Marriages and Divorces 2024

South Africa, 2024

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zaf-statssa-md-2024-v1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25828/nbz2-1504

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Statistics South Africa

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Civil Registration Data

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May 08, 2026

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May 13, 2026

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Month of marriage (MarriageMonth)

Data file: md-2024-civil-marriage-v1

Overview

Valid: 97510

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 12

Mean: 6.9466311147575

Standard deviation: 3.5262537077802

Type: Discrete

Width: 16

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	January	5950	6.1%
2	February	7387	7.6%
3	March	8780	9%
4	April	8144	8.4%
5	May	7225	7.4%
6	June	6842	7%
7	July	6644	6.8%
8	August	7437	7.6%
9	September	8884	9.1%
10	October	9047	9.3%
11	November	9921	10.2%
12	December	11249	11.5%

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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