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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May 08, 2026

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May 13, 2026

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Occupation of wife (FemaleOccupation)

Data file: md-2024-divorces-v1

Overview

Valid: 24202

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 99

Mean: 37.678373688125

Standard deviation: 46.848163264483

Type: Discrete

Width: 60

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
0	0. Unemployed	4485	18.5%
1	1. Professional, semi-professional and technical occupations	3934	16.3%
2	2. Managers and administrators	2044	8.4%
3	3. Clerical and sales occupations	1922	7.9%
4	4. Transport, delivery and communications	87	0.4%
5	5. Service occupations	2302	9.5%
6	6. Farming and related occupations	27	0.1%
7	7. Artisans, apprentice and related occupations	207	0.9%
8	8. Production foreman, mine and quarry workers	281	1.2%
99	99. Unspecified	8913	36.8%

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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