In 2012, 207,138 marriages were celebrated in Italy (3.5 per 1,000 inhabitants), 2,308 more than in 2010. This slight increase is part of a downward trend in marriages that began in 1972 and in the 2008-2011 period resulted in over 45,000 marriages less (in relative terms -4.5% per years between 2007 and 2011, a value much higher than the average of -1.2% recorded over the past 20 years).<\/p>\n
The rise of the weddings compared to 2011 is due to the recovery of marriages in which at least one of the two spouses is a foreign citizen: in 2012, 30,724 weddings with at least one foreign spouse were celebrated (15% of the total), over 4 thousand more than in 2011, but still lower than 6,000 compared to the peak of 2008.<\/p>\n
Mixed marriages in which one partner is Italian and the other is a foreigner represent the prevalent typology (68% of marriages with at least a foreign spouse) and amounted to 20,764 in 2012.<\/p>\n
The first weddings for couples with both Italian citizens are still sharply decreasing, with 153,311 ceremonies in 2012, approximately 39,000 fewer in the last five years; this difference accounts for 91% of the total fall in marriages between 2008 and 2012.<\/p>\n
The second marriages, in continuous growth in the last 20 years, pass from 34,137 in 2008 to 32,555 in 2012, but their share is on the rise: from 13.8% in 2008 to 15.7% in 2012.<\/p>\n
People are marrying increasingly late. The average age for a first wedding is 34 for men and 31 for women.<\/p>\n
In 2012, 122,297 weddings followed a religious ceremony, 33,000 fewer in the last 4 years. The civil weddings, on the other side, have seen a recovery in the last two years: 5,340 ceremonies that represent 41% of the total. In the North, civil marriages (53.4%) exceed religious marriages and in the Centre they are now one in two (49.4%).<\/p>\n
The rise of civil marriages increasingly affects also the first weddings of Italian couples. which passed from 18.8% in 2008 to 24.5% in 2012.<\/p>\n
Marriages that follow a separation of property regime (more than two out of three) is still confirmed and there are no longer significant differences between the geographical areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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