Cohort nuptiality

Per 100 males
Male birth cohortProportion of ever married at 49*Mean age at first marriage* (years)Proportion of ever married at 24 Proportion of ever married at 30
19538525,05275
19587926,43964
19637228,22352
19676829,41644
19716430,4939
19736330,6837
1977  632
1979  629
1981  5 
1983  5 
1985  4 

Per 100 women
Female birth cohortProportion of ever married at 49*Mean age at first marriage* (years)Proportion of ever married at 22 Proportion of ever married at 28
19608224,34267
19657526,32454
19677327,01950
19716928,11243
19757028,9738
197768 736
197966 633
198165 630
1983  5 
1985  5 
1987  4 

*Unobserved marriage probabilities are assumed to be stable at the average level observed in the last 3 years.
Metropolitan France
Source : F.Prioux, "Recent demographic Development in France", Population, 2010, 3
Last update : April 25 2012