Jamaica Marriage, divorce and children Stats
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- Children left in inadequate care > Female: Percentage of female children under 5 years of age either left alone or with another child under the age of 10 at least one hour a week.
- Children left in inadequate care > Male: Percentage of male children under 5 years of age either left alone or with another child under the age of 10 at least one hour a week.
- Children left in inadequate care > Total: Percentage of children of both sexes under 5 who are either left alone or with another child under the age of 10 at least one hour a week.
- 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.
- 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.
- Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage: Percentage of all married women aged 15-49 who report using modern methods of contraception.
- 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.
- Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Men: Minimum legal age at which men can be married with parental consent.
- Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Women: Minimum legal age at which women can be married with parental consent.
- 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.
- 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.
- Years spent single before marriage > Males: Singulate mean age at marriage.
SOURCES: 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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Jamaica People > Marriage, divorce and children Profiles (Subcategories)
| Children left in inadequate care 3 | Minimum legal age 4 |
| Contraception use among married women 6 |
