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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Statistics South Africa

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Civil Registration Data

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May 08, 2026

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May 13, 2026

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Main grounds for divorce (GroundsForDivorce)

Data file: md-2024-divorces-v1

Overview

Valid: 24202

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Mean: 6.3765804478969

Standard deviation: 3.3967917994872

Type: Discrete

Width: 22

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	Adultery	4527	18.7%
2	Abuse	1697	7%
3	Childlessness	23	0.1%
4	Desertion	2257	9.3%
5	Financial difficulties	959	4%
6	Medical Insanity	16	0.1%
7	Imprisonment	45	0.2%
9	Unspecified	14678	60.6%

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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