Marriages and Divorces 2022

South Africa, 2022

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zaf-statssa-md-2022-v1

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Statistics South Africa

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Mar 15, 2024

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Mar 15, 2024

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Main grounds for divorce (GroundsForDivorce)

Data file: md-2022-divorces-v1

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Valid: 1000

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 25

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	1. Adultery	164	16.4%
2	2. Abuse	95	9.5%
3	3. Childlessness	1	0.1%
4	4. Desertion	107	10.7%
5	5. Financial difficulties	37	3.7%
6	6. Medical Insanity	1	0.1%
7	7. Imprisonment	0	0%
9	9. Unspecified	595	59.5%

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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