Vital Statistics: Marriages Married couples . National data Married couples of different sex by Educational level of the wife and age of the wife. Units: Married couples All ages Under 15 years 15 years 16 years 17 years 18 years 19 years 20 years 21 years 22 years 23 years 24 years 25 years 26 years 27 years 28 years 29 years 30 years 31 years 32 years 33 years 34 years 35 years 36 years 37 years 38 years 39 years 40 years 41 years 42 years 43 years 44 years 45 years 46 years 47 years 48 years 49 years 50 years 51 years 52 years 53 years 54 years 55 years 56 years 57 years 58 years 59 years 60 years and over Total of the wife 194,022 .. 6 55 114 589 983 1,544 2,375 3,530 5,277 7,598 10,315 13,111 15,614 16,664 16,208 15,210 13,482 11,525 9,443 7,606 6,358 5,186 4,126 3,416 2,863 2,563 2,157 1,840 1,635 1,535 1,334 1,162 1,060 986 859 791 647 615 530 442 371 291 288 243 225 1,250 Cannot read or write 259 .. .. .. .. 1 1 4 5 7 15 15 9 13 11 9 13 12 9 4 11 11 6 6 3 5 9 3 3 3 6 4 4 .. 2 5 7 4 3 2 2 2 4 2 .. 4 3 17 Can read and write, but went to school for less than 5 years 1,435 .. .. 3 8 15 24 23 30 47 42 46 68 51 52 46 58 55 47 54 38 37 34 33 50 29 25 34 28 22 30 16 31 23 19 32 21 20 22 11 17 13 9 16 16 8 12 120 Went to school for 5 years or more, without completing GBE, OSE or Elementary Post-Secondary Education 9,526 .. 3 25 43 166 227 288 355 432 498 496 488 467 491 442 403 408 340 334 280 273 256 207 211 171 165 162 153 146 142 108 103 136 110 120 105 84 69 72 64 55 58 40 39 28 45 218 Completed Elementary Post-Secondary Education, GBE or OSE (School Graduate) 29,231 .. .. 11 22 155 247 422 628 870 1,256 1,683 1,948 2,274 2,303 1,999 1,783 1,638 1,376 1,164 1,091 934 842 734 628 505 504 474 436 360 314 330 283 232 235 207 185 181 127 126 115 99 78 60 74 49 32 217 Advanced Post-Secondary Education, BUP (General Upper Secondary Education Certificate), LOGSE Post-Secondary Education, COU (Post-secondary non-higher education), PREU (Pre-University Course) 17,669 .. .. .. 4 46 82 146 210 335 469 670 864 1,169 1,328 1,361 1,320 1,261 1,157 1,023 834 721 595 519 424 392 320 323 245 214 190 207 152 158 118 107 104 85 98 80 56 47 39 27 29 22 17 101 VTI (Vocational Training), Intermediate VT, Industrial technical training or the equivalent 11,492 .. .. .. .. 20 51 98 191 337 472 676 897 883 977 1,007 878 781 628 551 464 359 305 266 212 184 185 151 129 101 90 79 93 70 50 55 33 42 20 22 25 20 14 13 9 10 6 38 VTII (Vocational Training), Advanced VT, Industrial Mastery or the equivalent 13,349 .. .. .. 1 5 8 30 78 158 270 489 782 1,039 1,199 1,369 1,267 1,176 1,051 876 747 562 434 334 270 207 140 160 108 107 87 72 48 56 42 30 23 16 15 10 19 8 5 .. 7 13 6 25 Diploma, Technical Architecture or Engineering 21,117 .. .. .. .. 4 11 24 53 116 253 539 938 1,503 1,941 2,246 2,231 2,137 1,821 1,542 1,160 903 744 553 402 339 233 194 183 141 112 107 96 65 73 72 50 56 32 37 42 29 23 10 17 15 18 52 Architecture, Engineering, University degree or the equivalent 20,493 .. .. .. 3 2 1 3 13 34 105 244 535 908 1,581 1,959 2,256 2,118 2,093 1,817 1,439 1,106 890 680 527 417 315 240 172 155 134 116 99 71 63 66 58 42 35 50 24 32 14 18 11 9 9 29 Doctorate 1,185 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 4 3 5 19 30 60 95 115 120 101 102 83 75 60 40 38 39 31 22 13 13 14 15 12 4 12 7 7 10 6 4 6 3 2 .. 2 4 1 6 No data recorded 68,266 .. 3 16 33 175 331 506 810 1,190 1,894 2,735 3,767 4,774 5,671 6,131 5,884 5,504 4,859 4,058 3,296 2,625 2,192 1,814 1,361 1,128 936 800 687 578 516 481 413 347 336 285 266 251 220 201 160 134 125 105 84 81 76 427 Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute