Wadhera S, Strachan J
Canadian Centre for Health Information.
Health Rep. 1992;4(4):403-21.
This paper mainly describes levels and trends of marriages and rates and its relationship with demographic and social conditions in Canada from 1921 to 1990. In Canada, the propensity to marry was much higher in the 1960s and early 1970s than in the 1980s. A similar tendency was observed for a few years prior to, and at the beginning of, World War II and a couple of years after. The number of marriages peaked at an all time high of 200,470 in 1972 with a rate of 44.3 per 1,000 unmarried population aged 15-59. By 1986 the number of marriages had declined by 12.4% and the rate by 33.2%, but both the number of marriages and the rate increased marginally in the following three years. Since 1921 the average age at marriage has increased by 3.6 years for brides and 1.7 years for grooms. The proportion of marriages by previously divorced persons increased sharply after 1968. The changes in marriage rates in Canada parallel those exhibited in the United States and other developed countries in the western hemisphere.
本文主要描述了1921年至1990年加拿大的婚姻水平和趋势、结婚率及其与人口和社会状况的关系。在加拿大，20世纪60年代和70年代初的结婚倾向远高于80年代。在第二次世界大战前几年、战争初期以及战后几年也观察到了类似的趋势。1972年结婚数量达到峰值，为200470例，每1000名15至59岁未婚人口的结婚率为44.3。到1986年，结婚数量下降了12.4%，结婚率下降了33.2%，但在随后三年中，结婚数量和结婚率均略有上升。自1921年以来，新娘的平均结婚年龄增加了3.6岁，新郎的平均结婚年龄增加了1.7岁。1968年后，再婚者的结婚比例急剧上升。加拿大结婚率的变化与美国和西半球其他发达国家的情况相似。
