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Sat, 20 Apr, 2013 12:14:28 AM FTimes Report, April 20
 Photo Lehtikuva The rate of conjugal bonding among the Finnish people increased significantly in 2012, said a Statistics Finland report.
The report said the number of divorces in the Finnish society also reduced remarkably for the second consecutive year in 2012.
A total of 28,878 marriages were reported to be held in the country last year, up by 470 from the number of marriages in 2011, said the Statistics Finland report released on Friday.
The women who entered into their first marriages in 2012 were aged 30.8 years on an average while the average age of starting conjugal life was 33.1 years in the previous year.
A total of 13,040 couple divorced in 2012, down by 429 from the number of divorces in 2011.
Source Statistics Finland The number of overall divorces decreased due particularly to a sharp fall in the divorce rate in the age group of 45 to 54 years.
The report said although the number of divorces decreased slightly, the divorce rate was still high in the country.
Sixty-nine per cent of the marriages that ended in divorce in 2012 were the first ones for both the spouses.
In 2012, the number of same-sex partnership registrations was 329. Of them, 110 were male couples and 219 female.
A total of 103 registered same-sex partnerships ended in divorce, of which 36 were male couples and 67 female.
In 2011, 333 same-sex partnerships were registered and 85 ended in divorce, the report said. More News
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