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 Statistics and indicators on women and men

 

 
Demographic Yearbook
Source: Demographic Yearbook 2006      
NUPITALITY   Notes Data Size
Table 23 Marriages and crude marriage rates, by urban/rural residence: 2002-2006
(Released: 23 July 2008)		   PDF PDF
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Table 24 Marriages cross classified by age of bridegroom and bride: latest available year, 1997-2006
(Released: 25 July 2008)		   PDF PDF
214 KB
DIVORCES   Notes Data Size
Table 25 Divorces and crude divorce rates, by urban/rural residence: 2002-2006
(Released: 21 July 2008)		   PDF PDF
105 KB

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Demographic Yearbook Special Topics

Source: Demographic Yearbook Special Census Topics Volume 1
- Basic population characteristics

 Notes Data Size

Table 2
Population by marital status, age, sex, urban/rural residence: each census, 1985-2004
   Excel
PDF		 7.8 MB
1.6 MB

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Source: Demographic Yearbook 1997 - Historical Supplement
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Data
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Table 12 Population by marital status, age, sex, and urban/rural residence, each census: 1948-1997   PDF Excel PDF 2.5 MB
4.4 MB

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Statistics and indicators on women and men
Source: Statistics and indicators on women and men - Latest available data
Table 2a Indicators on marriage   HTML  

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