Mozambique Marriage, divorce and children Stats
Definitions
- Childless women, aged 40-44: Proportion of women who have not given birth by age 40-44.
- 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 > Modern methods > Percentage: Percentage of all married women aged 15-49 who report using modern methods of contraception.
- Marriage rate for girls under 18: Percentage of women currently aged 20 to 24 who were married or in a marriage-like union before the age of 18.
- Minimum legal marrying age > With parental consent > For Women: Legal Age for Marriage.
- Orphans: Total number of all orphan children.
- Orphans per thousand people: Total number of all orphan children. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
- 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.
- 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 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; Child Marriage Facts and Figures; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Children's Fund. Source tables; United Nations Children's Fund. 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
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Mozambique People > Marriage, divorce and children Profiles (Subcategories)
| Children left in inadequate care 3 | Minimum legal age 4 |
| Contraception use among married women 6 |