The  4  Age at marriage and at birth of child declined, fertility within marriage declined, though not to the low levels to which other European countries have reached.
The low growth in real gross fixed capital formation, which had moderated from an annualised 4.3 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2012 to 2.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2013, is seen as one of the factors that underlie the weak economic growth outlook.