Marriages down 6.7% in 2024, gay unions up 7.3%

Marriages were down 6.7% in the first
eight months of 2024 compared to the same period of 2023, while
gay unions were up 7.3%, Istat said Friday.

   
Some 56.1% of the gay unions involved men, said the national
stats agency.

   
In 2023, Istat said, marriages were down 2.6& to 184,207
compared to 2022, and church weddings fell by 8.2% on the
previous year, accentuating a long downward trend.

   

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