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International Day of Families is celebrated annually worldwide on May 15.
In 2023, 6,249 marriages were registered in the Vitebsk region, of which 5,057 were concluded in urban areas and 1,192 in rural areas. The average age of marriage was 29.1 years for men and 26.9 years for women.
Interestingly, last year, 6,001 Belarusian male citizens and 6,074 Belarusian female citizens formed families in the region, as well as 133 men and 123 women who are citizens of the Russian Federation. In addition, 115 foreign male citizens and 52 foreign female citizens also entered into marriage.
Strengthening the family unit is supported by housing provision. Last year, 531 young families received housing, and 868 large families became owners of their own homes.
Data from the 2019 population census shows that 316,364 families live in the Vitebsk region. The majority of families consist of two people (52.1%), followed by families of three (26.8%), four (14.9%), and families with five or more members (6.2%).
Interestingly, 129,000 families have children under 18 years of age. The majority of them (61.7%) raise one child, 30.9% raise two children, 6.0% raise three children, and 1.1% and 0.3% of families have four and five or more children, respectively.
The region is also home to 88.9 thousand married couples without children, 92.8 thousand with children, 24.9 thousand with and without children, 64.7 thousand single mothers, 6.3 thousand families where mothers raise children with parents, 12 thousand single fathers, and other family structures.