The provided table illustrates the information on marriage status and brides and grooms’ age, over a span of 40 years.
Overall, it is evidence that the age of both brides and grooms increased over the time, as well as the total numbers of marriages. It is notable that average age of grooms was predominantly older than brides.
In 1960, 25,000 religious and 8,000 civil marriages was recorded, and the average age was 21 and 24 for brides and grooms, respectively. Both marriage status increased to 50,000 religious and 16,000 civil marriages in 1989, in the year, the average age of brides was 25 and 27 for grooms.
After that, while religious marriage experienced a decline in number to 32,000, civil marriage continued with its increasing trend to 23,000 in 1990. The average age recorded for brides and grooms was 27 and 30 years old, respectively. At the final year, 2000, religious marriages saw a slight increase to 34,000, and the trend of civil marriages increased dramatically reaching its peak to 40,000. In this year, the average age of brides was 30 and the grooms was 32, showing the oldest ages among the given ages.