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Marriage Statistics: The number of marriages contracted per 1000 
inhabitants in a given year is referred to as the marriage rate. The 
current marriage rate in Austria is 5.9 marriages per 1000 
inhabitants, an extremely low proportion as compared with earlier 
periods. During the second half of the 19th century the marriage rate 
was approximately 8 per thousand, rose to more than 13 after 1918, 
dropped to approx. 7.5 in the inter-war period, picked up again to 
reach 10.8 after 1945 and has been steadily declining ever since. 
Causes for the decline are seen in the reduction of the percentage of 
persons of marriageable age and a growing tendency for young people to 
live as singles or to live in partnerships without marrying.


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