Norway Yearbook - 2003

Population
9 3
Marriage rates for first time married males1 and females' in selected age
groups
Sex First time married per 1 000 mean population never married. Age
Year
15-1920-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59
Males
1961-1965 9.4 109.9 168.0 99.8 50.4 27.6 15.8 7.9 4.6
1966-1970 10.3 130.7 180.1 96.7 46.5 23.0 12.6 7.1 4.1
1971-1975 8.9 120.6 160.6 80.7 36.3 18.1 9.7 5.4 3.0
1976-1980 4.6 79.8 124.2 73.0 33.9 16.3 8.3 5.0 2.6
1981-1985 2.4 49.4 94.5 63.8 32.3 15.9 8.3 4.5 2.4
1986-1990 1.1 29.1 72.7 60.6 33.5 17.1 8.8 4.5 2.6
1991-1995 0.7 17.1 54.0 52.9 31.9 16.8 10.0 5.1 2.6
1996-2000 0.6 13.6 50.6 58.2 40.5 23.8 14.4 9.0 5.0
1998 0.7 13.1 48.5 55.7 39.3 22.8 12.8 7.7 4.8
1999 0.7 12.9 48.1 55.8 41.0 25.6 15.0 10.5 5.8
2000 0.8 13.2 50.8 62.0 45.2 26.4 17.4 10.8 6.7
2001 0.8 12.0 43.8 54.6 40.1 24.7 15.8 11.1 5.0
Females
1961-1965 42.9 206.8 182.4 85.6 44.3 22.6 12.1 6.5 3.2
1966-1970 47.5 226.0 176.7 80.4 38.3 20.3 11.3 6.1 3.1
1971-1975 44.5 208.0 163.7 70.4 36.3 16.2 10.1 5.2 2.8
1976-1980 27.6 142.3 128.2 65.5 32.1 15.3 8.1 4.1 2.2
1981-1985 14.3 94.3 105.4 58.6 27.6 13.3 8.3 3.7 1.9
1986-1990 6.7 61.3 89.3 56.6 29.5 12.3 7.2 4.2 2.1
1991-1995 3.4 38.1 72.5 49.7 27.0 13.1 6.6 4.0 1.9
1996-2000 2.9 30.5 72.2 59.4 34.7 17.9 10.2 6.0 3.1
1998 3.1 28.6 69.6 57.3 33.2 16.9 10.1 5.4 1.9
1999 3.2 28.5 68.2 58.7 35.8 18.1 10.2 5.2 4.5
2000 3.1 29.8 73.5 64.2 38.4 20.0 12.3 8.6 4.6
2001 3.5 26.0 63.0 57.3 34.0 18.2 11.9 5.5 3.7
1Resident in Norway.
Source: Marriages and registered partnerships, Statistics Norway. More information: http:/Mww.ssb.no/ekteskap_en/
94 Partnerships contracted1'2, by county3
Total Two males Two females
1998 1999 2000 2001 1998 1999 2000 2001 1998 1999 2000 2001
Thewholecountry 115 144 154 185 71 82 78 108 44 62 76 77
østfold 3 6 8 9 1 3 5 5 2 3 3 4
Akershus 5 10 16 24 2 4 3 11 3 6 13 13
Oslo 61 76 84 85 36 45 49 61 25 31 35 24
Hed mark 2 2 4 7 2 2 3 4 - - 1 3
Oppland 3 6 - 5 2 4 - 1 1 2 4
Buskerud 4 3 3 6 4 2 1 4 - 1 2 2
Vestfold 9 2 2 6 8 1 1 4 1 1 1 2
Telemark 3 4 1 4 1 1 - 3 2 3 1 1
Aust-Agder 1 - - 3 - - - 1 - 3
Vest-Agder 1 3 1 2 1 3 - 1 - - 1 1
Rogaland 2 8 10 9 5 4 4 2 3 6 5
Hordaland 8 9 3 12 6 4 1 6 2 5 2 6
Sogn og Fjordane 1 1 - 1 - - 1 -
Møre og Romsdal 1 1 6 2 1 1 3 2 - - 3
Sør-Trøndelag 6 6 7 5 2 5 3 1 4 1 4 4
Nord-Trøndelag 1 4 3 1 1 1 - - 3 2
Nordland 3 - 1 3 2 1 1 1 - 2
Troms 1 3 5 2 1 1 3 - - 2 2 2
Finnmark Finnmárku - - - 1 - - - - 1
1The Act on Registered Partnerships for Homosexual Couples came into force 1 August 1993. 2The oldest partner resident in Norway.
38y residence of the oldest partner when partnership contracted.
Source: Marriages and registered partnerships, Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/ekteskap..en/
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