Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Interesting Facts About Engagement Trends

Shane McMurray found that in just 5 years the average engagement length has gone from 18 months to 15 months.  See graphs below.







Another interesting fact: during the recession there was a change in popular engagement months. More couples get engaged in July and August than in previous years. See table below.




2005-2006
2007-2008
2009-2010
Jan
8.54%
9.03%
6.80%
Feb
8.83%
11.34%
7.00%
Mar
6.05%
8.88%
4.63%
Apr
7.53%
7.03%
5.42%
May
7.35%
5.44%
6.45%
Jun
7.94%
5.13%
6.48%
Jul
8.54%
6.41%
11.16%
Aug
8.36%
8.11%
10.23%
Sep
7.41%
9.85%
8.93%
Oct
6.11%
9.03%
9.53%
Nov
4.51%
5.18%
7.38%
Dec
18.85%
14.57%
16.00%
Source/s: Proprietary survey samples collected from 2005 to 2010




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