[
  {
    "claimId": "marriages_total_2025",
    "topic": "marriages",
    "period": "2025",
    "metric": "Registered marriages",
    "value": 115900,
    "unit": "marriages",
    "geography": "Kazakhstan",
    "sourceName": "The Astana Times / Bureau of National Statistics",
    "sourceUrl": "https://astanatimes.com/2026/03/astana-leads-marriage-rates-as-kazakhstan-registers-115900-marriages-in-2025/",
    "notes": "Kazakhstan registered 115,900 marriages in 2025."
  },
  {
    "claimId": "marriage_rate_2025",
    "topic": "marriages",
    "period": "2025",
    "metric": "Marriage rate",
    "value": 5.69,
    "unit": "per 1000 people",
    "geography": "Kazakhstan",
    "sourceName": "The Astana Times / Bureau of National Statistics",
    "sourceUrl": "https://astanatimes.com/2026/03/astana-leads-marriage-rates-as-kazakhstan-registers-115900-marriages-in-2025/",
    "notes": "Overall marriage rate in 2025."
  },
  {
    "claimId": "astana_marriage_rate_2025",
    "topic": "regions",
    "period": "2025",
    "metric": "Marriage rate",
    "value": 6.75,
    "unit": "per 1000 people",
    "geography": "Astana",
    "sourceName": "The Astana Times / Bureau of National Statistics",
    "sourceUrl": "https://astanatimes.com/2026/03/astana-leads-marriage-rates-as-kazakhstan-registers-115900-marriages-in-2025/",
    "notes": "Astana recorded the highest marriage rate in the country."
  },
  {
    "claimId": "karagandy_marriage_rate_2025",
    "topic": "regions",
    "period": "2025",
    "metric": "Marriage rate",
    "value": 6.32,
    "unit": "per 1000 people",
    "geography": "Karagandy Region",
    "sourceName": "The Astana Times / Bureau of National Statistics",
    "sourceUrl": "https://astanatimes.com/2026/03/astana-leads-marriage-rates-as-kazakhstan-registers-115900-marriages-in-2025/",
    "notes": "Second-highest cited regional marriage rate."
  },
  {
    "claimId": "east_kazakhstan_marriage_rate_2025",
    "topic": "regions",
    "period": "2025",
    "metric": "Marriage rate",
    "value": 6.27,
    "unit": "per 1000 people",
    "geography": "East Kazakhstan Region",
    "sourceName": "The Astana Times / Bureau of National Statistics",
    "sourceUrl": "https://astanatimes.com/2026/03/astana-leads-marriage-rates-as-kazakhstan-registers-115900-marriages-in-2025/",
    "notes": "Third-highest cited regional marriage rate."
  },
  {
    "claimId": "kyzylorda_marriage_rate_2025",
    "topic": "regions",
    "period": "2025",
    "metric": "Marriage rate",
    "value": 5.06,
    "unit": "per 1000 people",
    "geography": "Kyzylorda Region",
    "sourceName": "The Astana Times / Bureau of National Statistics",
    "sourceUrl": "https://astanatimes.com/2026/03/astana-leads-marriage-rates-as-kazakhstan-registers-115900-marriages-in-2025/",
    "notes": "Lowest cited regional marriage rate."
  },
  {
    "claimId": "urban_marriages_2025",
    "topic": "marriages",
    "period": "2025",
    "metric": "Urban registered marriages",
    "value": 78900,
    "unit": "marriages",
    "geography": "Kazakhstan",
    "sourceName": "The Astana Times / Bureau of National Statistics",
    "sourceUrl": "https://astanatimes.com/2026/03/astana-leads-marriage-rates-as-kazakhstan-registers-115900-marriages-in-2025/",
    "notes": "Urban registrations accounted for 68.1%."
  },
  {
    "claimId": "urban_marriages_share_2025",
    "topic": "marriages",
    "period": "2025",
    "metric": "Urban share of registered marriages",
    "value": 68.1,
    "unit": "percent",
    "geography": "Kazakhstan",
    "sourceName": "The Astana Times / Bureau of National Statistics",
    "sourceUrl": "https://astanatimes.com/2026/03/astana-leads-marriage-rates-as-kazakhstan-registers-115900-marriages-in-2025/",
    "notes": "Share of marriages registered in urban areas."
