SHENGAVIT OFFICIAL: ARMENIAN GIRLS GETTING MARRIED EARLIER
Mаry Mamyan
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13:39, May 15, 2012
At a press conference today, Sousanna Avetisyan (photo left), who
heads the Shengavit Civil Status Acts Registry, said she has noticed
a rise in the number of civil marriages in the Yerevan district.
Avetisyan presented the following figures for marriages and divorces:
2009 (1,000 marriages; 216 divorces) 2010 (924; 211) 2011 (1,006;
209) and 2012 to date (292; 80).
She also noted a tendency of Armenian women marrying at an earlier
age than before. In Armenia, the legal age for marriage is 17 for
females and 18 for males.
From: A. Papazian
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