People > Marriage, divorce and children Stats: compare key data on Belgium & United States
Definitions
- Contraception use among married women > Any method: Current contraceptive use among married women 15-49 years old, any method, percentage.
- Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage: Percentage of all married women aged 15-49 who report using any type of contraceptive.
- Contraception use among married women > Condom: Current contraceptive use among married women 15-49 years old, condom, percentage.
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Marriageable age > Females:
Female consent.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
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Marriageable age > Males:
Male consent.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
- Marriages: Marriages by urban/rural residence.
- Marriages per thousand people: Marriages by urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
- Minimum legal marrying age > With parental consent > For Women: Legal Age for Marriage.
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Sperm donation laws > Children per donor:
Children per donor.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
- Teen marriage rate > Men: Percentage of male population aged 15-19 who has been married at least once. Percentage is out of total number of males in the same age group.
- Teen marriage rate > Women: Percentage of female population aged 15-19 who has been married at least once. Percentage is out of total number of females in the same age group.
- Total divorces: Total number of divorces in given year by country.
- Total divorces per thousand people: Total number of divorces in given year by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
- Women denied family planning: Percentage of sexually active women who are able to but do not want to reproduce without access to family planning services.
- Years spent single before marriage > Females: Singulate mean age at marriage.
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Marriageable age > Notes:
Notes.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
- Years spent single before marriage > Males: Singulate mean age at marriage.
- Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women: Minimum legal age at which women can be married without parental consent.
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Sperm donation laws > Allowed recipients:
Allowed recipients.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
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Sperm donation laws > Donor anonymity:
Donor anonymity.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
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Sperm donation laws > Donor payment:
Donor payment.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
- Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage: Percentage of all married women aged 15-49 who report using condoms.
- Contraception use among married women > Modern methods: Current contraceptive use among married women 15-49 years old, modern methods, percentage.
- Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men: Minimum legal age at which men can be married without parental consent.
- Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage: Percentage of all married women aged 15-49 who report using modern methods of contraception.
SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; Wikipedia: Marriageable age (Africa); Wikipedia: Marriageable age (South America); 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; Wikipedia: Sperm donation laws by country (Overview table); 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
