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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Population group of wife (FemaleRace)

Data file: md-2024-divorces-v1

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Valid: 24202

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Mean: 2.1129245516899

Standard deviation: 1.689314049972

Type: Discrete

Width: 16

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	1. Black African	13546	56%
2	2. Coloured	3719	15.4%
3	3. Indian/Asian	1077	4.5%
4	4. White	5158	21.3%
5	5. Other	7	0%
9	9. Unspecified	695	2.9%

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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