Marriages and Divorces 2016

South Africa, 2016

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ZAF_2016_MD_v01_M

Producer(s)

Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Oct 19, 2020

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Main grounds for divorce (GroundsForDivorce)

Data file: md-2016-divorces-v1

Overview

Valid: 25326

Invalid: -

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 42

End: 42

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Adultery	2383	9.4%
2	Abuse	1266	5%
3	Childlessness	8	0%
4	Desertion	1656	6.5%
5	Financial difficulties	531	2.1%
6	Medical Insanity	15	0.1%
7	Imprisonment	37	0.1%
8	Other (Specify)	0	0%
9	Unspecified	19430	76.7%

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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