A total number of 2,744 marriages were registered in SOCCSKSARGEN Region in the first quarter of 2020. About 28.52 percent decreased from 3,839 marriages in the first quarter of 2019. The biggest decrease was noted in Sultan Kudarat Province from 613 to 240 marriages (-60.85 percent), followed by Cotabato and South Cotabato with 612 and 1,356 registered marriages or about 47.24 & 16.86 percent decreased, respectively.