Series FM2 no. 32

London: Office for National Statistics

Marriage, divorce and adoption statistics

Review of the Registrar General on marriages and divorces in 2004, and adoptions in 2005, in England and Wales

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ContentsPage

List of main tables and appendices iv

1 Introduction xi

1.1 Tablesinthisvolume xi 1.2 Changesinthisvolume xi 1.3 Dataanalysedinthisvolume xvi Marriages Divorces Newwidowersandwidows Adoptions 1.4 Otherpublications xviii 1.5 Associatedpublications xix

2 Notesanddefinitions:general xxi

2.1 Basepopulations xxi 2.2 Coverage xxi 2.3 Arealanalyses xxi 2.4 Rates xxii 2.5 Symbolsandconventions xxii 2.6 Furtherinformationandenquiries xxii

3 Notesanddefinitions:marriages xxiv

3.1 Terminology xxiv 3.2 Legislationandprocedures xxiv Legislation Preliminaryinvestigations Preliminariestomarriage Procedures Registration 3.3 Informationcollected xxvi 3.4 Accuracyoftheinformation xxvi 3.5 Correctionsformissinginformation xxvi 3.6 Meanandmedianagesatmarriage xxvi 3.7 Nuptialityandcohortanalyses xxvii 3.8 Newwidowersandwidows xxviii

4 Notesanddefinitions:divorces xxx

4.1 Terminology xxx 4.2 Legislation xxx 4.3 Informationcollected xxx 4.4 Accuracyofinformation xxx 4.5 Judicialseparation,petitionsfiledanddecreesmadeabsolute xxxi 4.6 Derivedinformation xxxi 4.7 Missinginformationandcorrections xxxi 4.8 Childrenofdivorcingcouples xxxi 4.9 Factprovenatdivorce xxxii 4.10 Ordersmadeconcerningchildreninfamilyproceedings xxxii 4.11 Divorceratesbymaritalstatusatmarriage xxxii

5 Notesanddefinitions:adoptions xxxiv

5.1 Legislationandprocedures xxxiv 5.2 Informationcollected xxxiv 5.3 Accuracyoftheinformation xxxiv 5.4 Correctionsformissinginformation xxxiv 5.5 Adoptionorders xxxv 5.6 Counsellingofadoptedpersons xxxv

Text tables

A Denominatorsusedincalculatingrates xxiiiB Marriagesnotincludedinthepublisheddata,1994-2004 xxviC Deathsbywhethermaritalstatusofthedeceasedwasknown,andsourceofregistration,1994-2004 xxixD Divorcedecreesmadeabsolutenotincludedinthepublisheddata,1994-2004 xxxi

References xxGlossary xxxvi

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List of main tables and appendices

1 Population

Table 1.1 Estimatedpopulation:sex,ageandmaritalstatus,1994-2004 EnglandandWales 1

Table 1.2 Estimatedpopulation(proportionsperthousand):sex,ageand maritalstatus,1994-2004 EnglandandWales 3

2 Summary

Table 2.1 Marriagesanddivorces,1994-2004 EnglandandWales 5

Table 2.2 Marriageanddivorcerates,1994-2004 EnglandandWales 5

3 Marriages

Period of occurrence

Table 3.1 Marriages(numbersandrates):quarterofoccurrence,1994-2004 EnglandandWales 6

Table 3.2 Marriages:monthofoccurrence,1994-2004 EnglandandWales 6

Table 3.3 Marriages(numbersandpercentages):typeofceremony, EnglandandWales 7 dayandmonthofoccurrence,2004

Table 3.4 Marriages(numbersandpercentages):typeofceremony, EnglandandWales 8 denomination,anddayofoccurrence,2004

Table 3.5 Marriages:typeofceremony,previousmaritalstatusesof EnglandandWales 9 brideandbridegroomanddayofoccurrence,2004

Table 3.6 Marriages:typeofceremony,sex,ageanddayofoccurrence,2004 EnglandandWales 10

Previous marital status

Table 3.7 Menmarrying:previousmaritalstatusesofbrideandbridegroom, EnglandandWales 12 1994-2004

Table 3.8 Womenmarrying:previousmaritalstatusesofbrideand EnglandandWales 12 bridegroom,1994-2004

Table 3.9 Marriages(numbersandproportions):previousmarital EnglandandWales 12 statusesofbrideandbridegroom,1994-2004

Table 3.10 Firstmarriagerates:sexandage,1994-2004 EnglandandWales 13

Table 3.11 Firstmarriagerates:sexandsingleyearsofage(22-35), EnglandandWales 13 1994-2004

Table 3.12 Remarriagerates:sexandage,1994-2004 EnglandandWales 14

Table 3.13 Menmarrying:ageandmaritalstatus,1994-2004 EnglandandWales 15

Table 3.14 Womenmarrying:ageandmaritalstatus,1994-2004 EnglandandWales 16 Age at marriage

Table 3.15 Medianageatmarriage:sexandpreviousmaritalstatusesof EnglandandWales 17 brideandbridegroom,1994-2004

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3 Marriages - continued

Table 3.16 Meanageofmenatmarriage:previousmaritalstatusesof EnglandandWales 17 brideandbridegroom,1994-2004

Table 3.17 Meanageofwomenatmarriage:previousmaritalstatuses EnglandandWales 17 ofbrideandbridegroom,1994-2004

Table 3.18 Menmarrying:ageandpreviousmaritalstatusesofbride EnglandandWales 18 andbridegroom,2004

Table 3.19 Womenmarrying:ageandpreviousmaritalstatuses EnglandandWales 20 ofbrideandbridegroom,2004

Table 3.20 Marriages:previousmaritalstatusesandagesincombinationof EnglandandWales 22 brideandbridegroom,2004

Nuptiality tables

Table 3.21 Firstmarriagerates(grossnuptiality):derivedsummary,2004 EnglandandWales 25

Table 3.22 Firstmarriagerates(netnuptiality):derivedsummary,2004 EnglandandWales 25

Area of occurrence

Table 3.23 Menmarrying:areaofoccurrenceandage,2004 EnglandandWales, 26 GovernmentOfficeRegions (withinEngland),countiesand unitaryauthorities

Table 3.24 Womenmarrying:areaofoccurrenceandage,2004 EnglandandWales, 29 GovernmentOfficeRegions (withinEngland),countiesand unitaryauthorities

Table 3.25 Menmarrying:areaofoccurrence,previousmarital EnglandandWales, 32 statusandage,2004 GovernmentOfficeRegions (withinEngland)

Table 3.26 Womenmarrying:areaofoccurrence,previousmarital EnglandandWales, 33 statusandage,2004 GovernmentOfficeRegions (withinEngland)

Table 3.27 Marriages:(numbersandpercentages):areaofoccurrence, EnglandandWales, 34 previousmaritalstatusesofbrideandbridegroomand GovernmentOfficeRegions typeofceremony,2004 (withinEngland),countiesandunitary authorities/registrationdistrictsTable 3.28 Marriages:areaofoccurrence,typeofceremonyand EnglandandWales, 42 denomination,2004 GovernmentOfficeRegions (withinEngland),countiesandunitary authorities/registrationdistricts Type of ceremony, and denomination

Table 3.29 Marriages(numbersandproportions):typeofceremonyand EnglandandWales 58 denomination,1994-2004

Table 3.30 Marriages:ageofbrideandquarterofoccurrence,typeof EnglandandWales 59 ceremonyandpreviousmaritalstatusesofbrideand bridegroom,2004

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Table 3.31 Marriages:previousmaritalstatusesofbrideandbridegroom, EnglandandWales 60 typeofceremonyanddenomination,2004

Table 3.32 Marriages:sex,age,typeofceremonyanddenomination,2004 EnglandandWales 61

Table 3.33 Marriages(numbersandproportions):areaofoccurrence, EnglandandWales, 62 typeofceremonyanddenomination,2004 GovernmentOfficeRegions (withinEngland)

Table 3.34 Marriages:areaofoccurrence,typeofceremony,denomination EnglandandWales, 64 andtypeofpreliminaries,2004 GovernmentOfficeRegions (withinEngland)

Table 3.35 Marriagesinregisteredbuildingsofworship:areaofoccurrence, EnglandandWales, 64 denominationandwhetherbeforeaRegistraroran GovernmentOfficeRegions AuthorisedPerson,2004 (withinEngland)

Year of birth (cohort) analyses

Table 3.36 Proportionsofmenandwomenwhohadevermarried EnglandandWales 66 bycertainages,forbirthcohort,1931-1988

