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Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic Marriage, divorce and children Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Contraception use among married women > Any method 72.9% 2007 5th out of 32
Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 72.9% 2007 5th out of 32
Contraception use among married women > Condom 1.9% 2007 18th out of 29
Marriage rate for girls under 18 40% 2014 20th out of 20
Marriages 44,253 2011 36th out of 84
Marriages per thousand people 4.36 2011 62nd out of 83
Minimum legal marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 16 2011
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 18 2011 120th out of 145
Teen marriage rate > Men 4.6 2007 7th out of 19
Teen marriage rate > Women 26.7 2007 3rd out of 24
Total divorces 17,927 2011 28th out of 71
Total divorces per thousand people 1.77 2011 41st out of 70
Women denied family planning 11.1% 2007 13th out of 18
Years spent single before marriage > Females 21.3 years 1996 16th out of 23
Years spent single before marriage > Males 25.6 years 1996 13th out of 18

SOURCES: 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 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; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables

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Dominican Republic People > Marriage, divorce and children Profiles (Subcategories)

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