Marriages and Divorces 2014 DDI_ZAF_2019_MD_v01_M DataFirst Development Economics Data Group 2021-04-13 Metadata Editor Version 01: This metadata was downloaded from DataFirst website(https://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za/dataportal/index.php/catalog/central). The following two metadata information has been edited – Document and Survey ID. ZAF_2019_MD_v01_M Marriages and Divorces 2019 MD 2019 Statistics South Africa Department of Home Affairs Department of Justice and Constitutional Development Metadata Editor DataFirst Helpdesk Administrative Records, Other (ad/oth] Statistics South Africa. Marriages and Divorces 2019 [dataset]. Version 1. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa [producer], 2021. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/ez31-k904 Version 01: Edited, anonymised dataset for public distribution 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 recorded by the Department of Home Affairs and all divorce applications that were granted by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development in 2019 in South Africa. Administrative records data [adm] Other [oth] 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 2019 [dataset]. Version 1. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa [producer], 2021. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/ez31-k904 CC-BY attribution-only license md-2019-civil-marriages-v1.NSDstat 129597 9 Nesstar 200801 Data on civil marriage md-2019-civil-unions-v1.NSDstat 1771 6 Nesstar 200801 Data on civil unions md-2019-customary-marriages-v1.NSDstat 2789 6 Nesstar 200801 Data on customary marriages md-2019-divorces-v1.NSDstat 23710 24 Nesstar 200801 Data on divorces Name of Province 129597 1 99 1 Western Cape 16783 2 Eastern Cape 13333 3 Northern Cape 3692 4 Free State 8700 5 KwaZulu-Natal 21753 6 North West 8477 7 Gauteng 32352 8 Mpumalanga 7103 9 Limpopo 10084 97 Unknown 18 98 Outside RSA 557 99 Unspecified 6745 Month of Marriage 129597 1 12 1 January 8364 2 February 9185 3 March 11881 4 April 10526 5 May 9608 6 June 9709 7 July 8923 8 August 9896 9 September 11856 10 October 11802 11 November 12660 12 December 15187 Year of Marriage 129597 2019 2019 2019 2019 129597 Way of Solemnisation 129597 1 9 1 Religious 40657 2 DHA 75519 9 Unspecified 13421 Marital status of Bridegroom 129597 1 9 1 Never married 105163 2 Divorcee 4852 3 Widower 918 9 Unspecified 18664 Marital status of Bride 129597 1 9 1 Never married 111464 2 Divorcee 3328 3 Widow 622 9 Unspecified 14183 Age of Bridegroom 129597 17 999 17 17 3 18 18 15 19 19 52 20 20 129 21 21 307 22 22 631 23 23 1156 24 24 1960 25 25 2635 26 26 3463 27 27 4139 28 28 4731 29 29 4996 30 30 5288 31 31 5238 32 32 5276 33 33 5331 34 34 5462 35 35 5322 36 36 5284 37 37 5101 38 38 4550 39 39 4434 40 40 4119 41 41 3731 42 42 3626 43 43 3459 44 44 3478 45 45 