Marriages and Divorces 2016

South Africa, 2016

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Reference ID

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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Age difference between bridegroom and bride (AgeDiff)

Data file: md-2016-customary-marriages-v1

Overview

Valid: 3978

Invalid: -

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 17

End: 17

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	Spouses same age	198	5%
1	Bridegroom older	3411	85.7%
2	Bridegroom younger	357	9%
9	Either bridegroom or bride age is missing	12	0.3%

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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