Majority of widowed and more than half of Filipinos who were separated, divorced, or annulled nationwide were women, according to the latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
MAJORITY of widowed and more than half of Filipinos who were separated, divorced, or annulled nationwide were women, according to the latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority .
“The proportion of persons reported as widowed was higher among females than males across all age groups. The same trend was observed among individuals who were divorced/separated/annulled,” PSA said. This was followed by women aged 80 years and over with 440,611 widowers and 60 to 64 years old comprising 425,067 of the total number of widowers.
There were 14,680 women who were separated, divorced, and annulled before reaching 20 years old while 5,778 women were separated, divorced, and annulled at 80 years old and over.
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