - Soccsksargen 17,521 3.4 4.919,165 3.3 5.5 (8.6)XIII - Caraga 11,623 2.2 4.813,780 2.4 5.8 (15.7)Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 2,564 0.5 0.82,624 0.5 0.9 (2.3)

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Source: National Statistics Office, Vital Statistics Division

Page last updated: May 20, 2008

MARRIAGES: Philippines, 2007

Explanatory Notes

Data on marriages presented in this release were obtained from the second copy of the marriagecertificates that were registered at the Office of the City/Municipal Civil Registrars all throughout the country and forwarded to the National Statistics Office. Figures presented include only those

marriages which occurred in 2007 and were registered from January 2007 to March 2008.Figures are not adjusted for underregistration.

Registered Marriages in 2007 numbered to 490,054

There were 490,054 marriages that were registered in 2007. The number represented a decreaseof 2,612 marriages or 0.5 percent from the 2006 figure of 492,666.

Six regions, namely: National Capital Region (NCR), Region X, Region XII, Region VII, Region IIIand Region IV-A reported declines in the number of marriages. The biggest downward slope wasrecorded in NCR at 9.4 percent.

The rest of the remaining regions of the country reported increases in terms of number of marriages from the figures reported a year earlier. The highest increase of 13.4 percent wasrecorded in Caraga.

Crude Marriage Rate was at 5.5

The Crude Marriage Rate (CMR) for the year 2007 was 5.5 at the national level. CMR refers tothe rate at which couples marry per thousand population.



Eight regions had CMR value above the national figure. Three of those regions with high CMRwere in Luzon. On top of the list was Region II with 7.6. Second in rank were Region III and NCRwith the same CMR of 6.5.

On the other end, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) which recorded CMR valueof only 0.8 was the lowest. The other two regions which belonged to the bottom three, in terms of

CMR value in 2007, were Region VIII and Region IX with 4.1 and 4.4, respectively.

NCR recorded the most number of registered marriages

The highest number of registered marriages was recorded by the National Capital Region (NCR)with 72,584 or 14.8 percent of the national total. NCR was followed by Region IV-A(CALABARZON) with 62,299 (12.7%) and Region III (Central Luzon) with 61,942 (12.6%). These

top three regions were also the only regions that contributed more than ten percent each to totalmarriages in 2007.

On the extreme end, the smallest count of only 2,610 or 0.8 percent of the total registeredmarriages in 2007 was recorded by ARMM.

Marriages peaked during the month of May

In 2007, most couples preferred to tie knots during the month of May. In fact during this month atotal of 53,987 marriages or a daily occurrence of 1,742 was registered.

Although the month of April ranked only second in terms of total number of marriages (53,817), itrecorded the highest daily occurrence of 1,794 marriages in 2007.



Meanwhile, the month of December which was second in rank in 2006, recorded a total count of 51,249 marriages a year later and thus, moved to third place.

On the contrary, the month of November appeared to be the least preferred month for weddingceremonies as it recorded the lowest number of marriages of only 23,423.

Women preferred to marry at ages 20-24 while men at ages 25-29

In 2007, about four out of ten brides get married at ages 20-24 years. The said age group of women recorded 186,012 or 38.0% out of the 490,054 marriages.



The second most likely choice of women for settling down was at ages 25-29 with 136,584(27.9%).

As expected men preferred to enter married life at an older age than women. In 2007, three out of ten grooms (169,845 or 34.7%) old tied knots with their brides at ages 25-29 years.

Meanwhile, there were 69,052 (14.1% of total marriages) teen brides in 2007. Teen brides werealmost five times more than teen grooms (15,312 or 3.1% of total marriages). The sex ratio of teen grooms to teen brides was 22.2.

In contrast, the number of men (16,599 or 3.4%) who married at age 50 years old and above wasmore than double compared to the number of women (6,562 or 1.3%) of the same age group.

Median age for brides was 24.7 while for grooms was 29.7.

Almost half of marriages were solemnized through civil rites

Marriages celebrated through civil rites in 2007 numbered 204,335 or 41.7 percent of the 490,054total marriages reported during the year.

Wedding ceremonies in Roman Catholic churches was the second highest with 179,562 or 36.6percent of the total reported marriages.

Compared to data a year earlier (2006), it can be observed that the number and percentages of marriages held civilly and in Roman Catholic ceremonies decreased in 2007.

On the one hand, it can be noted that marriages in Islam, tribal and other religious rites increasedin number and percentages from 2006 to 2007.



Source: National Statistics OfficeManila, Philippines

Page last revised: May 21, 2010

TEENAGE MARRIAGES: PHILIPPINES 2006

In 2006, out of the 492,666 reported total marriages, 83,796 or17.0% percent were teenage marriages. Teenagers refer topersons under 20 years old.

Of the total teenage marriages, 68,446 were females (brides).Said number was more than four times the number of males(grooms) of only 15,350.

The estimated sex ratio for teenage marriages was 22.4grooms per 100 brides.



Among age groups, young ladies ranked third among thosewith the highest share to the total number of brides. On the

contrary, young men were second to the lowest of the totalnumber of grooms.

Only a small percentage (0.04%) of teenagers remarried after

being widowed (0.02%) or divorced (0.02%).





For the past five years, from 2002 to 2006, the total marriagesfor both teenage brides and grooms showed a declining trend.

Likewise, teenage marriages contracted in Roman Catholicchurches revealed the same declining trend. On the contrary,



marriage ceremonies celebrated in Islam and tribal rites wereon upward trend.

Most teenage brides got married either in Roman Catholicceremonies (28,218 or 41.2%) or civil rites (27,471 or 40.1%).

Meanwhile, more teenage grooms preferred to officially tieknots with their partners in civil rites (6,588 or 42.9%) than inRoman Catholic churches (5,906 or 38.5%), about 4.4percentage points difference.

Index of Vital Statistics

Source: National Statistics OfficeManila, Philippines

Page last revised: February 19, 2010

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