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Source: 2015 Births, Deaths and other Vital Events - Preliminary Annual Figures
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Marriages and civil partnershipsScotland 2015
The latest data from NRS shows statistics onregistered marriages and civil partnerships in Scotland in 2015
In 2015 marriages increased
42,500in 1971
29,691in 2015
by 2% from 2014
Since 1971 marriages decreased by 30%
84
64
2005Civil Partnership Act 2004came into force
2014Marriage andCivil Partnership(Scotland) Act 2014came into force
1,047
29,691 Marriages
6% were same-sex marriages
94 %
Oppositesex
Samesex
6
%
1,671 Same-sex marriages
More than half of same-sex marriages were couples inprevious civil partnerships
42 %
58 %
Males
Females
44 %
56 %
Newmarriages
Change fromcivil partnership
Female same-sex marriages were more frequent thanmale same-sex marriages
decreased in 2015
partnerships was stable until 2014 but
After a peak in 2006 the number of civil