  },
  {
    "claimId": "rural_marriages_2025",
    "topic": "marriages",
    "period": "2025",
    "metric": "Rural registered marriages",
    "value": 37000,
    "unit": "marriages",
    "geography": "Kazakhstan",
    "sourceName": "The Astana Times / Bureau of National Statistics",
    "sourceUrl": "https://astanatimes.com/2026/03/astana-leads-marriage-rates-as-kazakhstan-registers-115900-marriages-in-2025/",
    "notes": "Rural registrations accounted for 31.9%."
  },
  {
    "claimId": "rural_marriages_share_2025",
    "topic": "marriages",
    "period": "2025",
    "metric": "Rural share of registered marriages",
    "value": 31.9,
    "unit": "percent",
    "geography": "Kazakhstan",
    "sourceName": "The Astana Times / Bureau of National Statistics",
    "sourceUrl": "https://astanatimes.com/2026/03/astana-leads-marriage-rates-as-kazakhstan-registers-115900-marriages-in-2025/",
    "notes": "Share of marriages registered in rural areas."
  },
  {
    "claimId": "first_marriage_age_men_2025",
    "topic": "age",
    "period": "2025",
    "metric": "Average age at first marriage for men",
    "value": 27.9,
    "unit": "years",
    "geography": "Kazakhstan",
    "sourceName": "The Astana Times / Bureau of National Statistics",
    "sourceUrl": "https://astanatimes.com/2026/03/astana-leads-marriage-rates-as-kazakhstan-registers-115900-marriages-in-2025/",
    "notes": "Average male age at first marriage."
  },
  {
    "claimId": "first_marriage_age_women_2025",
    "topic": "age",
    "period": "2025",
    "metric": "Average age at first marriage for women",
    "value": 25.3,
    "unit": "years",
    "geography": "Kazakhstan",
    "sourceName": "The Astana Times / Bureau of National Statistics",
    "sourceUrl": "https://astanatimes.com/2026/03/astana-leads-marriage-rates-as-kazakhstan-registers-115900-marriages-in-2025/",
    "notes": "Average female age at first marriage."
  },
  {
    "claimId": "first_marriage_men_share_2025",
    "topic": "marriage_order",
    "period": "2025",
    "metric": "Men entering marriage for first time",
    "value": 77,
    "unit": "percent",
    "geography": "Kazakhstan",
    "sourceName": "The Astana Times / Bureau of National Statistics",
    "sourceUrl": "https://astanatimes.com/2026/03/astana-leads-marriage-rates-as-kazakhstan-registers-115900-marriages-in-2025/",
    "notes": "Share among newly married men."
  },
  {
    "claimId": "first_marriage_women_share_2025",
    "topic": "marriage_order",
    "period": "2025",
    "metric": "Women entering marriage for first time",
    "value": 78,
    "unit": "percent",
    "geography": "Kazakhstan",
    "sourceName": "The Astana Times / Bureau of National Statistics",
    "sourceUrl": "https://astanatimes.com/2026/03/astana-leads-marriage-rates-as-kazakhstan-registers-115900-marriages-in-2025/",
    "notes": "Share among newly married women."
  },
  {
    "claimId": "july_marriages_2025",
    "topic": "seasonality",
    "period": "2025",
    "metric": "July marriages",
    "value": 12955,
    "unit": "marriages",
    "geography": "Kazakhstan",
    "sourceName": "The Astana Times / Bureau of National Statistics",
    "sourceUrl": "https://astanatimes.com/2026/03/astana-leads-marriage-rates-as-kazakhstan-registers-115900-marriages-in-2025/",
    "notes": "Highest monthly number in 2025."
  },
  {
    "claimId": "august_marriages_2025",
    "topic": "seasonality",
    "period": "2025",
    "metric": "August marriages",
    "value": 12418,
    "unit": "marriages",
    "geography": "Kazakhstan",
    "sourceName": "The Astana Times / Bureau of National Statistics",
    "sourceUrl": "https://astanatimes.com/2026/03/astana-leads-marriage-rates-as-kazakhstan-registers-115900-marriages-in-2025/",
    "notes": "Second-highest monthly number in 2025."
  },
  {
    "claimId": "june_marriages_2025",
    "topic": "seasonality",
    "period": "2025",
    "metric": "June marriages",
    "value": 11848,
    "unit": "marriages",
    "geography": "Kazakhstan",
    "sourceName": "The Astana Times / Bureau of National Statistics",
    "sourceUrl": "https://astanatimes.com/2026/03/astana-leads-marriage-rates-as-kazakhstan-registers-115900-marriages-in-2025/",
    "notes": "Third-highest monthly number in 2025."
