People > Marriage, divorce and children Stats: compare key data on Iceland & United States
Definitions
- Adoption > Adoption to live birth ratio: Amount of adoptions for every 100 live births in each country. In America, for instance, for every 100 live births, three children are adopted.
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Marriageable age > Females:
Female consent.
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Marriageable age > Males:
Male consent.
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Marriageable age > Notes:
Notes.
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- 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 marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men: Minimum legal age at which men can be married without parental consent.
- Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women: Minimum legal age at which women can be married without parental consent.
- 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.
- Years spent single before marriage > Females: Singulate mean age at marriage.
- Years spent single before marriage > Males: Singulate mean age at marriage.
SOURCES: Wikipedia: Adoption (Modern period) (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Trends in Foster Care and Adoption, ); 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; 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
