Marriages and Divorces 2019 - South Africa

Abstract
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The Marriages and Divorces (MD) dataset is one of three primary sources of marriage and divorce statistics in South Africa. Unlike the other two sources (population censuses and household sample surveys), the MD dataset is compiled from administrative data and based on continuous recording (i.e., from civil registration systems and administrative records). Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) regularly publishes a series of data on marriages and divorces, with the first dataset in the series beginning in 2006. The most recent dataset in the series is MD 2019.

Marriage data: Data on marriages for citizens and permanent residents are obtained from registered marriage records that are collected through the civil registration systems of the Department of Home Affairs (DHA). South Africa recognizes three types of marriages by law: civil marriages, customary marriages, and civil unions. Before 2008, marriage data only covered civil marriages. The registration of customary marriages and civil unions began in 2003 and 2007 respectively. However, from 2008 onwards, Stats SA began publishing available data on customary marriages and civil unions.

Divorce data: Data on divorces are obtained from various regional courts that deal with divorce matters. The data are based on successful divorce cases that have been issued with a decree of divorce by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJCD). Divorce cases come from marriages that were registered in different years as well as divorce cases that were filed in different years but whose divorce decrees were granted in the relevant year of collection.

NOTE: although both the data on marriages and divorces are collected in the same year, the data sets are not linked to each other.

Geographic coverage
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National coverage

Analysis unit
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Individuals

Universe
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The data covers all civil marriages that were recorded by the Department of Home Affairs and all divorce applications that were granted by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development in 2019 in South Africa.

Kind of data
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Administrative records data [adm]

Mode of data collection
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Other [oth]

Data appraisal
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Geography is problematic in this dataset as not all the data files have geographic data. The Civil Marriages and Civil Unions data files include a Province of Registration variable but the Customary Marriages data file does not. There is also no geographical data in the Divorces file. As this data file includes divorce data from only a subset of divorce courts, this lack of geographical information compromises its usability.

摘要
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婚姻与离婚（MD）数据集是南非婚姻和离婚统计数据的主要来源之一。与另外两种来源（人口普查和家庭样本调查）不同，MD数据集是根据行政数据进行编制的，并基于持续记录（即，来自民事登记系统和行政记录）。南非统计局（Stats SA）定期发布一系列关于婚姻和离婚的数据，该系列数据集的第一套始于2006年。该系列中的最新数据集为MD 2019。

婚姻数据：关于公民和永久居民的婚姻数据来源于通过内政部（DHA）的民事登记系统收集的注册婚姻记录。南非根据法律承认三种婚姻类型：民事婚姻、习俗婚姻和民事结合。在2008年之前，婚姻数据仅涵盖民事婚姻。习俗婚姻和民事结合的登记始于2003年和2007年。然而，从2008年起，南非统计局开始发布关于习俗婚姻和民事结合的可用数据。

离婚数据：离婚数据来源于处理离婚案件的各个区域法院。这些数据基于由司法和宪法发展部（DoJCD）签发的离婚判决书的成功离婚案件。离婚案件来自不同年份登记的婚姻，以及在不同年份提起但判决在收集相关年份的离婚案件。

注意：尽管婚姻和离婚数据都是在同一年收集的，但这两个数据集并未相互关联。

地理覆盖范围
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全国覆盖

分析单元
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个人

总体
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数据涵盖了2019年在南非内政部登记的所有民事婚姻和司法和宪法发展部批准的所有离婚申请。

数据类型
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行政记录数据 [adm]

数据收集方式
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其他 [oth]

数据评估
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在该数据集中，地理信息存在问题，因为并非所有数据文件都包含地理数据。民事婚姻和民事结合数据文件包括登记省份变量，但习俗婚姻数据文件则没有。离婚文件中也没有地理信息。由于此数据文件仅包括来自部分离婚法院的离婚数据，这种缺乏地理信息的情况损害了其可用性。