DDI_ZAF_2016_MD_v01_M DataFirst 2020-08-05 NADA Version 01: This metadata was downloaded from DataFirst microdata repository website. The following two metadata information have been edited – Document and Survey ID. Marriages and Divorces 2016 MD 2016 ZAF_2016_MD_v01_M Statistics South Africa Department of Home Affairs Department of Justice and Constitutional Development Copyright 2013, Statistics South Africa NADA DataFirst Helpdesk Administrative Records, Other (ad/oth] Statistics South Africa. Marriages and Divorces 2016 [dataset]. Version 1. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa [producer], 2018. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/rt9q-fn75 Version 01: Edited, anonymised dataset for public distribution Version 1 of the Marriages and Divorces 2016 dataset was downloaded from the Statistics South Africa website on the 5 August 2020 Marriage data: In South Africa Civil Marriages are administered through the Marriage Act, 1961 (Act No. 25 of 1961) as amended, and its associated regulations. Customary marriages are governed by the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act, 1998 (Act No. 120 of 1998) which came into effect on 15 November 2000. Civil unions (relationships between same-sex couples that are legally recognized by a state authority) are covered by the Civil Union Act, 2006 (Act No. 17 of 2006) which came into operation on 30 November 2006. The South African Department of Home Affairs is responsible for the administration of marriages in South Africa, under these laws. After the ceremony of a marriage or a civil union, the marriage officer submits the data to the nearest office of the Department of Home Affairs (DHS), where the marriage / civil union details for citizens and permanent residents are recorded in the National Population Register (NPR). Statistics South Africa obtains data on marriages and civil unions from DHA through the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) for this dataset. NOTE: In customary marriages, the two spouses and their witnesses present themselves at a DHA office in order to register a customary marriage. Therefore, the province of registration is not necessarily the province of the place of usual residence of the couple since the registration of the marriage can take place in any DHA office. Divorce data: The dissolution of registered marriages and civil unions is governed by the Divorce Act, 1979 as amended, and its associated regulations (Act No.70 of 1979) and the Jurisdiction of Regional Courts Amendment Act, 2008 (Act No. 32 of 2008) as amended which came into effect on 9 August 2010. The South African Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DJCD) is responsible for managing divorces under these Acts. Statistics South Africa obtains the divorce data from the DJCD for this dataset. NOTE: The data includes divorce applications that were concluded in 2016, that is, that were finalised and issued with decrees of divorce in 2016 by DJCD. South Africa National coverage The lowest level of geographic aggregation covered by the data is province Individuals The data covers all civil marriages that were recoreded by the Department of Home Affairs and all divorce applications that were granted by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development in 2016 in South Africa. Administrative records data [adm] Marriage data covers province of registration, date and type of marriage (religious or civil) and age (and age difference) and status (e.g. single/widow/divorcee) of marital couple. Divorce data includes individual level data: Age, gender and population