TABLE 12. DISTRIBUTION OF RESPONDENTS ACCORDING TO AGE WHEN MARRIED AGE GROUP 1 2 3 4 5 TUMAGA SAN ROQUE (f =25) STA MARIA (f =17) MERCEDES PASONANCA TOTAL (f =12) (f =7) (f =89) (f =28) 41-60 31-40 18-30 17younger TOTAL % f 4 6 2 16 % 14.3 21.4 7.2 57.1 f 0 0 13 12 % 0 0 52 48 f 0 2 11 4 % 0 11.8 64.7 23.5 f 0 0 8 4 % 0 0 66.7 33.3 f 0 0 3 4 % 0 0 42.9 57.1 4 8 37 40 4.5 9 41.6 44.9 28 100 25 100 17 100 12 100 7 100 89 100 Table 12 shows the distribution of respondents according to age when they entered into marital relationship or into the common-law partnership. Data reveals that forty (40) or forty-four point nine percent (44.9%) entered into marriage when they were aged 17 or younger, thirty-seven (37) or forty-one point six percent (41.6%) were aged between 18 and 30 then, eight (8) or nine percent (9%) were aged between 31 and 40 when they wed, and four (4) or four point five percent (4.5%) were aged 41 or even older on the day they officially tied the knot. This means the survivors got into the relationship, living as husbands and wives when they were still minors. The United Nations have cited that marriages with minors are in themselves violence against women even when they had consent because they have not yet atained the age of majority. Philippine laws likewise specify eighteen (18) to be the age of majority. 81