Table 3.37 Proportionsofmenandwomenwhohadeverremarried EnglandandWales 67 bycertainages,forbirthcohort,1931-1984 Identical residential addresses of couple before marriage

Table 3.38 Marriages(numbersandpercentages):sexandage,typeof EnglandandWales 68 ceremonyandwhetherbrideandbridegroomgaveidentical residentialaddressesbeforemarriage,2004

Table 3.39 Marriages(numbersandpercentages):previousmarital EnglandandWales 69 statusesofbrideandbridegroom,typeofceremonyandwhether brideandbridegroomgaveidenticalresidentialaddressesbefore marriage,2004

Table 3.40 Marriages(numbersandpercentages):typeofceremony, EnglandandWales 70 denominationandwhetherbrideandbridegroomgaveidentical residentialaddressesbeforemarriage,2004

Table 3.41 Marriages(numbersandpercentages):typeofceremony EnglandandWales 71 andwhetherbrideandbridegroomgaveidenticalresidential addressesbeforemarriage,andmonthofoccurrence,2004

Types of registered buildings

Table 3.42 Certifiedplacesofworship:areaoflocationasat EnglandandWales, 72 30June2004,anddenomination GovernmentOfficeRegions (withinEngland)

Table 3.43 Buildingsofworshipinwhichmarriagesmaybesolemnised: EnglandandWales, 72 areaoflocationasat30June2004,anddenomination GovernmentOfficeRegions (withinEngland)

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4 Divorces

Age at divorce

Table 4.1 Divorces(numbersandrates):sexandageatdivorce,1994-2004 EnglandandWales 74

Table 4.2 Divorces:agesatdivorceofhusbandandwifein EnglandandWales 75 combination,2004

Table 4.3 Mendivorcing:ageatdivorceandpreviousmaritalstatuses EnglandandWales 76 ofhusbandandwife,2004

Table 4.4 Womendivorcing:ageatdivorceandpreviousmarital EnglandandWales 78 statusesofhusbandandwife,2004

Age at marriage

Table 4.5 Divorces:sexandageatmarriage,1994-2004 EnglandandWales 80

Table 4.6 Divorces:agesatmarriageofhusbandandwifein EnglandandWales 80 combination,2004

Table 4.7 Divorces:yearofmarriage,agesatmarriageofhusbandand EnglandandWales 81 wifeincombination,2004

Year of birth (cohort) analyses

Table 4.8 Proportionsofmenandwomenwhohadeverdivorcedby EnglandandWales 83 certainages,forbirthcohort,1936-1984

Duration of marriage

Table 4.9 Divorces:durationofmarriageatdivorce,1994-2004, EnglandandWales 84 andageofwifeandhusbandatmarriage,2004

Children in families of couples divorced

Table 4.10 Couples,andchildrenofdivorcedcouples(numbersand EnglandandWales 86 proportions):ageofchild,1994-2004

Table 4.11 Couples,andchildrenofdivorcedcoupleswherethereisat EnglandandWales 87 leastonechildunder16(numbersandproportions):couples bynumberofchildrenandchildrenbyage,1994-2004

Table 4.12 Couples,andchildrenofdivorcedcoupleswherethereis EnglandandWales 87 atleastonechildagedunder16:agesofyoungestandeldest childrenandnumberofchildrenbyage,2004

Table 4.13 Couples,andchildrenofdivorcedcouples:ageofwifeat EnglandandWales 88 divorce,numberofchildrenagedunder16(percouple)and childrenbyage,2004

Table 4.14 Couples,andchildrenofdivorcedcouples:ageofwifeat EnglandandWales 89 marriage,numberofchildrenagedunder16(percouple)and childrenbyage,2004

Table 4.15 Couples,andchildrenofdivorcedcouples:ageofwifeat EnglandandWales 90 marriage,numberofchildrenagedunder16(percouple)and durationofmarriage,2004

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Marital status before marriage of persons divorced

Table 4.16 Divorces:maritalstatusesbeforemarriageofhusbandand EnglandandWales 92 wife,1994-2004

Table 4.17 Divorces:ageofwifeatmarriage,andmaritalstatusesbefore EnglandandWales 93 marriageofhusbandandwife,2004

Table 4.18 Divorces:sex,maritalstatusbeforemarriage,yearof EnglandandWales 94 marriageandageatmarriage,2004

Table 4.19 Divorcerates:sex,maritalstatusbeforemarriage, EnglandandWales 100 yearofmarriageandageatmarriage,2004

Fact proven at divorce

Table 4.20 Decreesawarded:type,factprovenatdivorceandparty EnglandandWales 101 granteddivorce,2004

Table 4.21 Divorcesgrantedtoasoleparty(numbersandproportions): EnglandandWales 102 ageofpartyatdivorceandfactprovenatdivorce,2004

Table 4.22 Decreesawarded:type,factprovenatdivorce,couples EnglandandWales 103 withchildrenagedunder16,andintervalbetweenpetitionand divorce,2004

Other

Table 4.23 Matrimonialsuits:typeofpetitionfiledanddecreenisi EnglandandWales 104 granted,1994-2004

Table 4.24 Ordersconcerningcustodyofchildreninfamilyproceedings: EnglandandWales 104 typeoforderbywhetherwithindivorce,1994-2004

5 New widowers and widows

Table 5.1 Newwidowersandwidows:age,2004 EnglandandWales 105

Table 5.2 Widowers:ageincombinationwithageofdeceased,2004 EnglandandWales 106

Table 5.3 Widows:ageincombinationwithageofdeceased,2004 EnglandandWales 106

6 Adoptions

Table 6.1a AdoptionordersbydateofentryinAdoptedChildren EnglandandWales 107 Register:sex,andwhetheradoptedchildbornwithin/outside marriage,1995-2005

Table 6.1bAdoptionordersbydateofcourtorder:sex,andwhether EnglandandWales 107 adoptedchildbornwithin/outsidemarriage,1995-2005

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Table 6.2a AdoptionsbydateofentryinAdoptedChildrenRegister EnglandandWales 108 (numbersandpercentages):sexandage,1995-2005

Table 6.2b Adoptionsbydateofcourtorder(numbersandpercentages): EnglandandWales 109 sexandage,1995-2005

Table 6.3 Adoptionapplicationsandordersgranted,1995-2005 EnglandandWales 110

Appendices

A Marriagedataentryforms 111

B Formusedbythecourtstorecordadivorcedecreeabsolute(FormD105) 112

C Draftentryformusedinthecurrentsystemforregisteringdeaths(Form310(Rev)) 113

D FormofentryintheAdoptedChildrenRegister(England) 114

E FormofentryintheAdoptedChildrenRegister(Wales) 115

F Formusedtoreportonthenumberofcounsellinginterviewsandindicatetheintentionsoftheadoptedperson 116 (FormCA7)

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Marriage,divorceandadoptionstatistics2004providesstatisticsonmarriagessolemnised,anddissolutionsandannulmentsofmarriagesgranted,inEnglandandWalesduring2004,aswellasadoptionordersinEnglandandWalesduring2005.Summarystatisticsarealsogiveninmanytablesforthe11years1994-2004,orotherrecentperiods.

Thisvolumeupdatestheprovisionaldataprovidedinthereportondivorcesfor2004andmarriagesfor2004thatwerepublishedinPopulationTrends121and123respectively.

Theannualupdateonmarriagesanddivorcesin2004andadoptionsin2005waspublishedinPopulationTrends127,inApril2007.

ThisvolumeisproducedbytheOfficeforNationalStatistics(ONS).ItispublishedundertheNationalStatisticslogo,thedesignationguaranteeingthatthoseoutputshavebeenproducedtohighprofessionalstandardssetoutinaCodeofPractice,andhavebeenproducedfreefrompoliticalinfluence.

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1.1 Tables in this volume

Tables 1.1and1.2giveestimatesofthepopulationofEnglandandWalesanalysedbylegalmaritalstatus,sexandage.Asummaryofmarriagesanddivorcesbetween1994and2004isshowninTable 2.1,withdetailsoffirstmarriagesandremarriages,and,fordivorces,whethereitherpartyhadpreviouslybeendivorced.Table 2.2givesmarriageanddivorcerates.

Theremainingtablesaredividedintofourmajorgroups-Marriages,Divorces,NewwidowersandwidowsandAdoptions.