group, status, and occupation and number of children. Data is also collected on the marriage (date, number, type and duration, and matrimonial property system) and the divorce (date of separation and date of divorce). Other [oth] The marriage data is provided to Statistics South Africa by the South African Department of Home Affairs (DHA) from their marriage registration database based on registration forms. The divorce data is obtained by Statistic South Africa from the South African Department of Justice and Constitutional Development from administrative records on divorces granted for civil marriages by its divorce courts. Geography is problematic in this dataset as not all the data files have geographic data. The Civil Marriages and Civil Unions data files include a Province of Registration variable but the Customary Marriages data file does not. There is also no geographical data in the Divorces file. As this data file includes divorce data from only a subset of divorce courts, this lack of geographical information compromises its usability. DataFirst Statistics South Africa. Marriages and Divorces 2016 [dataset]. Version 1. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa [producer], 2018. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/rt9q-fn75 Public use files, available to all md-2016-civil-marriages-v1 Data on civil marriage 139512 9 md-2016-civil-unions-v1 Data on civil unions 1331 6 md-2016-customary-marriages-v1 Data on customary marriages 3978 6 md-2016-divorces-v1 Data on divorces 25326 24 Name of Province Name of Province Name of Province Name of Province Name of Province 139512 1 99 1 Western Cape 2 Eastern Cape 3 Northern Cape 4 Free State 5 KwaZulu-Natal 6 North West 7 Gauteng 8 Mpumalanga 9 Limpopo 97 Unknown 98 Outside RSA 99 Unspecified Month of Marriage Month of Marriage Month of Marriage Month of Marriage Month of Marriage 139512 1 12 1 January 2 February 3 March 4 April 5 May 6 June 7 July 8 August 9 September 10 October 11 November 12 December Year of Marriage Year of Marriage Year of Marriage Year of Marriage Year of Marriage 139512 2016 2016 2016 2016 Way of Solemnisation Way of Solemnisation Way of Solemnisation Way of Solemnisation Way of Solemnisation 139512 1 9 1 Religious 2 DHA 9 Unspecified Marital status of Bridegroom Marital status of Bridegroom Marital status of Bridegroom Marital status of Bridegroom Marital status of Bridegroom 139512 1 9 1 Bachelor 2 Divorcee 3 Widower 9 Unspecified Marital status of Bride Marital status of Bride Marital status of Bride Marital status of Bride Marital status of Bride 139512 1 9 1 Spinster 2 Divorcee 3 Widow 9 Unspecified Age of Bridegroom Age of Bridegroom Age of Bridegroom Age of Bridegroom Age of Bridegroom 139512 15 999 15 15 16 16 17 17 18 18 19 19 20 20 21 21 22 22 23 23 24 24 25 25 26 26 27 27 28 28 29 29 30 30 31 31 32 32 33 33 34 34 35 35 36 36 37 37 38 38 39 39 40 40 41 41 42 42 43 43 44 44 45 45 46 46 47 47 48 48 49 49 50 50 51 51 52 52 53 53 54 54 55 55 56 56 57 57 58 58 59 59 60 60 61 61 62 62 63 63 64 64 65 65 66 66 67 67 68 68 69 69 70 70 71 71 72 72 73 73 74 74 75 75 76 76 77 77 78 78 79 79 80 80 81 81 82 82 83 83 84 84 85 85 86 86 87 87 88 88 89 89 90 90 91 91 92 92 93 93 95 95 96 96 97 97 98 98 99 99 999 Unspecified Age of Bride Age of Bride Age of Bride Age of Bride Age of Bride 139512 13 98 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 18 18 19 19 20 20 21 21 22 22 23 23 24 24 25 25 26 26 27 27 28 28 29 29 30 30 31 31 32 32 33 33 34 34 35 35 36 36 37 37 38 38 39 39 40 40 41 41 42 42 43 43 44 44 45 45 46 46 47 47 48 48 49 49 50 50 51 51 52 52 53 53 54 54 55 