As a consequence there would be changes in the world age structure, with an overall ageing of the world population.

(b) The age structures of families are changing.

In addition, the 1999 Report on World Population Monitoring will contain a chapter on population structure, which will include sections on changing population age structures and socio economic aspects of changing age structures.

The age structure of the population in the year 1991 was of a border static regression type, with a narrow peaked pyramid.

According to the same source, the current age structure of the BiH population resembles to the one from 1991.

Most women presently get married at the age between 20 24, and most men get married at the age between 25 29.

The Population Division is planning to convene an expert meeting on the social and economic implications of changing population age structures during 2005.

Ten years ago, they certainly would have been married.

Since Samoans were getting married at an older age, the Government should consider amending the marriage age to bring it in line with the Convention.

462. The age structure varies according to place of residence, with a greater concentration of infants in rural areas than urban ones.

It suggested that, for its fortieth session in 2007, the Commission consider as a special theme The changing age structure of populations and development .

(b) The differential minimum age of marriage of women and men

In the Personal Status (Muslims) Act, the marriageable age is specified in article 16, as follows The age of eligibility for marriage is 18 years in the case of young men and 17 years in the case of young women.

The report stated that the age for marriage was 15 for girls and 18 for boys, while the age of majority in the country was 21, and that efforts were being made to align the marriagable age for both sexes at 18.

Men and women of marriageable age have the right to enter freely into marriage.

Ms. Gnacadja stressed the need to adopt legislation to raise the minimum age for marriage for both boys and girls and to ensure that that age was the same for either sex.

The evolution of the population structure can be summarized in three great groups of ages the group of the young (0 14 years), the group of the potentially active or adult ones (15 59), and the group of the aged ones (60 and more years).

Similarly, the low age of marriage for girls, which is different from that for boys, is, in the Committee apos s view, also incompatible with the principles and provisions of the Convention.

Currently, the minimum age was 21 for voting, 18 and 16 for marriage, and 16 for criminal responsibility.

The age of both men and women who get married today is increasing.

According to the age structure, women are heads of households in their older age, i.e. 28.75 are women at the age of 70 and more.

Two themes were considered for 2007 (a) the changing age structure of populations and development and (b) urbanization and development.

The Federal Government does not have any concrete figures on the number and age structure of the children engaged in paid employment.

The State party should raise the minimum age of marriage and ensure that it is respected in practice.

According to the same source, the current age structure of Bosnia and Herzegovina's population remains at the 1991 level.

The growth potential inherent in the age structure explains why, despite a reduction in fertility in Peru, 600,000 people are born every year.

One example is the difference in marriageable age.

to attempt to estimate the number of people inhabiting the settlements observed, including their age, gender and family structure

Furthermore, the Committee recommends that the State party review its legislation on the age of marriage for girls in the light of the principles and provisions of the Convention, notably those of its articles 2, 3 and 24, with a view to raising it and ensuring the same age for girls and boys.

The age of 21 was the legal age for both civil majority and marriage for both men and women.

The age of marriage was 18, but marriage could, exceptionally, be allowed for persons as young as 16 subject to the assessment of their maturity and background.

Most women get married at the age between 25 29.

The Committee is concerned that the age of criminal responsibility is still fixed at seven years, and that marriageable age is defined as the onset of puberty.

25. Despite the decrease in fertility mentioned earlier, the age structure of the Peruvian population will continue to be relatively young for several more years, and the number of minors will continue to increase.

He claims that that constitutes discrimination based on age.

Despite this decrease, the total population is continuing to increase, considering that relatively speaking the increase between the 1981 and the 1993 census was 27.5 per cent, owing to the age structure of the population, which has a preponderance of younger age groups.

4. Urges States to enact and strictly enforce laws to ensure that marriage is entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses, to enact and strictly enforce laws concerning the minimum legal age of consent and the minimum age for marriage and to raise the minimum age for marriage where necessary

Another noticeable trend is the ascent in the age of women bearing children, mostly due to the rise in the age of marriage.

The age structure of BiH population from 1991 was borderline stationary regressive , with an insignificantly narrowed demographic pyramid.

b) men and women are protected by the minimum age requirement for marriage

The marriage age in Benin was 18 for both girls and boys.

It recommends that the State party take into account international standards for the age of majority in its current review of the minimum marriageable age for men and women.

From the population structure point of view, a large influx of immigrants means that the ratio of working age population aged 15 to 39 years old gradually expanded.

In analyzing the age sex makeup of HIV infected individuals, one should note that of the total number of individuals infected, women account for 19.3 . In the age structure of HIV infected women, the 20 29 age group predominates (57.4 ). sic

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