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Belize

Belizean Marriage, divorce and children Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Childless women, aged 40-44 6% 2000 7th out of 12
Children left in inadequate care > Female 2% 2011 38th out of 40
Children left in inadequate care > Male 3% 2011 38th out of 40
Children left in inadequate care > Total 2% 2011 38th out of 40
Contraception use among married women > Any method 55.2% 2011 7th out of 21
Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 55.2% 2011 7th out of 21
Contraception use among married women > Condom 5.1% 2011 7th out of 21
Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage 5.1% 2011 7th out of 21
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods 51.8% 2011 6th out of 21
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage 51.8% 2011 6th out of 21
Marriages 1,622 2002 88th out of 118
Marriages per thousand people 6.44 2002 30th out of 106
Minimum legal marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 14 2007
Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Men 14 2007 3rd out of 3
Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 14 2007 3rd out of 3
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 18 2007 9th out of 9
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 18 2007 5th out of 9
Teen marriage rate > Men 6.4 2000 1st out of 9
Teen marriage rate > Women 22.2 2000 3rd out of 11
Total divorces 45 2002 101st out of 103
Total divorces per thousand people 0.179 2002 96th out of 98
Women denied family planning 15.9% 2011 11th out of 19
Years spent single before marriage > Females 26.2 years 1991 8th out of 20
Years spent single before marriage > Males 28.4 years 1991 14th out of 20

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Children's Fund. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables

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Belize People > Marriage, divorce and children Profiles (Subcategories)

Children left in inadequate care 3 Minimum legal age 4
Contraception use among married women 6

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