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<title>Number of marriages increased, divorces decreased</title>
<link>http://www.stat.fi/til/ssaaty/2012/ssaaty_2012_2013-04-19_tie_001_en.html</link>
<description>According to Statistics Finland's data on population changes, the number of marriages entered into in 2012 went up slightly from the previous year. A total of 28,878 marriages were entered into, which was 470 more than in the year before. The enlivening of marriage did not focus clearly on any particular age group but was divided between several age groups.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Number of marriages contracted decreased</title>
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<description>According to Statistics Finland's data on population changes, the number of marriages entered into in 2011 went down clearly from the previous year. A total of 28,408 marriages were entered into, which is 1,544 fewer than in the year before. The marriage rate went down most distinctly in the age groups where most marriages are contracted: among those aged slightly under and slightly over 30.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Marriages are entered into at ever later age</title>
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<description>According to Statistics Finland's data on population changes, women's average age at the time of entering first marriage was 30.3 years and men's 32.6 years in 2010. Year by year, first marriages are entered into at ever later age. In good four decades, women's average age at the time of entering first marriage has risen by around seven years and men's by some eight years.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fewer marriages were entered into, number of divorces almost unchanged</title>
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<description>According to Statistics Finlands data on population changes, 29,836 marriages were entered into in Finland in 2009, which is nearly 1,200 fewer than in the year before. In 2008, the number of new marriages was 31,014. The number of marriages entered into has varied fairly strongly from year to year since the late 1990s. Despite the yearly variation, the number of new marriages has been on the rise in recent years.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description>According to Statistics Finlands data on population changes, 31,014 marriages were entered into in Finland in 2008, which is 1,517 more than in the year before. In 2007, the number of new marriages was 29,497. More marriages than in 2008 were last entered into in 1976. The number of marriages entered into has varied rather strongly from year to year in the 2000s.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Marriages on the increase, number of divorces unchanged</title>
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<description>According to Statistics Finlands data on population changes, 29,497 marriages were entered into in Finland in 2007, which is 1,261 more than in the year before. In 2006, the number of new marriages was 28,236. The number of marriages entered into has varied rather strongly from year to year in the 2000s.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description>According to Statistics Finland's data on population changes, 28,236 marriages were entered into in Finland in 2006, which is 1,047 fewer than in the year before. In 2005, the number of new marriages was 29,283. The number of marriages entered into has varied rather strongly from year to year in the 2000s.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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