According to MOI statistics, the average age for a first marriage in Taiwan in 2007 was 31.0 for men and 28.1 for women. The figures also show that only some 131,000 couples married in 2007, 22 % fewer than the 168,000 who married in 1997.
根據內政部統計處資料顯示，2007 年我國平均初婚年齡為男性 31.0 歲、女性 28.1 歲，實際結婚對數則僅十三萬一千多對，較 1997 年的十六萬八千多對，短少了將近 22 % 的比例。