3008 46 46 2753 47 47 2831 48 48 2191 49 49 2495 50 50 2116 51 51 2075 52 52 1667 53 53 1564 54 54 1482 55 55 1450 56 56 1382 57 57 1216 58 58 920 59 59 1016 60 60 934 61 61 893 62 62 787 63 63 641 64 64 515 65 65 539 66 66 464 67 67 391 68 68 280 69 69 318 70 70 274 71 71 199 72 72 187 73 73 167 74 74 114 75 75 122 76 76 83 77 77 95 78 78 83 79 79 100 80 80 59 81 81 43 82 82 47 83 83 35 84 84 21 85 85 22 86 86 20 87 87 23 88 88 9 89 89 13 90 90 8 91 91 9 92 92 6 93 93 6 94 94 4 96 96 1 99 99 1 999 Unspecified 2 Age of Bride 129597 13 98 13 13 2 14 14 2 15 15 6 16 16 14 17 17 44 18 18 160 19 19 401 20 20 758 21 21 1355 22 22 2169 23 23 3033 24 24 4279 25 25 5045 26 26 5826 27 27 6405 28 28 6665 29 29 6758 30 30 6670 31 31 6116 32 32 5930 33 33 5765 34 34 5590 35 35 4979 36 36 4916 37 37 4584 38 38 3948 39 39 3789 40 40 3219 41 41 2713 42 42 2677 43 43 2553 44 44 2356 45 45 2261 46 46 1918 47 47 1918 48 48 1507 49 49 1592 50 50 1411 51 51 1302 52 52 1031 53 53 954 54 54 860 55 55 710 56 56 727 57 57 651 58 58 504 59 59 496 60 60 504 61 61 387 62 62 299 63 63 269 64 64 235 65 65 191 66 66 188 67 67 152 68 68 130 69 69 115 70 70 98 71 71 69 72 72 61 73 73 52 74 74 54 75 75 39 76 76 40 77 77 29 78 78 17 79 79 24 80 80 18 81 81 11 82 82 9 83 83 10 84 84 6 85 85 7 86 86 4 87 87 1 88 88 1 89 89 3 90 90 1 93 93 3 98 98 1 Age difference between bridegroom and bride 129597 0 9 0 Spouses same age 10151 1 Bridegroom older 98714 2 Bridegroom younger 20730 9 Unspecified 2 Name of Province 1771 1 99 1 Western Cape 443 2 Eastern Cape 64 3 Northern Cape 18 4 Free State 48 5 KwaZulu-Natal 216 6 North West 41 7 Gauteng 779 8 Mpumalanga 28 9 Limpopo 23 98 Outside RSA 6 99 Unspecified 105 Month of Registration 1771 1 12 1 January 81 2 February 142 3 March 180 4 April 144 5 May 141 6 June 113 7 July 106 8 August 155 9 September 183 10 October 158 11 November 181 12 December 187 Year of Registration 1771 2019 2019 2019 2019 1771 Age of Spouses-1 1771 19 84 19 19 1 20 20 2 21 21 5 22 22 15 23 23 15 24 24 33 25 25 27 26 26 40 27 27 51 28 28 74 29 29 83 30 30 89 31 31 76 32 32 98 33 33 78 34 34 86 35 35 83 36 36 62 37 37 68 38 38 58 39 39 55 40 40 50 41 41 51 42 42 43 43 43 45 44 44 31 45 45 36 46 46 29 47 47 33 48 48 40 49 49 31 50 50 30 51 51 24 52 52 18 53 53 25 54 54 8 55 55 13 56 56 25 57 57 14 58 58 10 59 59 20 60 60 27 61 61 6 62 62 7 63 63 6 64 64 8 65 65 6 66 66 8 67 67 1 68 68 3 69 69 3 70 70 4 71 71 3 72 72 4 73 73 3 74 74 1 75 75 1 76 76 1 77 77 1 83 83 2 84 84 1 Age of Spouses-2 1771 19 89 19 19 5 20 20 10 21 21 15 22 22 26 23 23 27 24 24 32 25 25 51 26 26 60 27 27 91 28 28 87 29 29 102 30 30 97 31 31 99 32 32 86 33 33 75 34 34 86 35 35 76 36 36 70 37 37 49 38 38 45 39 39 57 40 40 46 41 41 33 42 42 31 43 43 28 44 44 34 45 45 27 46 46 21 47 47 29 48 48 25 49 49 32 50 50 32 51 51 23 52 52 18 53 53 20 54 54 12 55 55 20 56 56 9 57 