The number of weddings in Italy fell 6% in the two years from 2009 to 2010, Istat said Wednesday.

The decline was a marked increase on the 1.2% average drop seen over the last 20 years, the statistics agency noted.

Lazio, the region around Rome, saw a 9.4% fall while Lombardy, the region around Milan, had an 8% decrease.
Weddings in Tuscany were 6.7% down and those in Piedmont, the region around Turin, and Campania, the region around Naples, were both 6.4% down.

Istat said more young adults were living together without getting married and more of them were finding it hard to get jobs and homes.

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