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France Marriage, divorce and children Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Contraception use among married women > Any method 76.4% 2008 6th out of 23
Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 76.4% 2008 6th out of 23
Contraception use among married women > Condom 7.9% 2008 10th out of 22
Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage 7.9% 2008 10th out of 22
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods 74.1% 2008 3rd out of 23
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage 74.1% 2008 3rd out of 23
Marriageable age > Females 18 2014 6th out of 47
Marriageable age > Males 18 2014 6th out of 47
Marriageable age > Notes url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4838090.stm | work=BBC News | title=France raises marriage age limit | date=23 March 2006}}</ref> but the age condition may be waived with a special dispense granted by the authorities if at least one parent consents to the marriage (or one grandparent if both parents are dead or unable to give consent, or a family council if all parents and grandparents are dead or unable to give consent). After 18, parents (or grandparents) may still prevent the marriage by refusing their consent, but their opposition may be waived by the authorities, whereas before 18, their consent is absolutely needed. 2014
Marriages 235,000 2012 6th out of 50
Marriages per thousand people 3.58 2012 43th out of 50
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 18 2011 125th out of 145
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 18 2011 112th out of 144
Rural marriages 51,644 2010 9th out of 35
Rural marriages per thousand people 0.794 2010 30th out of 35
Sperm donation laws > Allowed recipients no data 2014
Sperm donation laws > Children per donor 5 children 2014
Sperm donation laws > Donor anonymity date=November 2012}}</ref> 2014
Sperm donation laws > Donor payment no data 2014
Teen marriage rate > Men 0.1 2009 12th out of 15
Teen marriage rate > Women 0.5 2009 16th out of 17
Total divorces 129,802 2011 8th out of 71
Total divorces per thousand people 1.99 2011 34th out of 70
Urban marriages 190,401 2010 7th out of 35
Urban marriages per thousand people 2.93 2010 24th out of 35
Women denied family planning 1.7% 2005 17th out of 17
Years spent single before marriage > Females 30.2 years 2000 2nd out of 26
Years spent single before marriage > Males 32.3 years 2000 2nd out of 22

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. 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; Wikipedia: Sperm donation laws by country (Overview table); 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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