Withinthegroupofmarriagetablesthereareanalysesforanumberofvariables,arrangedsystematically,suchas:periodofoccurrence(Tables 3.1to3.6),areaofoccurrence(Tables 3.23to3.28),typeofceremonyanddenomination(Tables 3.29to3.35),andwhetherthebrideandbridegroomgaveidenticalresidentialaddressesbeforemarriage(Tables 3.38to3.41).However,thesamevariablemayappearinseveralothertables.Forexample,ageatmarriageisanalysedinTables 3.15to3.20,butalsoappearsinTables 3.6and3.38.

BuildingscertifiedforuseofworshipandregisteredforthesolemnisationofmarriagesareanalysedinTables 3.42and3.43.Table 3.42showsthenumberofbuildingscertifiedasplacesofworshipfordifferentdenominations.ChurchesandchapelsoftheChurchofEnglandandChurchinWalesdonotneedtobecertified,soareexcludedfromthistable.Table 3.43showsthenumberofbuildingsofdifferentdenominationsinwhichmarriagesmaylawfullybesolemnised.ThesetablesaremaintainedbyGRO.

Divorcesarealsoanalysedinvarioussub-groups,suchasageatdivorce(Tables 4.1to4.4),ageatmarriage(Tables 4.5to4.7),durationofmarriage(Table 4.9),detailsofchildren(Tables 4.10to4.15 and 4.24),andofthefactsprovenatdivorce(Tables 4.20to4.22).

NewwidowersandwidowsareanalysedbyageofsurvivingspouseinTable 5.1,andincombinationwithageofthedeceasedpartnerinTables 5.2and5.3.

AdoptionsareanalysedinTables 6.1to6.3andcontainthenumbersofadoptionapplicationsmadeandordersgranted/registeredeachyearsince1995.Tables 6.1and6.2areintwopartstoshowadoptionordersbythedateofthecourtorderaswellasthedatetheorderwasenteredontotheregister.

Thelistingbelowsetsoutdetailsofeachmarriageanddivorcetableinthisvolume.

1.2 Changes in this volume

Duetodataqualityissues,tablesonadoptioncounsellingservices(Tables 6.4to6.6) havebeenremovedfromthisvolume.

1 Introduction

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Marriage tables

Table Year(s) Areas Numbers/ Quarters/ Religious/ Approved Typeof Denomination Previous Ageof Age Remarriage/ Registeredor Certified Cohabiting Year(s) Table number rates/ months/ civil premises preliminaries marital bride/ singleyears/ first authorised placeof before number proportions days ceremonies status groom age groups marriage person worship marriage (N/R/P) (Q/M/D) (R/C) (B/G) (B/G) (S/G) (R/F) type of building Marriages

3.1 1994–2004 E&W NR Q 1994–2004 3.1

3.2 1994–2004 E&W N M 1994–2004 3.2

3.3 2004 E&W N/P D/M R/C 2004 3.3

3.4 2004 E&W N/P D R/C * * 2004 3.4

3.5 2004 E&W N D R/C B/G 2004 3.5

3.6 2004 E&W N D R/C B/G G 2004 3.6

Previous marital status Previous marital status

3.7 1994–2004 E&W N B/G 1994–2004 3.7

3.8 1994–2004 E&W N B/G 1994–2004 3.8

3.9 1994–2004 E&W N/P B/G 1994–2004 3.9

3.10 1994–2004 E&W R B/G B/G G F 1994–2004 3.10

3.11 1994–2004 E&W R B/G B/G S F 1994–2004 3.11

3.12 1994–2004 E&W R B/G B/G G R 1994–2004 3.12

3.13 1994–2004 E&W N G G G 1994–2004 3.13

3.14 1994–2004 E&W N B B G 1994-2004 3.14

Age at marriage Age at marriage

3.15 1994–2004 E&W Median B/G B/G 1994–2004 3.15

3.16 1994–2004 E&W Mean G G 1994–2004 3.16

3.17 1994-2004 E&W Mean B B 1994-2004 3.17

3.18 2004 E&W N G G S/G 2004 3.18

3.19 2004 E&W N B B S/G 2004 3.19

3.20 2004 E&W N B/G B/G S/G F/R 2004 3.20

Nuptiality tables Nuptiality tables

3.21 2004 E&W R B/G S F 2004 3.21

3.22 2004 E&W R B/G S F 2004 3.22

Area of occurrence Area of occurrence

3.23 2004 E&W+ N G G 2004 3.23

3.24 2004 E&W+ N B G 2004 3.24

3.25 2004 E&W+ N G G G 2004 3.25

3.26 2004 E&W+ N B B G 2004 3.26

3.27 2004 E&W+ N/P R/C B/G 2004 3.27

3.28 2004 E&W+ N R/C * * 2004 3.28

Type of ceremony and denomination Type of ceremony and denomination

3.29 1994-2004 E&W N/P R/C * * 1994-2004 3.29

3.30 2004 E&W N Q R/C * B/G B G 2004 3.30

3.31 2004 E&W N R/C * * B/G 2004 3.31

3.32 2004 E&W N R/C * * B/G G 2004 3.32

3.33 2004 E&W+ N/P R/C * * 2004 3.33

3.34 2004 E&W+ N R/C * * 2004 3.34

3.35 2004 E&W+ N R/C * * * 2004 3.35

Year of birth (cohort) analyses Year of birth (cohort) analyses

3.36 cohort E&W P B/G B/G cohort 3.36

3.37 cohort E&W P B/G B/G cohort 3.37

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Marriage tables

Table Year(s) Areas Numbers/ Quarters/ Religious/ Approved Typeof Denomination Previous Ageof Age Remarriage/ Registeredor Certified Cohabiting Year(s) Table number rates/ months/ civil premises preliminaries marital bride/ singleyears/ first authorised placeof before number proportions days ceremonies status groom age groups marriage person worship marriage (N/R/P) (Q/M/D) (R/C) (B/G) (B/G) (S/G) (R/F) type of building Marriages

3.1 1994–2004 E&W NR Q 1994–2004 3.1

3.2 1994–2004 E&W N M 1994–2004 3.2

3.3 2004 E&W N/P D/M R/C 2004 3.3

3.4 2004 E&W N/P D R/C * * 2004 3.4

3.5 2004 E&W N D R/C B/G 2004 3.5

3.6 2004 E&W N D R/C B/G G 2004 3.6

Previous marital status Previous marital status

3.7 1994–2004 E&W N B/G 1994–2004 3.7

3.8 1994–2004 E&W N B/G 1994–2004 3.8

3.9 1994–2004 E&W N/P B/G 1994–2004 3.9

3.10 1994–2004 E&W R B/G B/G G F 1994–2004 3.10

3.11 1994–2004 E&W R B/G B/G S F 1994–2004 3.11

3.12 1994–2004 E&W R B/G B/G G R 1994–2004 3.12

3.13 1994–2004 E&W N G G G 1994–2004 3.13

3.14 1994–2004 E&W N B B G 1994-2004 3.14

Age at marriage Age at marriage

3.15 1994–2004 E&W Median B/G B/G 1994–2004 3.15

3.16 1994–2004 E&W Mean G G 1994–2004 3.16

3.17 1994-2004 E&W Mean B B 1994-2004 3.17

3.18 2004 E&W N G G S/G 2004 3.18

3.19 2004 E&W N B B S/G 2004 3.19

3.20 2004 E&W N B/G B/G S/G F/R 2004 3.20

Nuptiality tables Nuptiality tables

3.21 2004 E&W R B/G S F 2004 3.21

3.22 2004 E&W R B/G S F 2004 3.22

Area of occurrence Area of occurrence

3.23 2004 E&W+ N G G 2004 3.23

3.24 2004 E&W+ N B G 2004 3.24

3.25 2004 E&W+ N G G G 2004 3.25

3.26 2004 E&W+ N B B G 2004 3.26

3.27 2004 E&W+ N/P R/C B/G 2004 3.27

3.28 2004 E&W+ N R/C * * 2004 3.28

Type of ceremony and denomination Type of ceremony and denomination

3.29 1994-2004 E&W N/P R/C * * 1994-2004 3.29

3.30 2004 E&W N Q R/C * B/G B G 2004 3.30

3.31 2004 E&W N R/C * * B/G 2004 3.31

3.32 2004 E&W N R/C * * B/G G 2004 3.32

3.33 2004 E&W+ N/P R/C * * 2004 3.33

3.34 2004 E&W+ N R/C * * 2004 3.34

3.35 2004 E&W+ N R/C * * * 2004 3.35

Year of birth (cohort) analyses Year of birth (cohort) analyses

3.36 cohort E&W P B/G B/G cohort 3.36

3.37 cohort E&W P B/G B/G cohort 3.37

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Marriage tables - (continued) Table Year(s) Areas Numbers/ Quarters/ Religious/ Approved Typeof Denomination Previous Ageof Age Remarriage/ Registeredor Certified Cohabiting Year(s) Table number rates/ months/ civil premises preliminaries marital bride/ singleyears/ first authorised placeof before number proportions days ceremonies status groom age groups marriage person worship marriage (N/R/P) (Q/M/D) (R/C) (B/G) ((S/G) (R/F) type of building

