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Jun 17, 2010
More marriages and splits
Inter-ethnic marriages show big increase
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Ten years ago, there were 7.8 marriages per 1,000 residents, but last year saw only 6.6 per 1,000. Still, that is an increase from the low of 6.3 marriages per 1,000 residents about six years ago. -- PHOTO: WEDDING ACTS
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THE number of marriages last year rose and surpassed the high set in 1992, but on the flip side, divorces increased as well.
Figures from the Department of Statistics yesterday showed a total of 26,081 marriages last year, the first time they had overtaken the 25,784 unions forged in 1992.
With the biggest increases in inter-ethnic marriages and those in the 'others' category, observers say the rise in the number of foreigners may have accounted for the increase in marriages.
Marriages in the 'others' category, which includes Eurasians, Arabs and Filipinos, had the highest percentage increase, of about 28 per cent from 1,172 in 2008 to 1,499 last year.
In comparison, marriages among the Chinese both from Singapore and elsewhere rose by only 4 per cent from 15,743 to 16,379 last year.
One in four people here now is a foreigner. As of December last year, there were 1.25 million foreign-born residents, out of a total population of 4.98 million.
Read the full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.
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More marriages and splits
Inter-ethnic marriages show big increase
<!-- by line -->By Melissa Sim & Carolyn Quek
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THE number of marriages last year rose and surpassed the high set in 1992, but on the flip side, divorces increased as well.
Figures from the Department of Statistics yesterday showed a total of 26,081 marriages last year, the first time they had overtaken the 25,784 unions forged in 1992.
With the biggest increases in inter-ethnic marriages and those in the 'others' category, observers say the rise in the number of foreigners may have accounted for the increase in marriages.
Marriages in the 'others' category, which includes Eurasians, Arabs and Filipinos, had the highest percentage increase, of about 28 per cent from 1,172 in 2008 to 1,499 last year.
In comparison, marriages among the Chinese both from Singapore and elsewhere rose by only 4 per cent from 15,743 to 16,379 last year.
One in four people here now is a foreigner. As of December last year, there were 1.25 million foreign-born residents, out of a total population of 4.98 million.
Read the full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.
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