57 11 58 58 8 59 59 7 60 60 10 61 61 4 62 62 3 63 63 4 64 64 5 65 65 10 66 66 2 67 67 2 69 69 4 70 70 6 71 71 2 72 72 1 74 74 2 77 77 1 79 79 1 80 80 1 89 89 1 Age difference between Spouses-1 and Spouses-2 1771 0 2 0 Spouses same age 154 1 Spouses-1 older 1075 2 Spouses-1 younger 542 Name of Province 2789 1 99 1 Western Cape 11 2 Eastern Cape 230 3 Northern Cape 72 4 Free State 46 5 KwaZulu-Natal 1163 6 North West 53 7 Gauteng 191 8 Mpumalanga 323 9 Limpopo 634 97 Unknown 54 98 Outside RSA 11 99 Unspecified 1 Year of Marriage 2789 1948 9999 1948 1948 2 1952 1952 1 1953 1953 1 1954 1954 4 1955 1955 2 1956 1956 1 1957 1957 7 1958 1958 4 1959 1959 3 1960 1960 6 1961 1961 8 1962 1962 9 1963 1963 12 1964 1964 9 1965 1965 10 1966 1966 15 1967 1967 10 1968 1968 27 1969 1969 13 1970 1970 28 1971 1971 18 1972 1972 21 1973 1973 22 1974 1974 29 1975 1975 27 1976 1976 23 1977 1977 30 1978 1978 43 1979 1979 39 1980 1980 47 1981 1981 41 1982 1982 48 1983 1983 38 1984 1984 36 1985 1985 47 1986 1986 42 1987 1987 45 1988 1988 43 1989 1989 38 1990 1990 43 1991 1991 44 1992 1992 52 1993 1993 30 1994 1994 39 1995 1995 40 1996 1996 25 1997 1997 31 1998 1998 33 1999 1999 37 2000 2000 40 2001 2001 19 2002 2002 14 2003 2003 21 2004 2004 24 2005 2005 38 2006 2006 36 2007 2007 50 2008 2008 24 2009 2009 49 2010 2010 57 2011 2011 37 2012 2012 51 2013 2013 75 2014 2014 55 2015 2015 82 2016 2016 83 2017 2017 83 2018 2018 213 2019 2019 511 9999 Unspecified 4 Year of Registration 2789 2019 2019 2019 2019 2789 Age of Bridegroom 2789 13 999 13 13 2 14 14 1 16 16 1 17 17 5 18 18 7 19 19 24 20 20 44 21 21 46 22 22 65 23 23 68 24 24 65 25 25 89 26 26 78 27 27 102 28 28 71 29 29 106 30 30 86 31 31 98 32 32 114 33 33 109 34 34 105 35 35 106 36 36 93 37 37 100 38 38 92 39 39 77 40 40 80 41 41 80 42 42 80 43 43 70 44 44 62 45 45 48 46 46 48 47 47 47 48 48 28 49 49 38 50 50 32 51 51 36 52 52 38 53 53 36 54 54 32 55 55 26 56 56 28 57 57 17 58 58 17 59 59 19 60 60 24 61 61 12 62 62 13 63 63 16 64 64 8 65 65 9 66 66 7 67 67 13 68 68 8 69 69 8 70 70 6 71 71 4 72 72 5 73 73 6 74 74 5 75 75 3 76 76 4 78 78 1 80 80 4 81 81 1 82 82 6 88 88 2 91 91 1 95 95 1 97 97 1 99 99 1 999 Unspecified 4 Age of Bride 2789 10 999 10 10 2 11 11 1 12 12 2 13 13 4 14 14 11 15 15 15 16 16 39 17 17 47 18 18 82 19 19 91 20 20 106 21 21 92 22 22 108 23 23 113 24 24 126 25 25 117 26 26 113 27 27 97 28 28 113 29 29 94 30 30 109 31 31 101 32 32 109 33 33 93 34 34 102 35 35 95 36 36 81 37 37 78 38 38 83 39 39 56 40 40 48 41 41 36 42 42 43 43 43 31 44 44 41 45 45 23 46 46 35 47 47 27 48 48 19 49 49 22 50 50 25 51 51 17 52 52 20 53 53 12 54 54 9 55 55 10 56 56 15 57 57 6 58 58 10 59 59 6 60 60 10 61 61 1 62 62 9 63 63 2 64 64 8 65 65 5 66 66 5 67 67 1 69 69 3 70 70 1 74 74 1 75 75 1 79 79 1 83 83 1 87 87 1 999 Unspecified 4 Age difference between bridegroom and bride 2789 0 9 0 Spouses same