55 56 56 57 57 58 58 59 59 60 60 61 61 62 62 63 63 64 64 65 65 66 66 67 67 68 68 69 69 70 70 71 71 72 72 73 73 74 74 75 75 76 76 77 77 78 78 79 79 80 80 81 81 82 82 83 83 84 84 85 85 86 86 87 87 88 88 89 89 92 92 94 94 95 95 98 98 Age difference between bridegroom and bride Age difference between bridegroom and bride Age difference between bridegroom and bride Age difference between bridegroom and bride Age difference between bridegroom and bride 139512 9 Spouses same age 1 Bridegroom older 2 Bridegroom younger 9 Unspecified Name of Province Name of Province Name of Province Name of Province Name of Province 1331 1 99 1 Western Cape 2 Eastern Cape 3 Northern Cape 4 Free State 5 KwaZulu-Natal 6 North West 7 Gauteng 8 Mpumalanga 9 Limpopo 98 Outside RSA 99 Unspecified Month of Registration Month of Registration Month of Registration Month of Registration Month of Registration 1331 1 12 1 January 2 February 3 March 4 April 5 May 6 June 7 July 8 August 9 September 10 October 11 November 12 December Year of Registration Year of Registration Year of Registration Year of Registration Year of Registration 1331 2016 2016 2016 2016 Age of Spouses-1 Age of Spouses-1 Age of Spouses-1 Age of Spouses-1 Age of Spouses-1 1331 20 84 20 20 21 21 22 22 23 23 24 24 25 25 26 26 27 27 28 28 29 29 30 30 31 31 32 32 33 33 34 34 35 35 36 36 37 37 38 38 39 39 40 40 41 41 42 42 43 43 44 44 45 45 46 46 47 47 48 48 49 49 50 50 51 51 52 52 53 53 54 54 55 55 56 56 57 57 58 58 59 59 60 60 61 61 62 62 63 63 64 64 65 65 66 66 67 67 68 68 69 69 70 70 71 71 72 72 74 74 75 75 76 76 77 77 78 78 84 84 Age of Spouses-2 Age of Spouses-2 Age of Spouses-2 Age of Spouses-2 Age of Spouses-2 1331 19 86 19 19 20 20 21 21 22 22 23 23 24 24 25 25 26 26 27 27 28 28 29 29 30 30 31 31 32 32 33 33 34 34 35 35 36 36 37 37 38 38 39 39 40 40 41 41 42 42 43 43 44 44 45 45 46 46 47 47 48 48 49 49 50 50 51 51 52 52 53 53 54 54 55 55 56 56 57 57 58 58 59 59 60 60 61 61 62 62 63 63 64 64 66 66 67 67 69 69 72 72 76 76 86 86 Age difference between Spouses-1 and Spouses-2 Age difference between Spouses-1 and Spouses-2 Age difference between Spouses-1 and Spouses-2 Age difference between Spouses-1 and Spouses-2 Age difference between Spouses-1 and Spouses-2 1331 2 Spouses same age 1 Spouses-1 older 2 Spouses-1 younger Name of Province Name of Province Name of Province Name of Province Name of Province 3978 1 99 1 Western Cape 2 Eastern Cape 3 Northern Cape 4 Free State 5 KwaZulu-Natal 6 North West 7 Gauteng 8 Mpumalanga 9 Limpopo 97 Unknown 98 Outside RSA 99 Unspecified Year of Marriage Year of Marriage Year of Marriage Year of Marriage Year of Marriage 3978 1934 9999 1934 1934 1947 1947 1948 1948 1950 1950 1951 1951 1952 1952 1953 1953 1954 1954 1955 1955 1956 1956 1957 1957 1958 1958 1959 1959 1960 1960 1961 1961 1962 1962 1963 1963 1964 1964 1965 1965 1966 1966 1967 1967 1968 1968 1969 1969 1970 1970 1971 1971 1972 1972 1973 1973 1974 1974 1975 1975 1976 1976 1977 1977 1978 1978 1979 1979 1980 1980 1981 1981 1982 1982 1983 1983 1984 1984 1985 1985 1986 1986 1987 1987 1988 1988 1989 1989 1990 1990 1991 1991 1992 1992 1993 1993 1994 1994 1995 1995 1996 1996 1997 1997 1998 1998 1999 1999 2000 2000 2001 2001 2002 2002 2003 2003 2004 2004 2005 2005 2006 2006 2007 2007 2008 2008 2009 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011 2012 2012 2013 2013 2014 2014 2015 2015 2016 2016 9999 Unspecified Year of Registration Year of Registration Year of Registration Year of Registration Year of Registration 3978 2016 2016 2016 2016 Age of Bridegroom Age of Bridegroom Age of Bridegroom Age of Bridegroom Age of Bridegroom 3978 14 999 