Divorce tables

Table Years Areas Numbers/ Age at Previous Age at Year of Duration of Number of Age of To whom Proven Time Petitions Decrees Custody/ Year(s) Table number rates/ divorce marital marriage marriage marriage children child decree facts between filed granted access number proportions huband/wife status husband/wife per couple granted petiton and divorce/ divorce/ orders (N/R/P) (H/W) (H/W) husband/wife divorce nullity/ nullity/

(H/W) separation separation

Age at divorce Age at divorce

4.1 1994–2004 E&W N/R/Mean/ H/W 1994–2004 4.1 Median

4.2 2004 E&W N H/W 2004 4.2

4.3 2004 E&W N H * 2004 4.3

4.4 2004 E&W N W * 2004 4.4

Age at marriage Age at marriage

4.5 1994–2004 E&W N H/W 1994–2004 4.5

4.6 2004 E&W N H/W 2004 4.6

4.7 2004 E&W N H/W * 2004 4.7

Year of birth (cohort) analyses Year of birth (cohort) analyses

4.8 cohort E&W P H/W cohort 4.8

Duration of marriage Duration of marriage

4.9 1994-2004,2004 E&W N/Median H/W * 1994-2004,2004 4.9

Children in families of couples divorced Children in families of couples divorced

4.10 1994–2004 E&W N/P/Mean * * 1994–2004 4.10

4.11 1994–2004 E&W N/P * * 1994–2004 4.11

4.12 2004 E&W N * * 2004 4.12

4.13 2004 E&W N W * * 2004 4.13

4.14 2004 E&W N W * * 2004 4.14

4.15 2004 E&W N W * * * 2004 4.15

Marital status before marriage of persons divorced Marital status before marriage of persons divorced

4.16 1994–2004 E&W N * 1994–2004 4.16

4.17 2004 E&W N * W 2004 4.17

4.18 2004 E&W N * H/W * 2004 4.18

4.19 2004 E&W R * H/W * 2004 4.19

Facts proven at divorce Facts proven at divorce

4.20 2004 E&W N H/W * 2004 4.20

4.21 2004 E&W NP H/W H/W * 2004 4.21

4.22 2004 E&W N * * * 2004 4.22

Other Other

4.23 1994-2004 E&W N * * 1994-2004 4.23

4.24 1994-2004 E&W N * 1994-2004 4.24

Identical residential addresses of couple before marriage Identical residential addresses of couple before marriage

3.38 2004 E&W N/P R/C B/G G * 2004 3.38

3.39 2004 E&W N/P R/C * B/G * 2004 3.39

3.40 2004 E&W N/P R/C * * 2004 3.40

3.41 2004 E&W N/P M R/C * 2004 3.41

Types of registered buildings Types of registered buildings

3.42 2004 E&W+ N * * 2004 3.42

3.43 2004 E&W+ N * * 2004 3.43

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Marriage tables - (continued) Table Year(s) Areas Numbers/ Quarters/ Religious/ Approved Typeof Denomination Previous Ageof Age Remarriage/ Registeredor Certified Cohabiting Year(s) Table number rates/ months/ civil premises preliminaries marital bride/ singleyears/ first authorised placeof before number proportions days ceremonies status groom age groups marriage person worship marriage (N/R/P) (Q/M/D) (R/C) (B/G) ((S/G) (R/F) type of building

Divorce tables

Table Years Areas Numbers/ Age at Previous Age at Year of Duration of Number of Age of To whom Proven Time Petitions Decrees Custody/ Year(s) Table number rates/ divorce marital marriage marriage marriage children child decree facts between filed granted access number proportions huband/wife status husband/wife per couple granted petiton and divorce/ divorce/ orders (N/R/P) (H/W) (H/W) husband/wife divorce nullity/ nullity/

(H/W) separation separation

Age at divorce Age at divorce

4.1 1994–2004 E&W N/R/Mean/ H/W 1994–2004 4.1 Median

4.2 2004 E&W N H/W 2004 4.2

4.3 2004 E&W N H * 2004 4.3

4.4 2004 E&W N W * 2004 4.4

Age at marriage Age at marriage

4.5 1994–2004 E&W N H/W 1994–2004 4.5

4.6 2004 E&W N H/W 2004 4.6

4.7 2004 E&W N H/W * 2004 4.7

Year of birth (cohort) analyses Year of birth (cohort) analyses

4.8 cohort E&W P H/W cohort 4.8

Duration of marriage Duration of marriage

4.9 1994-2004,2004 E&W N/Median H/W * 1994-2004,2004 4.9

Children in families of couples divorced Children in families of couples divorced

4.10 1994–2004 E&W N/P/Mean * * 1994–2004 4.10

4.11 1994–2004 E&W N/P * * 1994–2004 4.11

4.12 2004 E&W N * * 2004 4.12

4.13 2004 E&W N W * * 2004 4.13

4.14 2004 E&W N W * * 2004 4.14

4.15 2004 E&W N W * * * 2004 4.15

Marital status before marriage of persons divorced Marital status before marriage of persons divorced

4.16 1994–2004 E&W N * 1994–2004 4.16

4.17 2004 E&W N * W 2004 4.17

4.18 2004 E&W N * H/W * 2004 4.18

4.19 2004 E&W R * H/W * 2004 4.19

Facts proven at divorce Facts proven at divorce

4.20 2004 E&W N H/W * 2004 4.20

4.21 2004 E&W NP H/W H/W * 2004 4.21

4.22 2004 E&W N * * * 2004 4.22

Other Other

4.23 1994-2004 E&W N * * 1994-2004 4.23

4.24 1994-2004 E&W N * 1994-2004 4.24

Identical residential addresses of couple before marriage Identical residential addresses of couple before marriage

3.38 2004 E&W N/P R/C B/G G * 2004 3.38

3.39 2004 E&W N/P R/C * B/G * 2004 3.39

3.40 2004 E&W N/P R/C * * 2004 3.40

3.41 2004 E&W N/P M R/C * 2004 3.41

Types of registered buildings Types of registered buildings

3.42 2004 E&W+ N * * 2004 3.42

3.43 2004 E&W+ N * * 2004 3.43

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1.3 Data analysed in this volume

Marriages

Marriagestatisticsinthisvolumearebasedondetailscollectedwhenamarriageissolemnised.Theinformationisfromtheentryinthemarriageregister.Themajorityofthedetailsaresuppliedbythebrideandbridegroomtothepersonregisteringthemarriage.Thispersonmaybeamemberoftheclergy,anauthorisedpersonforareligiousmarriage,asecretaryofasynagogue,aregisteringofficeroftheSocietyofFriendsoracivilregistrar.ExamplesofmarriagesentriesusedforcivilandreligiousmarriagesarereproducedinAppendix A.

Thedataanalysedinthisvolumearesummarisedbelow.

Supplied by the bride and bridegroom

• Maritalstatus(priortomarriage)isrecordedasaconditioninthemarriageentry,andisusedinanumberoftableshere,inparticularTables 3.7 and3.8.

• Ageatmarriage(inyears)isprovidedbybothbrideandbridegroom,andformsanessentialpartofmanyanalyseshere,inparticularTables 3.15 to3.20.

Detailsofusualresidenceofbrideandbridegroomatthetimeofmarriagearerecordedinthemarriageentry,butarenotcollectedelectronically.Theinformationisnotusedforgeographicanalysesofmarriagesbecausetheaddressesgivenarenotnecessarilythesameasthelong-termaddressesbeforemarriage,orthesameastheresidenceofthecoupleaftermarriage.

Detailsofnamesandofoccupationofbrideandbridegroom,offather’sname,andoffather’soccupationarealsorecordedinthemarriageentry,butnotallarecollectedandtheyarenottabulatedinthisvolume.

Supplied by the person/s solemnising and registering the marriage

Thesedetailsmaybesummarisedasdateofmarriage,placeofmarriage,areaofoccurrence,theperson(s)by,orbefore,whomthemarriagewassolemnisedandregistered,andpreliminariestomarriage.

