Marriages and Divorces 2017
South Africa, 2017
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Main grounds for divorce (GroundsForDivorce)
Data file: md-2017-divorces-v1
Overview
Valid:
25390
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
43
End:
43
Width:
1
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adultery | 2955 |
11.6%
|
| 2 | Abuse | 1485 |
5.8%
|
| 3 | Childlessness | 4 |
0%
|
| 4 | Desertion | 1884 |
7.4%
|
| 5 | Financial difficulties | 617 |
2.4%
|
| 6 | Medical Insanity | 16 |
0.1%
|
| 7 | Imprisonment | 38 |
0.1%
|
| 8 | Other (Specify) | 0 |
0%
|
| 9 | Unspecified | 18391 |
72.4%
|
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.