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 18 18 19 19 20 20 21 21 22 22 23 23 24 24 25 25 26 26 27 27 28 28 29 29 30 30 31 31 32 32 33 33 34 34 35 35 36 36 37 37 38 38 39 39 40 40 41 41 42 42 43 43 44 44 45 45 46 46 47 47 48 48 49 49 50 50 51 51 52 52 53 53 54 54 55 55 56 56 57 57 58 58 59 59 60 60 61 61 62 62 63 63 64 64 65 65 66 66 67 67 68 68 69 69 70 70 71 71 72 72 73 73 74 74 75 75 76 76 77 77 78 78 79 79 80 80 81 81 83 83 88 88 90 90 95 95 999 Unspecified Age of Bride Age of Bride Age of Bride Age of Bride Age of Bride 3978 12 999 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 18 18 19 19 20 20 21 21 22 22 23 23 24 24 25 25 26 26 27 27 28 28 29 29 30 30 31 31 32 32 33 33 34 34 35 35 36 36 37 37 38 38 39 39 40 40 41 41 42 42 43 43 44 44 45 45 46 46 47 47 48 48 49 49 50 50 51 51 52 52 53 53 54 54 55 55 56 56 57 57 58 58 59 59 60 60 61 61 62 62 63 63 64 64 65 65 66 66 68 68 69 69 73 73 75 75 77 77 85 85 91 91 999 Unspecified Age difference between bridegroom and bride Age difference between bridegroom and bride Age difference between bridegroom and bride Age difference between bridegroom and bride Age difference between bridegroom and bride 3978 9 Spouses same age 1 Bridegroom older 2 Bridegroom younger 9 Either bridegroom or bride age is missing Name of Province Name of Province Name of Province Name of Province Name of Province 25326 1 9 1 Western Cape 2 Eastern Cape 3 Northern Cape 4 Free State 5 KwaZulu-Natal 6 North West 7 Gauteng 8 Mpumalanga 9 Limpopo Population group of husband Population group of husband Population group of husband Population group of husband Population group of husband 25326 1 9 1 Black African 2 Coloured 3 Indian/Asian 4 White 5 Other 9 Unspecified Population group of wife Population group of wife Population group of wife Population group of wife Population group of wife 25326 1 9 1 Black African 2 Coloured 3 Indian/Asian 4 White 5 Other 9 Unspecified Population group of couple Population group of couple Population group of couple Population group of couple Population group of couple 25326 1 9 1 Black African 2 Coloured 3 Indian/Asian 4 White 5 Mixed 9 Unspecified Occupation of Husband Occupation of Husband Occupation of Husband Occupation of Husband Occupation of Husband 25326 99 Not economically active 1 Professional, semi-professional and technical occupations 2 Managers and administrators 3 Clerical and sales occupations 4 Transport, delivery and communications 5 Service occupations 6 Farming and related occupations 7 Artisans, apprentice and related occupations 8 Production foreman, mine and quarry workers 99 Unspecified Occupation of wife Occupation of wife Occupation of wife Occupation of wife Occupation of wife 25326 99 Not economically active 1 Professional, semi-professional and technical occupations 2 Managers and administrators 3 Clerical and sales occupations 4 Transport, delivery and communications 5 Service occupations 6 Farming and related occupations 7 Artisans, apprentice and related occupations 8 Production foreman, mine and quarry workers 99 Unspecified Sex of plaintiff Sex of plaintiff Sex of plaintiff Sex of plaintiff Sex of plaintiff 25326 1 9 1 Male 2 Female 3 Both 9 Unspecified Marital status of husband Marital status of husband Marital status of husband Marital status of husband Marital status of husband 25326 1 9 1 Bachelor 2 Widower 3 Divorcee 9 Unspecified Marital status of wife Marital status of wife Marital status of wife Marital status of wife Marital status of wife 25326 1 9 1 Spinster 2 Widow 3 Divorcee 9 Unspecified Number of times husband married Number of times husband married Number of