Marriages and Divorces 2015

South Africa, 2015

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zaf-statssa-md-2015-v1

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Statistics South Africa

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Aug 04, 2020

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Aug 11, 2020

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Age difference between bridegroom and bride (AgeDiff)

Data file: md-2015-customary-marriages-v1

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Valid: 3467

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 41

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
0	Spouses same age	189	5.5%
1	Bridegroom older	2940	84.8%
2	Bridegroom younger	335	9.7%
9	Either bridegroom or bride age is missing	3	0.1%

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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