STATISTIK AUSTRIA - Marriages

Marriages since 2001 by selected characteristics
Characteristics	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Marriages (total)	34 213	36 570	37 195	38 528	39 153	36 923	35 996	35 223	35 469	37 545	36 426
per 1 000 population	4.3	4.5	4.6	4.7	4.8	4.5	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.5	4.3
First marriages (for wife and husband) in %	63.9	62.9	62.3	61.4	61.7	63.3	64.1	64.6	65.6	65.6	66.0
Citizenship of spouses in %
one person Austrian, one person Non-Austrian	20.9	23.8	26.7	27.8	25.7	20.3	18.2	18.0	17.9	18.3	18.9
both persons Non-Austrian	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.4	4.7	4.7	4.9	5.1	5.3	5.2	5.7
Mean age at first marriage
Wife	27.3	27.5	27.7	27.9	28.1	28.6	28.8	28.9	29.1	29.3	29.5
Husband	30.0	30.2	30.4	30.6	30.9	31.4	31.6	31.7	31.8	31.9	32.0
Age differences between spouses	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.6	2.5
Number of common premarital children	9 680	9 939	10 230	11 119	12 091	12 696	13 099	12 880	13 110	14 624	14 020
Average number of premarital children per marriage with children	1.28	1.29	1.29	1.31	1.34	1.34	1.35	1.36	1.36	1.37	1.38
Probability of legitimation¹)	40.35	40.88	41.16	43.73	46.48	47.76	48.39	46.79	46.87	51.37	48.35
Länder
Burgenland	1 085	1 053	1 028	1 028	1 119	1 119	1 088	1 053	1 138	1 206	1 130
Carinthia	2 030	2 087	2 087	2 057	2 210	2 215	2 271	2 140	2 230	2 337	2 296
Lower Austria	6 569	6 953	7 047	7 031	7 094	7 046	6 993	6 920	6 845	7 218	6 861
Upper Austria	5 370	5 744	5 883	6 067	6 480	6 009	5 901	5 850	5 981	6 326	6 295
Salzburg	2 022	2 110	2 123	2 195	2 307	2 281	2 192	2 217	2 212	2 427	2 355
Styria	4 818	5 028	4 948	5 109	5 476	5 307	5 090	4 891	4 966	5 263	5 161
Tyrol	2 608	2 815	2 787	2 893	2 991	3 072	2 924	2 871	2 913	2 977	2 905
Vorarlberg	1 324	1 514	1 456	1 445	1 520	1 512	1 606	1 578	1 469	1 629	1 513
Vienna	8 387	9 266	9 836	10 703	9 956	8 362	7 931	7 703	7 715	8 162	7 910
S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, Vital statistics. Compiled on 14 May 2012. 1) Sum of the age-specific rates of legitimation of children born out of wedlock.