age 139 1 Bridegroom older 2401 2 Bridegroom younger 245 9 Unspecified 4 Name of Province 23710 1 9 1 Western Cape 6108 2 Eastern Cape 3137 3 Northern Cape 521 4 Free State 1745 5 KwaZulu-Natal 4033 6 North West 176 7 Gauteng 6318 8 Mpumalanga 587 9 Limpopo 1085 Population group of husband 23710 1 9 1 Black African 11020 2 Coloured 4779 3 Indian/Asian 1473 4 White 5506 5 Other 70 9 Unspecified 862 Population group of wife 23710 1 9 1 Black African 10969 2 Coloured 4957 3 Indian/Asian 1428 4 White 5375 5 Other 18 9 Unspecified 963 Population group of couple 23710 1 9 1 Black African 10677 2 Coloured 4502 3 Indian/Asian 1299 4 White 5268 5 Mixed 816 9 Unspecified 1148 Occupation of Husband 23710 0 99 0 Not economically active 4132 1 Professional, semi-professional and technical occupations 2926 2 Managers and administrators 2845 3 Clerical and sales occupations 1332 4 Transport, delivery and communications 903 5 Service occupations 3360 6 Farming and related occupations 79 7 Artisans, apprentice and related occupations 1238 8 Production foreman, mine and quarry workers 603 99 Unspecified 6292 Occupation of wife 23710 0 99 0 Not economically active 5758 1 Professional, semi-professional and technical occupations 3327 2 Managers and administrators 1592 3 Clerical and sales occupations 2817 4 Transport, delivery and communications 81 5 Service occupations 2700 6 Farming and related occupations 7 7 Artisans, apprentice and related occupations 162 8 Production foreman, mine and quarry workers 222 99 Unspecified 7044 Sex of plaintiff 23710 1 9 1 Male 8210 2 Female 12615 9 Unspecified 2885 Marital status of husband 23710 1 9 1 Never married 19257 2 Widower 332 3 Divorcee 2726 9 Unspecified 1395 Marital status of wife 23710 1 9 1 Never married 19456 2 Widow 263 3 Divorcee 2367 9 Unspecified 1624 Number of times husband married 23710 1 99 1 1 19535 2 2 2805 3 3 263 4 4 45 5 5 6 6 6 3 7 7 2 8 8 2 99 Unspecified 1049 Number of times wife married 23710 1 99 1 1 19803 2 2 2402 3 3 230 4 4 43 5 5 7 6 6 1 7 7 1 99 Unspecified 1223 Age of husband 23710 20 999 20 20 2 21 21 4 22 22 12 23 23 22 24 24 50 25 25 50 26 26 89 27 27 118 28 28 182 29 29 247 30 30 305 31 31 368 32 32 444 33 33 534 34 34 663 35 35 679 36 36 747 37 37 871 38 38 766 39 39 831 40 40 882 41 41 855 42 42 861 43 43 910 44 44 909 45 45 886 46 46 875 47 47 928 48 48 815 49 49 793 50 50 773 51 51 722 52 52 638 53 53 588 54 54 531 55 55 546 56 56 469 57 57 454 58 58 323 59 59 317 60 60 253 61 61 264 62 62 208 63 63 183 64 64 181 65 65 135 66 66 132 67 67 107 68 68 67 69 69 97 70 70 61 71 71 63 72 72 42 73 73 34 74 74 27 75 75 33 76 76 20 77 77 13 78 78 18 79 79 13 80 80 11 81 81 12 82 82 2 83 83 3 84 84 6 86 86 5 87 87 2 88 88 2 89 89 3 91 91 1 95 95 1 99 99 1 100 100 3 999 Unspecified 648 Age of wife 23710 20 999 20 20 8 21 21 19 22 22 41 23 23 80 24 24 101 25 25 143 