| 1989 Annual Report of Vital Statistics | Department of Health, City of New Haven | |
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Marriages
There were a total of 1,104 marriage licenses issued in New Haven during 1989. The 1989 total was a slight decrease from the 1988 total of 1,177. For brides, the 25-29 year old age category once again had the most marriages, as in the six previous years. The most marriages for grooms also occurred in the 25-29 year old category in 1989, continuing the previous year trend in which the most marriages for grooms occurred in the 25-29 year old age category, and returning in line with the 1981-1983 trend of most marriages in the 25-29 year old category.
There were 829 first marriages for resident and non-resident brides and this total accounts for 75% of the total brides married in 1989. For resident and non-resident grooms there were 816 first marriages and this total accounts for 74% of the total grooms married in 1989.
Resident and non-resident brides 19 years and younger accounted for 5.7% of total brides married in 1989. Resident and non-resident grooms 19 years and younger accounted for 2.4% of total grooms married in 1989.
Resident Marriages
Once again the number of resident brides was greater than the number of resident grooms for the ninth consecutive year. There were a total of 635 resident brides and this accounted for 57.5% of all brides married in 1989. There were 599 resident grooms married. This total accounted for 54.3% of grooms married in 1989.
There were 534 marriages in which both the bride and groom were resident. This total accounted for 48.4% of all the marriages in 1989.
There were 470 first marriages for resident brides and this total accounted for 74% of the total resident brides married in 1989. For resident grooms, there were 446 first marriages and this total accounted for 74.5% of the total resident grooms married in 1989.
Table 7 on the next page will show the number of marriages by age, race and marriage order of resident and non-resident brides and grooms.
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