Theplaceofmarriagewhenthebrideorgroomisseriouslyillandnotexpectedtorecoverorishouseboundcouldbethenameofahospitalorhospice,orpossiblyaprivateaddress.Withadetainedpersontheexactvenueisshownbutthiswouldbeanalternativeaddressthatwouldnotindicateaprisonormentalhospital.Inthecaseofmarriageinapprovedpremises,thenameofthevenueisrecorded,butnotspecificallythatthepremiseshavebeenapproved.

Theareaofoccurrenceistheregistrationdistrictinwhichthemarriagewassolemnised,althoughtheremayberareexceptions.Thismaynotbethedistrictinwhichthecouplereside,eitherbeforeoraftermarriage.Allgeographicanalysesofmarriagesarebasedonareaofoccurrence,notareaofresidence.

Derived by ONS from the marriage entry

OnreceiptofthemarriageentryatONSTitchfield,furtherdetailsderivedfrominformationsuppliedarecodedandkeyed.

• Legalpreliminarieswhichauthorisethemarriagetoproceed-derivedfrominformationsuppliedbythepersonregisteringthemarriage-areclassifiedasfollows:

• banns;• commonlicence;• speciallicence;• superintendentregistrar’scertificate;• RegistrarGeneral’slicence.

Seesection3.2 formoreinformation.ThesedetailsareusedinTable 3.34.

• Typeofreligiousceremony-derivedfromtheplaceofmarriage.Thisinformationiscodedtooneof19differentdenominations,analysedinTables 3.28 to3.35.

• Civilmarriages,locationtypeisclassifiedinoneofthefollowingcategories:

• inaregisteroffice;• registrarregisteringacivilmarriageinabuildingother

thanaregisterofficeorapprovedpremises,butnotinaregisteredbuilding;

• in‘approvedpremises’,derivedfromtheidentificationonthemarriageentry.

Anindicatorisalsousedtoshowwhetherornotthebrideandbridegroomgavethesameaddressatmarriage(seeTables 3.38 to3.41).Research1hasshownthatthisisareasonablygoodproxyvariableforpre-maritalcohabitation.Furtherinformationcanbefoundinsection3 ofthisvolume.

Divorces

HerMajesty’sCourtServicebecameanAgencyoftheDepartmentofConstitutionalAffairsinJune2003whentheDCAreplacedtheLordChancellor’sDepartmentandhasadministrativeresponsibilityfortheSupremeCourt,theCrownCourtandtheCountyCourtsofEnglandandWales.TheDepartmentofConstitutionalAffairshasresponsibilityforpolicyandlegislation,butdemographicinformationcollectedaspartofthatprocedureisanalysedandpublishedbyONS.Datatabulatedinthisvolumearederivedfrom

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thedecreeabsoluteform,suppliedbytheCourtstotheDepartmentofConstitutionalAffairs.

MostinformationissuppliedbythepetitionerbutsomeisalsoprovidedbytherespondenttotheCourt,andotheritemsareforwardedtotheCourt.Informationontheoriginalmarriageisusuallyderivedfromacopyofthemarriageentry.Acopyoftheformusedtorecordadecreeabsolute(D105)isshowninAppendix B.

Thedataanalysedinthisvolumearesummarisedbelow:

Supplied by petitioner and respondent

• Dateofmarriage-usedinTables 4.7,4.18 and 4.19.

• Ageatmarriage(inyears)-usedinTables 4.5to4.7, 4.9, 4.14, 4.15,and4.17to4.19.

• Maritalstatusatmarriage-usedinTables 4.16to4.19.

• Date(s)ofbirthofanychildrenagedunder18.

• Numberofchildrenaged18orover-usedinTables 4.10to4.15(aspartofthecategoryofchildrenaged16orover).

Thelengthordurationofthemarriage,usedinTable 4.9,andtheageatdivorce(Tables 4.1to4.4),arederivedfromthedateofmarriage,ageatmarriage,anddateofdecreeabsolute.Theageofchildatpetitionisderivedfromdateofbirthofchildanddateofpetition,andisusedinTables 4.10 to4.15.

Supplied by the Court

• Date petition filedanddateofdecreeabsolute-bothusedinTable 4.22.

• Factsprovenandclass(es)ofdecree-usedinTables 4.20to4.22.

Summary information is supplied by Her Majesty’s CourtServicefor:

• Petitionsforanddecreenisigrantedfordivorce,nullityandjudicialseparation-usedinTables 2.1 and 4.23.

• Custodyorders-usedinTable 4.24.

• Ordersmadeconcerningchildreninfamilyproceedings-usedinTable 4.24.

TheinformationonpetitionsprovidedbyHerMajesty’sCourtServiceinTable 4.23hasbeenproducedusingtheManagementInformationSystem(MIS),anewdatawarehousingfacilitydrawingdirectlyfromcourt-basedinformationsystems.Thenewfacility,implementedinJune2002,enablestheDepartmentofConstitutionalAffairsaccesstomorecompletedatathanwaspreviouslypossibleincludinglatesubmitteddataforpreviousyears.Figuresforpreviousyearswereupdatedin2003.

Furtherinformationcanbefoundinsection4ofthisvolume.

Newwidowersandwidows

Informationaboutpersonswhobecomewidow(er)sisavailablefromtheentrymadeattheregistrationofadeath.Themaritalstatusofthedeceasedpersonandtheageofthesurvivingspousehavebeenavailablesince1938aspartoftheconfidentialparticularscollectedundertheauthorityofthePopulation(Statistics)Act1960.AcopyofthedraftentryformusedforregisteringdeathsisshowninAppendix C.ThisinformationisusedinTables 5.1to5.3,andmoredetailsaregiveninsection3.8.

Adoptions

InformationfromadoptionordersisderivedfromtheAdoptedChildrenRegister.TheRegisterismaintainedbytheGeneralRegisterOfficeandcontainstheparticularsofeveryadoptionordermadebyacourtinEnglandandWalesandsomeoverseasadoptions.TheparticularsincludedinanentryintheRegisterareshowninAppendices D andE.ThisinformationisprovidedbyoneorotheroftheHighCourt,CountyCourt,orMagistrates’Court.

Thedetailsusedinthispublicationinclude:

• sexofadoptedchild(atbirth);• ageofadoptedchild(atadoption);• whetherchildwasbornwithinoroutsidemarriage;• dateadoptionorderwasmade;• dateadoptionorderwasregistered.

ThesedetailsareusedinTables 6.1 and6.2.

Summary information is supplied by Her Majesty’s CourtServicefor:

•adoptionapplications;•adoptionordersgranted.

ThesedetailsareusedinTable 6.3.

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InTable 6.3 thenumberofapplicationsandordersgrantedforadoptionswereprovidedbyHMCourtService,fortheHighCourtandCountyCourtsonly.DatafromFamilyProceedingsCourts,whicharethosepartsofMagistrates’Courtshavingafamilyjurisdictionhavenotbeenincluded.Before1992thesecourtswereunderthejurisdictionoftheHomeOfficeanddataarenotavailable.Since1992datahavebeencollectedbyHMCourtServicebutcoverageisincomplete.EstimatesofthesefiguresareavailableinJudicialStatistics,theannualreportfromtheDepartmentofConstitutionalAffairs.

Furtherinformationcanbefoundinsection5ofthisvolume.

1.4 Other publications

Someotherrecentbackgroundinformationonmarriages,divorces,adoptions,andotherrelevantarticlesandpublicationsarelistedbelow.MostarefromthejournalPopulationTrends.

Cohabitation

Haskey,J.-LivingarrangementsincontemporaryBritain:HavingapartnerwhousuallyliveselsewhereandLivingApartTogether(LAT).PopulationTrends122,pp35-45,Winter2005.

Haskey,J.-CohabitationinGreatBritain:past,presentandfuturetrends–andattitudes.PopulationTrends103,pp4-25,Spring2001.

Haskey,J.-CohabitingcouplesinGreatBritain:accommodationsharing,tenureandpropertyownership.PopulationTrends103,pp26-36,Spring2001.

Haskey,J.-CohabitationalandmaritalhistoriesofadultsinGreatBritain.PopulationTrends96,pp13-24,Summer1999.

Shaw,CandHaskey,J.-NewestimatesandprojectionsofthepopulationcohabitinginEnglandandWales.PopulationTrends95,pp7-17,Spring1999.

Haskey,J.-Spouseswithidenticalresidentialaddressesbeforemarriage:anindicatorofpre-maritalcohabitation.PopulationTrends89,pp13-23,Autumn1997.

