BPS: More Women Get Divorced, More Men Remain Single
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The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) reports that women aged 10 and over have the highest divorce rate, both in terms of legally dissolved marriages and widowhood. In 2021, 10.25% of women were recorded as widowed.
The percentage of widowed women is higher than that of men. Only 2.66% of men were widowed.
Furthermore, 2.58% of women were divorced in 2021. The percentage of divorced men was 1.66%.
Conversely, a significantly larger percentage of men are single compared to women. 36.4% of men are single, while the figure for women is 27.27%.
Slightly more women are married than men. 59.9% of women are married, compared to 59.28% of men.
BPS also states that the average age for a woman's first marriage is younger, at 20.61 years. The average age for a man's first marriage is 24.85 years.
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