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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May 08, 2026

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May 13, 2026

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Month of divorce (DivorceMonth)

Data file: md-2024-divorces-v1

Overview

Valid: 24202

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 12

Mean: 6.5764399636394

Standard deviation: 3.1580352250532

Type: Discrete

Width: 15

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	1. January	1015	4.2%
2	2. February	2102	8.7%
3	3. March	1936	8%
4	4. April	2245	9.3%
5	5. May	2512	10.4%
6	6. June	1854	7.7%
7	7. July	2385	9.9%
8	8. August	2509	10.4%
9	9. September	2133	8.8%
10	10. October	2165	8.9%
11	11. November	2294	9.5%
12	12. December	1052	4.3%
99	99. Unspecified	0

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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