Haskey,J.-Trendsinmarriageandcohabitation:thedeclineinmarriageandthechangingpatternoflivinginrelationships.PopulationTrends80,pp5-15,Summer1995.

Haskey,J.-Pre-maritalcohabitationandtheprobabilityofsubsequentdivorce:analysesusingnewdatafromtheGeneralHouseholdSurvey.PopulationTrends68,pp10-19,Summer1992.

Haskey,J.-Identicaladdressesatmarriageandpre-maritalcohabitation:resultsfromlinkingmarriageregistrationandcensusrecords.PopulationTrends59,pp20-29,Spring1990.

Children and divorce

Haskey,J.-Childrenwhoexperiencedivorceintheirfamily.PopulationTrends87,pp5-10,Spring1997.

Haskey,J.-Divorceandchildren:factprovenandintervalbetweenpetitionanddivorce.PopulationTrends84,pp28-32,Summer1996.

Haskey,J.-Childreninfamiliesbrokenbydivorce.PopulationTrends61,pp34-42,Autumn1990.

Adoptions

Haskey,J.-AdopteesandrelativeswhowishtocontactoneanotherusingtheAdoptionContactRegister:trends,relationshipsandproportionsofrecordsmatched.PopulationTrends106,pp15–28,Winter2001.

Haskey,J.andErrington,R.-Adopteesandrelativeswhowishtocontactoneanother:theAdoptionContactRegister.PopulationTrends104,pp18–25,Summer2001.

Rushbrooke,R.-TheproportionofadopteeswhohavereceivedtheirbirthrecordsinEnglandandWales.PopulationTrends104,pp26–34,Summer2001.

Population estimates

ONS,Report:Mid-2004maritalstatusestimatesforEnglandandWales.PopulationTrends123,pp75-76,Spring2006.

Other

NíBhrolcháin,M.-TheagedifferenceatmarriageinEnglandandWales:acenturyofpatternsandtrends.PopulationTrends120,pp7-14,Summer2005.

Hancock,R,Stuchbury,RandTomassini,C.-ChangesinthedistributionofmaritalagedifferencesinEnglandandWales,1963to1998.PopulationTrends114,pp19-25,Winter2003.

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NíBhrolcháin,M,Wilson,TandSigle-Rushton,W.-LocalmarriagemarketsinGreatBritain:howdiverse?PopulationTrends109,pp27-35,Autumn2002.

Haskey,J.-MarriagesinapprovedpremisesandregisterofficesinEngland&Wales:theproportionsofcoupleswhomarryawayfromhome.PopulationTrends107,pp35-51,Spring2002.

Haskey,J.-DivorceandremarriageinEnglandandWales.PopulationTrends95,pp18-22,Spring1999.

Haskey,J.-Marriagesin‘ApprovedPremises’inEnglandandWales:theimpactofthe1994MarriageAct.PopulationTrends93,pp38-52,Autumn1998.

Haskey,J.-Thedayoftheweekonwhichcouplesmarry.PopulationTrends85,pp45-52,Autumn1996.

Haskey,J.-Populationreview:familiesandhouseholdsinGreatBritain.PopulationTrends85,pp7-24,Autumn1996.

Haskey,J.-Theproportionofmarriedcoupleswhodivorce:pastpatternsandcurrentprospects.PopulationTrends83,pp25-36,Spring1996.

Haskey,J.-Firstmarriage,divorceandremarriage:birthcohortanalyses.PopulationTrends72,pp24-33,Summer1993.

Haskey,J.-Patternsofmarriage,divorceandcohabitationinthedifferentcountriesofEurope.PopulationTrends69,pp27-36,Autumn1992.

Haskey,J.-SocialandfamilycharacteristicsofmarriageinEnglandandWales:informationderivedfrommarriageregistrationrecords.JournalofBiosocialScience23(2),pp179-200,April1991.

1.5 Associated publications and the National Statistics website

TheNationalStatisticswebsite(www.statistics.gov.uk)providesacomprehensivesourceoffreelyavailablevitalstatisticsandONSproducts.MoreinformationontheNationalStatisticswebsitecanbeobtainedfromthecontactaddressesinsection2.6.

Comparablestatisticsforearlieryears,andseparatestatisticsforScotlandandNorthernIreland,arepublishedasfollows:

England and Wales:from1974to1994intheannualreferencevolumeMarriageanddivorcestatistics,andfrom1995inMarriage,divorceandadoptionstatistics(bothseriesFM2);forearlieryearsintheRegistrarGeneral’sStatisticalReviewofEnglandandWales.

HistoricalstatisticshavealsobeenpublishedinthevolumeMarriageanddivorcestatistics(SeriesFM2No.16).Thiscoverstheperiod1837-1983formarriages,datingfromtheyearwhenthepresentnationalsystemofregistrationwasfirstintroducedinEnglandandWales.Italsoincludesdivorcestatisticsfrom1858-thefirstyearduringwhichadecreeofdivorcecouldbepetitionedforandgrantedinacivilcourtwithinEnglandandWales-upto1983.

Until1973,adoptionstatisticsappearedannuallyintheRegistrarGeneral’sStatisticalReview(partII).From1974to1996theywereregularlypublishedinOPCSMonitors(seriesFM3),andsince1996theyhavebeenconsolidatedinthisvolume.

Scotland:intheAnnualReportoftheRegistrarGeneralforScotland,www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/statistics

NorthernIreland:intheAnnualReportoftheRegistrarGeneralforNorthernIreland,www.nisra.gov.uk/publications/default.asp

Upto1998,annualdatawerefirstpublishedinMonitors,summarisingmarriagesanddivorcesinEnglandandWales.However,thesehavenowbeendiscontinued,andreplacedwithNewsReleases(i.e.PressReleases)andReportsissuedinthequarterlyjournalPopulationTrends.Moreup-to-datebutlessdetailedstatisticsfortheUnitedKingdomanditsconstituentcountriesarealsopublishedquarterlyinPopulationTrendsandHealthStatisticsQuarterly.

OtherONSsourcesinclude:

• Birthstatistics3(seriesFM1)-providingfiguresonlivebirthsandstillbirths,andalsoincludesconceptions.Analysesareprovidedbyageofmother,maritalstatus,whetherthebirthwaswithinoroutsidemarriage,andthedurationofmarriage.

• Mortalitystatistics:general(seriesDH1)-withanalyses ofdeathsbymaritalstatusofthedeceased.

• Censusreports-whichincludeanalysesbymarital status,familycomposition,etc.

• GeneralHouseholdSurvey-newsreleases,annual reportsandmorerecentlywebbasedtables-containing

analysesontopicssuchasmarriage,separation,divorce,remarriage,cohabitation;familystatistics(includingthoseonone-parentfamilies).

• LabourForceSurvey-annualreportsandarticlesin LabourMarketTrends,withestimatesofthenumberof families,marriedcouples,etc.

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• JudicialStatistics(DepartmentofConstitutionalAffairs)-whichgivesdetailsofjudicialaspectsofdivorce.

StatisticsfortheUnitedKingdomandGreatBritainalsoappearintheAnnualAbstractofStatisticsandRegionalTrends,whileSocialTrendsincludesoccasionalcommentonparticularaspectsoftrendsinmarriage,divorce,andremarriage.Inaddition,theSocialFocusOnseriesbringstogetherrelevantinformationondifferentgroupsofthepopulation,withtheeditionsonFamilies(2005),Gender(2004),andthe2001editiononmen,ofparticularinteresthere2.

InternationalpublicationsofinterestincludeEurostat’sEuropeanSocialConditions-Population(Luxembourg),theCouncilofEurope’sRecentDemographicDevelopmentsinEurope(Strasbourg),theUnitedNation’sDemographicYearbook(NewYork),andPopulation-issuedsixtimesayearbyINED(InstitutNationald’EtudesDemographiques,Paris).

References1. Haskey,J.-Spouseswithidenticalresidential

addressesbeforemarriage:anindicatorofpre-maritalcohabitation.PopulationTrends89,pp13-23,Autumn,1997.

2. ONS.SocialFocusonFamilies(2005),SocialFocusonGender(2004)andSocialFocusonMen(2001).TheStationeryOffice.

3. ONS(2006).Birthstatistics2005,SeriesFM1no34andConceptionstatistics2004,supplementtoSeriesFM1no34.

4. Haskey,J.-MarriagesinApprovedPremisesinEnglandandWales:theimpactofthe1994MarriageAct,PopulationTrends93,pp38-52,Autumn1998.

