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Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Marriage, divorce and children Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Childless women, aged 40-44 11% 1990 3rd out of 21
Contraception use among married women > Any method 84.1% 2002 2nd out of 25
Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 84.1% 2002 2nd out of 25
Contraception use among married women > Condom 8.8% 2002 11th out of 22
Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage 8.8% 2002 11th out of 22
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods 72.2% 2002 4th out of 25
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage 72.2% 2002 4th out of 25
Marriageable age > Females 21 2014 1st out of 47
Marriageable age > Males 21 2014 1st out of 47
Marriageable age > Notes (Younger parties may obtain license in case of pregnancy or birth of child), and 18 with parental consent. 2014
Marriages 18,620 2008 65th out of 105
Marriages per thousand people 4.95 2008 64th out of 94
Minimum legal marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 16 2011
Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Men 18 2011 4th out of 86
Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 16 2011 19th out of 92
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 21 2011 10th out of 145
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 21 2011 7th out of 144
Teen marriage rate > Men 3.9 2000 2nd out of 9
Teen marriage rate > Women 11.9 2000 5th out of 11
Total divorces 14,849 2008 33th out of 88
Total divorces per thousand people 3.95 2008 3rd out of 85
Women denied family planning 4% 1996 13th out of 13
Years spent single before marriage > Females 22.6 years 1996 13th out of 23

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; 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; 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

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Puerto Rico People > Marriage, divorce and children Profiles (Subcategories)

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