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1. Average age at marriage: Men - 31.2 years ; women - 29.6 years (2019)
2. Average age at becoming a parent: Women- 30.7 years (2017)
3. Estimates of the number of cohabiting couples: 8% (2005)
4. Increasing age at marriage and becoming a parent. The number of cohabiting couples is also increasing (3% in 1987). This figure is low compared to other parts of the world but more recent data would be needed to make a more accurate comparison.

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1. Men 31, Women 29.6
2. Men 33.7, Women 29.2
3. Estimated in 2016 21.3% cohabitation

All factors have increased over time. Older at birth, older at marriage and higher cohabitation.

Cohabitation in 1981 was 6.3%

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1. Average age at marriage:
Men: 39.5
Women: 36.6

2. Average age at becoming a parent:
Men: 31.4
Women: 28.9

3. No estimates but has been increasing

4. Average age at marriage and becoming a parent have been slowly rising over past couple decades.

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Marriage in 2020 = M = 38.8 W = 35.9
First birth in 2020 = M = 32.9  2019 F = 31
Cohabitations in 2017 M = 27.9% F = 26%
Cohabitation increasing, marriage decreasing. People getting married and having children at an older age.

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Q1: As of 2002, 28.6 for men, 26.2 for women
Q2: As of 2011, 24.7
Q3: Couldn't find estimates of cohabitating couples, but found a sharp increase in children born outside of wedlock from 1985-2000.
Q4: Ages of marriage and becoming a parent are increasing. Increasing children born outside of wedlock.

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Average age of marriage: Male - 28, female - 27 (Changes from 2019: male = same, female = increase by 1 year)

Average age at becoming parents: 30.87 (Changes: 29.53 in 1975 to 30.87 in 2020)

Cohabitation - not recognised under law in Malaysia. Children born to cohabiting couples are considered illegitimate, however, the couple may adopt the child under the Adoption Act.

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Average age at marriage: men: 37 years; women: 33 years (2019). Up from 36 and 31 respectively in 2015.
1st child: women: 27.72 years in 2020. Was 30.33 years in 1975.  Over 60% registered births in 2020 had no data on father.
Cohabitation is higher among Black Africans than white (no data found)

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1. 34.6 years
2. 29.2 years
3. 1.2 million households
4. marriage age increased, parenting age increased, not able to find trends regarding cohabiting

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Q1. The average age at marriage for males is 33.35 and for females is 31.08 in 2021.
Q2. The average age at becoming at parent is 32.8 in 2021.
Q3. In 2018, 28.2% of the entire population is in favour of cohabitation. (20.3% in 2010.)
Q4. The average age of marriage and becoming parents is all increasing.

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The average age at marriage in 2020 was 32.3 for men, 30.3 for women. The figures were 31.8 and 29.2 back in 2010.
The average age of becoming a parent in 2020 is 34.6 for men and 31 for women. The figures were 33.7 and 29.6 back in 2010.
The estimate proportion of cohabitations (not married but living together) was 4.3% in 2010.
They all have increased gradually.

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Average age at first marriage: 29 (in 1950 was 21.5, age has steadily increased since 1975)
Average age of becoming a parent: mothers- 26.3 years in 2014 vs 24.9 yrs in 2000. Varies widely by geography & education
Currently more people have ever cohabited (59%) than ever married (50%), in 2002 was the opposite