5. Haskey,J.-Firstmarriage,divorceandremarriage:birthcohortanalyses.PopulationTrends72,pp24-33,Summer1993.

6. Haskey,J.-Childrenofdivorcingcouples,PopulationTrends31,pp20-27,Winter1976.

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2 Notesanddefinitions:general

2.1 Base populations

Thepopulationfiguresusedtocalculateratesinthisvolumearemid-yearestimatesoftheresidentpopulationbymaritalstatusofEnglandandWalesbasedonthe2001CensusofPopulation.TheseestimatesincludemembersofHMandnon-UKarmedforcesstationedinEnglandandWales,butexcludethosestationedoutside.ONSmid-yearpopulationestimatesareupdatedfiguresusingthemostrecentCensus,allowingforbirths,deaths,changedmaritalstatus,netmigrationandageingofthepopulation.

Theestimatesfor1994to2004,giveninTables 1.1and1.2,arebasedonlegalmaritalstatusinEnglandandWales.Theytakeintoaccountbirths,deaths,changedmaritalstatusandmigration.Thesinglepopulationisthosewhohaveneverbeenmarried,andpersonswhoareseparatedbutnotdivorcedareincludedinthemarriedpopulation.

Inthisvolume,thepopulationestimatesusedforthecalculationofratesarethelatestestimatesavailableatthetimeofitsproduction.Themid-2004maritalstatusestimateswerepublishedon20December2005.

Theseestimatesincorporatetheresultsofthelocalauthoritypopulationstudies(carriedoutaftertheCensus),someothercorrectionsandunattributablepopulationchange.FurtherdetailsabouttherevisionstopopulationestimatescanbefoundattheNationalStatisticswebsite(www.statistics.gov.uk/popest).

2.2 Coverage

ThemarriagesanalysedinthispublicationarethosesolemnisedinEnglandandWalesforeachcalendaryear.Latenotificationsofmarriageentriesarenotincludedinannualtables,butareretainedontheONSdatabase.Marriageentriesrelatingtomarriagessolemnisedin2004,butreceivedbyONSafter13November2006arenotincludedinthisvolume.

Similarly,thedivorcesanalysedaredecreesofdissolutionsandannulmentsofmarriagegrantedinEnglandandWalesineachcalendaryear.Latenotificationsofdivorcesarenotincludedinannualtables,butareretainedontheONSdatabase.Detailsofdivorcesgrantedduring2004butreceivedbyONSafter27July2005arenotincludedinthisvolume.

Thenumberofnewwidowsandwidowersanalysedinthisvolumearebasedondeathsofmarriedpersonsoccurringin2004,thatwereregisteredandfullycodedbyONSbefore8September2005.Datareceivedandcodedafterthistimearenotincludedinthesetables,butareretainedontheONSdatabase.

Thetabulatedadoptionsstatisticsarethenumberofapplicationsforadoption,orordersgrantedandregistered,inEnglandandWalesinthecalendaryear2005thatwereextractedfromthedatabaseon31July2006.

2.3 Areal analyses

Marriages by area

Marriageentriesarecollatedbyregistrarsintheregistrationdistrictwheretheyoccur.Thismeansthatareaanalysisispossibleonlybyregistrationdistrictorbyaggregationofthedatafromthesedistricts.

Whenlocalgovernmentareasarereorganised(suchasovertheperiod1995to1998),theregistrationdistrictsarealsoreorganisedtothesameboundariesastheareastheyserve.Inaddition,localauthoritiescanchoosetoamalgamateregistrationdistrictswithintheirarea.

Therewasnoreorganisationofregistrationdistrictsin2004.

Divorces by area

Divorcedatacannotbeanalysedbyareaofresidenceoftheparties.Informationisprovidedbythecourtgrantingthedivorce.AscourtsarenotevenlyspreadaroundEnglandandWalesandcouplesmaychoosethecourttheywishtouse,thelocationofthecourtisnotnecessarilyagoodindicatorastowherethepartieslivedeitherbeforeorafterseparation.

Detailsoftheresidenceofthepartiesconcernedisnotavailable.Thisisbecausemuchoftheinformationiscollectedatthepetitiontodivorcestageoftheprocess,andtheparties’addressesmaychangebeforethedecreeabsoluteisgranted;alsotheaddressesgivenwillnotnecessarilyrelatetothematrimonialhome.

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2.4 Rates

Inthisvolumerateshavebeencalculatedusingthemostappropriateestimatesofthepopulation-seesection 2.1.Table Aonpagexxiiisetsoutthedenominatorsused.

2.5 Symbols and conventions

Inthisvolume:

0 denoteslessthan0.5- denotesnil,and.. denotesnotapplicable

Ratescalculatedfromfewerthan20events(forexampleTable 3.12)aredistinguishedbyitalictypeasawarningtousersthattheirreliabilityasameasuremaybeaffectedbythesmallnumberofevents.

Figuresinsometablesinthispublicationmaynotaddupexactlyduetorounding.

2.6 Further information and enquiries

Generalenquiriesonmarriage,divorceandadoptionstatisticsshouldbeaddressedto:

VitalStatisticsOutputsBranch OfficeforNationalStatistics SegensworthRoad Titchfield Fareham HantsPO155RR

Telephone:01329813758;Fax:01329813548 email:vsob@ons.gsi.gov.uk

Anyenquiriesaboutproceduresforregisteringanadoption,applyingforcertificatesoraccesstobirthrecordsorregisteringontheAdoptionContactRegistershouldbereferredto:

AdoptionsSection GeneralRegisterOffice OfficeforNationalStatistics SmedleyHydro TrafalgarRoad Southport MerseysidePR82HH

Telephone:01514714830;Fax:01514714755

Anyenquiriesaboutadoptionpolicyshouldbereferredto:

TheAdoptionTeam Area47 LookedAfterChildrenDivision CaxtonHouse TothillStreet London SW1H9NA

email:info@dfes.gsi.gov.uk

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Table A Denominators used in calculating rates

Table Subject Rate Denominator Source of number denominator

2.2 Allmarriages Personsmarryingper1,000population Residentpopulation, Table1.1ofthisvolume allages

2.2 Allmarriages Males/femalesmarryingper1,000 Males/females,unmarried Table1.1ofthisvolume unmarriedmales/femalesaged16 (single,widowed,divorced), orover aged16orover

2.2 Firstmarriages Singlemales/singlefemales Males/females,single, Table1.1ofthisvolume marryingper1,000singlepopulation aged16orover aged16orover

2.2 Remarriages Males/femalesremarryingper1,000 Males/females,widowed Table1.1ofthisvolume widowedanddivorcedpopulation anddivorced,aged 16orover

2.2 Divorces Personsdivorcingper1,000married Males/females,married, Table1.1ofthisvolume population allaged16orover

3.1 Allmarriages Personsmarryingper1,000population Residentpopulation, Table1.1ofthisvolume allages

3.10 Firstmarriages Singlemales/singlefemalesmarrying Males/females,single Table1.1ofthisvolume per1,000singlepopulation,byage

3.11 Firstmarriages Singlemales/singlefemalesmarrying Males/females,single, ONSspecialtabulation per1,000singlepopulation,bysingle singleyearsofagefrom yearofage 22to35

3.12 Remarriages Widowedmales/femalesmarryingper Males/females,widowed, Table1.1ofthisvolume 1,000widowedpopulation,byage agegroups

3.12 Remarriages Divorcedmales/femalesmarryingper Males/females,divorced, Table1.1ofthisvolume 1,000divorcedpopulation,byage agegroups

3.12 Remarriages Widowedanddivorcedmales/females Males/females,widowed Table1.1ofthisvolume marryingper1,000widowedand anddivorced,agegroups divorcedpopulation,byage

3.21 Firstmarriages Grossnuptiality Males/females,single, ONSspecialtabulation singleyearsofage

3.22 Firstmarriages Netnuptiality Males/females,single, ONSspecialtabulation singleyearsofage

4.1 Divorces Males/femalesdivorcingper1,000 Males/females,married, Table1.1ofthisvolume marriedpopulation,byage agegroups

4.19 Divorces Males/femalesdivorcingper Marriagesin ONSspecialtabulation 1,000marriagesbyyearof EnglandandWalesbyyear marriage ofmarriage,sex,ageand previousmaritalcondition

Note: Seesection2.1

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3 Notesanddefinitions:marriages

3.1 Terminology

Legally,amarriageissolemnisedineitheracivilorreligiousceremony.Beforethemarriage,certainlegalpreliminariesmusthavetakenplace,theformofwhichvaries.Thesearediscussedinthesectiononlegalpreliminariesbelow.The‘mannerofsolemnisation’willdeterminewhoitisthatcompletestheentryinthemarriageregisterand,althoughthesameinformationiscollectedforallmarriages,theprecisequestionsaskedmaydiffer.MannerofsolemnisationisanalysedinTables 3.29 to 3.35.