times husband married Number of times husband married Number of times husband married 25326 1 99 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 11 11 12 12 99 Unspecified Number of times wife married Number of times wife married Number of times wife married Number of times wife married Number of times wife married 25326 1 99 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 8 8 99 Unspecified Age of husband Age of husband Age of husband Age of husband Age of husband 25326 20 999 20 20 21 21 22 22 23 23 24 24 25 25 26 26 27 27 28 28 29 29 30 30 31 31 32 32 33 33 34 34 35 35 36 36 37 37 38 38 39 39 40 40 41 41 42 42 43 43 44 44 45 45 46 46 47 47 48 48 49 49 50 50 51 51 52 52 53 53 54 54 55 55 56 56 57 57 58 58 59 59 60 60 61 61 62 62 63 63 64 64 65 65 66 66 67 67 68 68 69 69 70 70 71 71 72 72 73 73 74 74 75 75 76 76 77 77 78 78 79 79 80 80 81 81 82 82 83 83 84 84 85 85 86 86 87 87 89 89 93 93 97 97 999 Unspecified Age of wife Age of wife Age of wife Age of wife Age of wife 25326 19 999 19 19 20 20 21 21 22 22 23 23 24 24 25 25 26 26 27 27 28 28 29 29 30 30 31 31 32 32 33 33 34 34 35 35 36 36 37 37 38 38 39 39 40 40 41 41 42 42 43 43 44 44 45 45 46 46 47 47 48 48 49 49 50 50 51 51 52 52 53 53 54 54 55 55 56 56 57 57 58 58 59 59 60 60 61 61 62 62 63 63 64 64 65 65 66 66 67 67 68 68 69 69 70 70 71 71 72 72 73 73 74 74 75 75 76 76 77 77 78 78 79 79 80 80 81 81 82 82 84 84 87 87 89 89 999 Unspecified Way of solemnisation Way of solemnisation Way of solemnisation Way of solemnisation Way of solemnisation 25326 1 9 1 Religious 2 DHA 9 Unspecified Matrimonial property system Matrimonial property system Matrimonial property system Matrimonial property system Matrimonial property system 25326 1 9 1 In community of property 2 Out of community of property 3 Out of community of property (excluding accrual system) 4 Out of community of property (including accrual system) 5 Other 9 Unspecified Month of marriage Month of marriage Month of marriage Month of marriage Month of marriage 25326 1 99 1 January 2 February 3 March 4 April 5 May 6 June 7 July 8 August 9 September 10 October 11 November 12 December 99 Unspecified Year of marriage Year of marriage Year of marriage Year of marriage Year of marriage 25326 1953 9999 1953 1955 1956 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 9999 Unspecified Number of minor children involved Number of minor children involved Number of minor children involved Number of minor children involved Number of minor children involved 25326 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Month of divorce Month of divorce Month of divorce Month of divorce Month of divorce 25326 1 12 1 January 2 February 3 March 4 April 5 May 6 June 7 July 8 August 9 September 10 October 11 November 12 December 99 Unspecified Year of divorce Year of divorce Year of divorce Year of divorce Year of divorce 25326 2016 2016 2016 Duration of marriage Duration of marriage Duration of marriage Duration of marriage Duration of marriage 25326 999 Type of marriage Type of marriage Type of marriage Type of marriage Type of marriage 25326 1 9 1 Civil marriage 2 Customary marriage 3 Civil union 9 Unspecified Involved in polygamous marriage Involved in polygamous marriage Involved in polygamous marriage Involved in polygamous marriage Involved in polygamous marriage 25326 1 9 1 Yes 2 No 9 Unspecified Main grounds for divorce Main grounds for divorce Main grounds for divorce Main grounds for divorce Main grounds for divorce 25326 1 9 1 Adultery 2 Abuse 3 Childlessness 4 Desertion 5 Financial difficulties 6 Medical Insanity 7 Imprisonment 8 Other (Specify) 9 Unspecified