Marriages and Divorces 2016
South Africa, 2016
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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
Questions and instructions
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.