  },
  {
    "claimId": "summer_marriages_2025",
    "topic": "seasonality",
    "period": "2025",
    "metric": "June-August marriages",
    "value": 37221,
    "unit": "marriages",
    "geography": "Kazakhstan",
    "sourceName": "Vverx Flowers calculation from The Astana Times data",
    "sourceUrl": "https://astanatimes.com/2026/03/astana-leads-marriage-rates-as-kazakhstan-registers-115900-marriages-in-2025/",
    "notes": "Calculated as June 11,848 + July 12,955 + August 12,418."
  },
  {
    "claimId": "summer_marriage_share_2025",
    "topic": "seasonality",
    "period": "2025",
    "metric": "June-August share of annual marriages",
    "value": 32.1,
    "unit": "percent",
    "geography": "Kazakhstan",
    "sourceName": "Vverx Flowers calculation from The Astana Times data",
    "sourceUrl": "https://astanatimes.com/2026/03/astana-leads-marriage-rates-as-kazakhstan-registers-115900-marriages-in-2025/",
    "notes": "Calculated as 37,221 divided by 115,900."
  },
  {
    "claimId": "monoethnic_marriages_share_2025",
    "topic": "marriage_profile",
    "period": "2025",
    "metric": "Monoethnic marriages",
    "value": 80.4,
    "unit": "percent",
    "geography": "Kazakhstan",
    "sourceName": "The Astana Times / Bureau of National Statistics",
    "sourceUrl": "https://astanatimes.com/2026/03/astana-leads-marriage-rates-as-kazakhstan-registers-115900-marriages-in-2025/",
    "notes": "Share of marriages classified as monoethnic."
  },
  {
    "claimId": "interethnic_marriages_share_2025",
    "topic": "marriage_profile",
    "period": "2025",
    "metric": "Interethnic marriages",
    "value": 19.6,
    "unit": "percent",
    "geography": "Kazakhstan",
    "sourceName": "The Astana Times / Bureau of National Statistics",
    "sourceUrl": "https://astanatimes.com/2026/03/astana-leads-marriage-rates-as-kazakhstan-registers-115900-marriages-in-2025/",
    "notes": "Share of marriages classified as interethnic."
  },
  {
    "claimId": "divorces_total_2025",
    "topic": "divorces",
    "period": "2025",
    "metric": "Recorded divorces",
    "value": 45700,
    "unit": "divorces",
    "geography": "Kazakhstan",
    "sourceName": "The Astana Times / Bureau of National Statistics",
    "sourceUrl": "https://astanatimes.com/2026/03/astana-leads-marriage-rates-as-kazakhstan-registers-115900-marriages-in-2025/",
    "notes": "Total divorces recorded in 2025."
  },
  {
    "claimId": "divorce_rate_2025",
    "topic": "divorces",
    "period": "2025",
    "metric": "Divorce rate",
    "value": 2.24,
    "unit": "per 1000 people",
    "geography": "Kazakhstan",
    "sourceName": "The Astana Times / Bureau of National Statistics",
    "sourceUrl": "https://astanatimes.com/2026/03/astana-leads-marriage-rates-as-kazakhstan-registers-115900-marriages-in-2025/",
    "notes": "Overall divorce rate in 2025."
  },
  {
    "claimId": "divorces_urban_share_2025",
    "topic": "divorces",
    "period": "2025",
    "metric": "Urban share of divorces",
    "value": 74.4,
    "unit": "percent",
    "geography": "Kazakhstan",
    "sourceName": "The Astana Times / Bureau of National Statistics",
    "sourceUrl": "https://astanatimes.com/2026/03/astana-leads-marriage-rates-as-kazakhstan-registers-115900-marriages-in-2025/",
    "notes": "Share of divorces occurring in urban areas."
  },
  {
    "claimId": "divorces_one_to_four_years_2025",
    "topic": "divorces",
    "period": "2025",
    "metric": "Divorces among marriages lasting 1-4 years",
    "value": 35,
    "unit": "percent",
    "geography": "Kazakhstan",
    "sourceName": "The Astana Times / Bureau of National Statistics",
    "sourceUrl": "https://astanatimes.com/2026/03/astana-leads-marriage-rates-as-kazakhstan-registers-115900-marriages-in-2025/",
    "notes": "Largest cited divorce-duration segment."
