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South Africa

South Africa Marriage, divorce and children Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Contraception use among married women > Any method 59.9% 2004 11th out of 26
Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 59.9% 2004 11th out of 26
Contraception use among married women > Condom 4.6% 2004 13th out of 24
Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage 4.6% 2004 13th out of 24
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods 59.8% 2004 8th out of 26
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage 59.8% 2004 8th out of 26
Marriageable age > Females 15 2014 16th out of 18
Marriageable age > Males 18 2014 13th out of 18
Marriageable age > Notes For a marriage under the Marriage Act, 1961 , parental consent is required for the marriage of a party under the age of majority , which was formerly 21 but is now 18. The special consent of the Minister of Home Affairs is also required for the marriage of a girl under the age of 15 or a boy under the age of 18. 2014
Minimum legal marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 15 2011
Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Men 18 2011 7th out of 86
Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 15 2011 67th out of 92
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 21 2011 11th out of 145
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 21 2011 8th out of 144
Orphans 3.5 million 2011 3rd out of 36
Orphans per thousand people 69.19 2011 10th out of 36
Teen marriage rate > Men 0.7 2011 13th out of 25
Teen marriage rate > Women 3.4 2011 13th out of 25
Women denied family planning 13.8% 2004 9th out of 13
Years spent single before marriage > Females 27.9 years 1996 4th out of 23
Years spent single before marriage > Males 30.3 years 1996 4th out of 18

SOURCES: 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; 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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South Africa People > Marriage, divorce and children Profiles (Subcategories)

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