People > Marriage, divorce and children Stats: compare key data on Fiji & India

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Childless women, aged 40-44	6% Ranked 3rd.	8% Ranked 14th. 33% more than Fiji
Marriageable age > Females	18 Ranked 28th. The same as India	18 Ranked 6th.
Marriageable age > Males	18 Ranked 29th.	21 Ranked 2nd. 17% more than Fiji
Marriageable age > Notes	Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist}} template (see the help page ).	url= http://india.gov.in/howdo/howdoi.php?service=3 |title=Obtain Marriage Certificate - How do I: National Portal of India |publisher=India.gov.in |date= |accessdate=2013-01-14}}</ref> If any partner(s) engages in marriage at a younger age, (s)he can ask for the marriage to be declared void. A recent recommendation by the Law Commission aims to equalize the marriage age for males and females to 18. Official policy automatically declares marriages under 16 as "null and void", while marriages at the age of 16 or 17 are "voidable". In 2012, high court has declared that Muslim women can marry at 15. Additionally, the report declares that "In spite of these legal provisions, child marriage is still widely practiced and a marriage solemnized in contravention of these provisions is not void even under the new PCMA, 1929, the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and also under the Muslim Law."
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men	21 Ranked 18th. The same as India	21 Ranked 14th.
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women	21 Ranked 13th. 17% more than India	18 Ranked 63th.
Teen marriage rate > Women	10.3 Ranked 3rd.	27.6 Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Fiji
Years spent single before marriage > Females	22.9 years Ranked 12th. 15% more than India	19.9 years Ranked 17th.
Years spent single before marriage > Males	26.1 years Ranked 11th. 5% more than India	24.9 years Ranked 15th.

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