  },
  {
    "claimId": "avg_august_marriages_2015_2024",
    "topic": "seasonality",
    "period": "2015-2024",
    "metric": "Average August marriages",
    "value": 14900,
    "unit": "marriages",
    "geography": "Kazakhstan",
    "sourceName": "Qazinform / Bureau of National Statistics",
    "sourceUrl": "https://qazinform.com/news/more-couples-marry-in-august-than-any-other-month-in-kazakhstan-statistics-show-5f440b",
    "notes": "Average August marriages over 2015-2024."
  },
  {
    "claimId": "august_marriages_peak_2016",
    "topic": "seasonality",
    "period": "2016",
    "metric": "Peak August marriages",
    "value": 16900,
    "unit": "marriages",
    "geography": "Kazakhstan",
    "sourceName": "Qazinform / Bureau of National Statistics",
    "sourceUrl": "https://qazinform.com/news/more-couples-marry-in-august-than-any-other-month-in-kazakhstan-statistics-show-5f440b",
    "notes": "Highest August figure cited for the 2015-2024 period."
  },
  {
    "claimId": "june_marriages_2024",
    "topic": "seasonality",
    "period": "2024",
    "metric": "June marriages",
    "value": 11600,
    "unit": "marriages",
    "geography": "Kazakhstan",
    "sourceName": "Qazinform / Bureau of National Statistics",
    "sourceUrl": "https://qazinform.com/news/more-couples-marry-in-august-than-any-other-month-in-kazakhstan-statistics-show-5f440b",
    "notes": "June overtook September in recent years."
  },
  {
    "claimId": "september_marriages_2024",
    "topic": "seasonality",
    "period": "2024",
    "metric": "September marriages",
    "value": 10800,
    "unit": "marriages",
    "geography": "Kazakhstan",
    "sourceName": "Qazinform / Bureau of National Statistics",
    "sourceUrl": "https://qazinform.com/news/more-couples-marry-in-august-than-any-other-month-in-kazakhstan-statistics-show-5f440b",
    "notes": "Comparison month for June 2024."
  },
  {
    "claimId": "lowest_month_april_2020",
    "topic": "seasonality",
    "period": "2020",
    "metric": "Lowest monthly marriages in decade",
    "value": 3800,
    "unit": "marriages",
    "geography": "Kazakhstan",
    "sourceName": "Qazinform / Bureau of National Statistics",
    "sourceUrl": "https://qazinform.com/news/more-couples-marry-in-august-than-any-other-month-in-kazakhstan-statistics-show-5f440b",
    "notes": "Pandemic low in April 2020."
  },
  {
    "claimId": "ceremony_debt_risk_2024",
    "topic": "wedding_cost_attitudes",
    "period": "2024",
    "metric": "Households unable to afford ceremonies without debt",
    "value": 34,
    "unit": "percent",
    "geography": "Kazakhstan",
    "sourceName": "The Astana Times / Bureau of National Statistics / KIPD",
    "sourceUrl": "https://astanatimes.com/2025/01/kazakh-families-uphold-marriage-traditions-as-costly-weddings-lose-appeal-survey-finds/",
    "notes": "BNS household survey cited in Astana Times article."
  },
  {
    "claimId": "lavish_wedding_credit_support_2024",
    "topic": "wedding_cost_attitudes",
    "period": "2024",
    "metric": "Positive attitude toward lavish weddings on credit",
    "value": 35.7,
    "unit": "percent",
    "geography": "Kazakhstan",
    "sourceName": "The Astana Times / KIPD",
    "sourceUrl": "https://astanatimes.com/2025/01/kazakh-families-uphold-marriage-traditions-as-costly-weddings-lose-appeal-survey-finds/",
    "notes": "KIPD report cited by Astana Times."
  },
  {
    "claimId": "lavish_wedding_credit_opposition_2024",
    "topic": "wedding_cost_attitudes",
    "period": "2024",
    "metric": "Oppose lavish weddings on credit",
    "value": 60,
    "unit": "percent",
    "geography": "Kazakhstan",
    "sourceName": "The Astana Times / KIPD",
    "sourceUrl": "https://astanatimes.com/2025/01/kazakh-families-uphold-marriage-traditions-as-costly-weddings-lose-appeal-survey-finds/",
    "notes": "Reported as over 60%; value stored as lower-bound 60."
  }
]