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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 1 Average number of marriages per day of the week, Italy and its macro-areas, 2007-2009

From: Superstitions, religiosity and secularization: an analysis of the periodic oscillations of weddings in Italy

 

Ita.

N. W.

N. E.

C.

S.

Isl.

 

N j

I j

N j

I j

N j

I j

N j

I j

N j

I j

N j

I j

A. Civil marriages

            

 Sunday

118.6

49.4

27.6

37.7

6.5

19.7

66.8

89.4

13.3

36.0

4.4

20.0

 Monday

145.9

60.8

44.4

60.7

13.9

41.8

35.3

47.2

36.7

99.3

15.6

71.0

 Tuesday

87.9

36.6

22.9

31.4

11.0

33.1

16.4

22.0

20.5

55.6

17.0

77.3

 Wednesday

126.3

52.6

24.0

32.8

13.0

39.3

39.0

52.1

30.5

82.5

19.9

90.5

 Thursday

242.5

101.1

62.4

85.4

21.3

64.3

61.6

82.4

68.8

186.4

28.4

129.0

 Friday

141.7

59.1

42.6

58.3

18.2

55.0

37.5

50.1

25.6

69.2

17.8

81.0

 Saturday

819.1

341.4

288.8

395.0

148.7

448.2

267.7

358.1

63.1

170.8

50.9

231.4

 Total

240.0

100.0

73.1

100.0

33.2

100.0

74.8

100.0

36.9

100.0

22.0

100.0

B. Religious marriages

 Sunday

398.3

94.0

82.4

101.5

32.0

84.3

156.4

170.5

101.5

67.6

26.0

41.4

 Monday

183.3

43.3

22.7

27.9

3.3

8.7

18.8

20.5

110.0

73.2

28.6

45.6

 Tuesday

90.9

21.4

7.1

8.7

1.9

5.0

6.6

7.2

44.6

29.7

30.7

48.9

 Wednesday

162.8

38.4

11.3

14.0

1.7

4.4

10.8

11.8

92.2

61.4

46.8

74.6

 Thursday

240.6

56.8

22.3

27.5

2.2

5.8

19.9

21.7

144.2

96.0

52.0

82.8

 Friday

200.2

47.2

38.2

47.1

3.9

10.4

22.5

24.5

86.9

57.8

48.6

77.5

 Saturday

1697.8

400.5

386.3

475.5

221.3

583.8

409.1

446.0

473.8

315.3

207.3

330.2

 Total

423.9

100.0

81.2

100.0

37.9

100.0

91.7

100.0

150.3

100.0

62.8

100.0

  1. Source: our elaborations on “Rilevazione annuale dei matrimoni da fonti di stato civile, 2007–2009”