Marriages and Divorces 2019

South Africa, 2019

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zaf-statssa-md-2019-v1

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Statistics South Africa

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Apr 13, 2021

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Apr 13, 2021

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Main grounds for divorce (GroundsForDivorce)

Data file: md-2019-divorces-v1

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Valid: 23710

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 22

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	Adultery	3531	14.9%
2	Abuse	1923	8.1%
3	Childlessness	10	0%
4	Desertion	2350	9.9%
5	Financial difficulties	668	2.8%
6	Medical Insanity	13	0.1%
7	Imprisonment	42	0.2%
8	Other (Specify)	0	0%
9	Unspecified	15173	64%

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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