Marriages and Divorces 2024

South Africa, 2024

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zaf-statssa-md-2024-v1

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

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Statistics South Africa

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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-union-v1

Overview

Valid: 2229

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 12

Mean: 6.7572902646927

Standard deviation: 3.4762398194608

Type: Discrete

Width: 16

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	January	126	5.7%
2	February	185	8.3%
3	March	246	11%
4	April	180	8.1%
5	May	167	7.5%
6	June	152	6.8%
7	July	126	5.7%
8	August	189	8.5%
9	September	246	11%
10	October	182	8.2%
11	November	227	10.2%
12	December	203	9.1%

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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