Marriages and Divorces 2024

South Africa, 2024

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Reference ID

zaf-statssa-md-2024-v1

DOI

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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Sex of plaintiff (PlaintiffSex)

Data file: md-2024-divorces-v1

Overview

Valid: 24202

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Mean: 2.0823485662342

Standard deviation: 1.712254657475

Type: Discrete

Width: 16

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	1. Male	7976	33%
2	2. Female	13853	57.2%
3	3. Both	1107	4.6%
9	9. Unspecified	1266	5.2%

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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