26 26 251 27 27 316 28 28 418 29 29 513 30 30 590 31 31 657 32 32 685 33 33 882 34 34 901 35 35 992 36 36 943 37 37 991 38 38 976 39 39 878 40 40 862 41 41 898 42 42 937 43 43 845 44 44 844 45 45 776 46 46 773 47 47 764 48 48 674 49 49 600 50 50 576 51 51 554 52 52 448 53 53 392 54 54 390 55 55 347 56 56 298 57 57 258 58 58 225 59 59 220 60 60 169 61 61 154 62 62 126 63 63 112 64 64 84 65 65 75 66 66 69 67 67 58 68 68 37 69 69 37 70 70 30 71 71 28 72 72 24 73 73 15 74 74 11 75 75 4 76 76 11 77 77 5 78 78 6 79 79 5 80 80 5 81 81 3 83 83 1 84 84 1 85 85 1 89 89 1 95 95 1 97 97 1 999 Unspecified 570 Way of solemnisation 23710 1 9 1 Religious 10876 2 DHA 10581 9 Unspecified 2253 Matrimonial property system 23710 1 9 1 In community of property 19366 2 Out of community of property 1285 3 Out of community of property (excluding accrual system) 668 4 Out of community of property (including accrual system) 1546 5 Other 0 9 Unspecified 845 Month of marriage 23710 1 99 1 January 1547 2 February 1678 3 March 1866 4 April 1956 5 May 1689 6 June 1533 7 July 1695 8 August 1539 9 September 2003 10 October 2077 11 November 2173 12 December 3192 99 Unspecified 762 Year of marriage 23710 1956 9999 1956 2 1959 1 1960 2 1961 1 1963 2 1965 2 1966 5 1967 5 1968 4 1969 8 1970 12 1971 8 1972 9 1973 9 1974 13 1975 12 1976 30 1977 24 1978 34 1979 37 1980 52 1981 61 1982 78 1983 64 1984 74 1985 97 1986 112 1987 119 1988 143 1989 161 1990 208 1991 223 1992 241 1993 283 1994 333 1995 318 1996 451 1997 382 1998 456 1999 531 2000 576 2001 512 2002 615 2003 691 2004 743 2005 807 2006 900 2007 1011 2008 1129 2009 1117 2010 1202 2011 1254 2012 1305 2013 1236 2014 1228 2015 1174 2016 1169 2017 962 2018 605 2019 86 9999 Unspecified 781 Number of children involved 23710 0 6 0 10446 1 6418 2 5162 3 1432 4 219 5 28 6 5 Month of divorce 23710 * 1 January 0 2 February 0 3 March 0 4 April 0 5 May 0 6 June 0 7 July 0 8 August 0 9 September 0 10 October 0 11 November 0 12 December 0 99 Unspecified 0 Sysmiss 23710 Year of divorce 23710 2019 2019 2019 23710 Duration of marriage 23710 0 99 0 86 1 605 2 962 3 1169 4 1174 5 1228 6 1236 7 1305 8 1254 9 1202 10 1117 11 1129 12 1011 13 900 14 807 15 743 16 691 17 615 18 512 19 576 20 531 21 456 22 382 23 451 24 318 25 333 26 283 27 241 28 223 29 206 30 158 31 142 32 118 33 110 34 95 35 70 36 63 37 76 38 60 39 49 40 34 41 33 42 24 43 30 44 12 45 10 46 9 47 7 48 7 49 10 50 6 51 2 52 5 53 3 54 2 56 2 59 1 99 Unspecified 826 Type of marriage 23710 1 9 1 Civil marriage 12240 2 Customary marriage 137 3 Civil union 183 9 Unspecified 11150 Involved in polygamous marriage 23710 1 9 1 Yes 248 2 No 11517 9 Unspecified 11945 Main grounds for divorce 23710 1 9 1 Adultery 3531 2 Abuse 1923 3 Childlessness 10 4 Desertion 2350 5 Financial difficulties 668 6 Medical Insanity 13 7 Imprisonment 42 8 Other (Specify) 0 9 Unspecified 15173