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In the United States, the mean age at first marriage is about 32 for men and about 30.8 for women, putting the average age at first marriage at about 31.4 for both genders. However, in India, it is even lower, at about 30 for men and about 27.2 for women, putting the average age at first marriage at about 28.6 for both genders. [citation needed]
The average age at first marriage had gradually risen again by late sixteenth century; the population had stabilized and availability of jobs and land had lessened. In the last decades of the century the age at marriage had climbed to averages of 25 for women and 27 for men in England and to 27 for women and 30 for men in the Netherlands ...
The number of marriages shot up to reach over 2 million in 1946, with a marriage rate of 16.4 per 1,000 people as WWII had ended. The average age at first marriage for both men and women began to fall after WWII, dropping 22.8 for men and 20.3 for women in 1950 and dropping even more to 22.5 and 20.1 years in 1956.
The general marriage age in Puerto Rico is 21 or 18 with parental consent. [33] In Guam, the general age is 18, but 16-year-olds can get married with the consent of at least one parent or guardian. [34] In American Samoa, since September 2018, the marriage age has been 18 for both sexes. Previously, the marriage age for females was 14. [35]
Respected academics endorsed the trend of early marriage. Parents' magazines suggested that parents should provide financial support to enable their children to marry young. The average age at marriage had grown younger over the decades, with a brief exception during the depression. By 1959, 47% of all brides were younger than 19.
Local self-government agencies may, at the request of the parties entering the marriage, provided that justifiable reasons exist, lower the marriage age. The marriage age may not be lowered by more than 1 year. [177] Laos: 18: 15 – [178] Lebanon: 18: 17: 17: 15: 15: 14 [179] 18 or 17 years and 16 or 15 years with judicial permission for Druze ...
In 1800 the average U.S. woman had 7.04 ... 1970–2000 Median age at first marriage in the US ... Percent distribution of the total population by age: 1900 to 2015
The average age difference between husband and wife is 6.4 years in polygamous countries, compared to only 2.8 years in monogamous countries. [55] As access to education increases worldwide, the age of marriage increases with it, with more of the youth staying in education for longer.