Inthisvolumetheterms‘singlemen’and‘singlewomen’describemenandwomenwhohaveneverbeenmarried.From5December2005theterms‘bachelor’and‘spinster’arenolongerusedinmarriageregisters.Afterthisdate,theterm‘single’replaced‘bachelor’and‘spinster’,andisdefinedassomeonewhohasnotpreviouslybeenmarriedorformedacivilpartnership.

3.2 Legislation and procedures

Legislation

The Marriage Acts

MarriagelegislationiscomplexandisgovernedbytheEcclesiasticalLicencesAct1533,theMarriageAct1949andtheMarriage(RegistrarGeneral’sLicence)Act1970.

ThemajoramendmentstotheMarriageAct1949thatwidenedtheplacesinwhichmarriagesmaybesolemnisedare:

TheMarriageAct1983(witheffectfrom1May1984)enabledmarriagesofhouse-boundanddetainedpersonstobesolemnisedattheplacewheretheyreside.

TheMarriageAct1994(witheffectfrom1April1995)madeprovisionforcivilmarriagestobesolemnisedinanyregisterofficeandinapprovedpremises.Localauthoritieshaveresponsibilityforapprovingapplicationsforpremisestobeusedforsolemnisingcivilmarriages,andforensuringthatthepremisesmeetstrictconditions.Premiseswhichhavebeenapprovedincludehotels,statelyhomesandhistorichouses.Thereisalsoanincreasingtendencyforlocalauthoritiestomakesomeaccommodationinregisterofficesavailableforcivilmarriageasapprovedpremisesandnotaspartoftheregisteroffice..TheeffectoftheActisdiscussedindetailinMarriagesinApprovedPremisesinEnglandandWales:theimpactofthe1994MarriageAct4.

Tables 3.4, 3.28, 3.29, 3.31 to3.33 and3.39 inthisvolumeshowmarriagesinapprovedpremises.

AlthoughtheMarriageAct1994allowedcivilmarriagestobesolemnisedinanyregistrationdistrict,itdidnotaffecttherestrictionsonreligiousmarriagesinregisteredbuildings.Theymayonlytakeplaceoutsidetheregistrationdistrict(s)ofresidenceiftheregisteredbuildingistheusualplaceofworshipofoneorbothpartiesoritisthenearestregisteredbuildingtotheregistrationdistrict(s)ofresidenceinwhichtheycanmarryaccordingtotheirdesiredritesandceremonies.

The Immigration Acts

TheImmigrationandAsylumAct1999,whichcameintoeffecton1January2001,amendedtheMarriageAct1949.Itrequiredthatnoticeofmarriagehadtobegiveninpersonbyeachofthepartiestothemarriage,whereformerlyithadbeenpossiblefornoticeofmarriagetobegivenbyonepersononbehalfofboth.Itabolishedmarriagebysuperintendentregistrar’scertificateandlicenceand,withmarriagebysuperintendentregistrar’scertificate,introducedafifteen-daywaitingperiod(insteadoftwenty-onedays)beforethemarriagecantakeplace.Finally,itamendedtheMarriageAct1949togiveregistrationofficersthepowertorequiredocumentaryevidenceofname,age,maritalstatusandnationalityfromthepersongivingnotice.Additionally,Section24oftheActplacedastatutorydutyonregistrationofficerstoreporttotheHomeOfficeanymarriagetheysuspectisbeingcontractedforthepurposeofevadingimmigrationcontrol.

UndertheAsylumandImmigration(TreatmentofClaimants,Etc)Act2004,from1February2005,ifeitherorbothpartiesaresubjecttoimmigrationcontrolandtheyaremarryingbysuperintendentregistrar’scertificates,theyhavetosatisfycertainqualifyingconditionsandcanonlygivetheirnoticesofmarriageataspeciallydesignatedregisteroffice,whichtheymustattendtogether.Thereare76designatedregisterofficesinEnglandandWales.

The Civil Partnership Act

TheCivilPartnershipAct2004receivedRoyalAssenton18November2004.Itwasimplementedon5December2005andallowedthefirstcivilpartnershipunderstandardproceduretobeformedon21December2005.TheActcreatesanewlegalrelationshipofcivilpartnership,whichtwopeopleofthesamesexcanformbysigningaregistrationdocument.

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RecentchangestomarriageregulationsandtheCivilPartnershipAct2004donotaffectthedatacontainedwithinthisvolumeformarriagesanddivorcesin2004.

Preliminaryinvestigations

Insatisfyingthemselvesthatthepartiesarefreetomarry,superintendentregistrarsmayneedtoexaminedocumentswhichsupporttheparties’declaredlegalmaritalstatus:ifapartystatestheyaredivorced,theregistrarmaywishtoexaminethedecreewhichmadethedissolutionofthepreviousmarriageabsolute;ifapartysaystheirpreviousspousehasdied,theregistrarmaywanttoseethedeathcertificateorsomeothersatisfactoryevidenceofdeath.

Personsundertheageof18yearswhohavenotpreviouslymarriedmusthavetheconsentofeachparent(ifany)whohasparentalresponsibility,orguardian(ifany)or,ifthereisacustody,residenceorcareorderinforce,ofthepersonsnamedintheorder,beforetheymaybemarried.Incertaincircumstances,thenecessityofobtainingconsentcanbedispensedwithbythecourts,theRegistrarGeneral,orthesuperintendentregistrar.

AmarriagecontractedinEnglandandWalesbetweenpersonseitherofwhomisundertheageof16yearsisvoid.Apersonwhohasalawfulwifeorhusbandlivingcannotcontractamarriage.Amarriageisvoidifitiscontractedbetweenpartieswhoarerelatedtooneanotherwithinadefinedlistofrelationships-forinstance,abrothermaynotmarryhissister.

ThetypesofpreliminariestomarriageareshowninTable 3.34.

Preliminariestomarriage

InEnglandandWalesamarriagemaytakeplaceinachurchoftheChurchofEnglandortheChurchinWalesafterecclesiasticalpreliminariesoraftercertaincivilpreliminaries.Anyothermarriagemustbeprecededbycivilpreliminaries.ForamarriageaccordingtotheritesoftheChurchofEnglandorChurchinWales,thealternativesare:

(i)thepublicationofbanns;(ii)theissueofacommonlicence;(iii)theissueofaspeciallicencegrantedby,oronbehalfof,theArchbishopofCanterbury;(iv)theissueofasuperintendentregistrar’scertificate.

BannsmustbepublishedonthreeSundaysprecedingthesolemnisationofthemarriage.Acommonlicenceobviatestheneedforpublicationofbannsandenablescouplestomarrywithoutdelay;itisgrantedbytheChurchofEnglandorChurchinWalesauthorities.Aspeciallicenceisissuedonlyinexceptionalcircumstances.Itenablesamarriage

tobesolemnisedaccordingtotheritesoftheChurchofEnglandorChurchinWalesatanytimeandplace,forexampleinanunlicensedchapelorhospital.

Formarriagebysuperintendentregistrar’scertificates,bothofthepartiestothemarriagemusthavelivedinaregistrationdistrictinEnglandandWalesforatleastsevendaysimmediatelybeforegivingnoticeofintentiontomarry.Eachpartymustgivehisorherownnotice,inperson,tothesuperintendentregistraroftheregistrationdistrictinwhichheorsheresides.Aftergivingnoticeofintentiontomarrythereisafurther15cleardaywaitingperiodbeforethemarriagemaytakeplace.Themarriagemaytakeplaceuptooneyearfromthedatethatnoticewasgiven.UndertheprovisionsoftheMarriage(RegistrarGeneral’sLicence)Act1970,whereoneofthepartiesisseriouslyill,notexpectedtorecoverandcannotbemovedtoaplaceofmarriage,theRegistrarGeneralcanissuealicenceforamarriagetotakeplaceanywherewithoutdelay.Onlyonenoticeofmarriageisgivenandthelicenceisvalidforamonth.

Procedures

TherearetwodistinctproceduresformarriageinEnglandandWales.MarriagemaybesolemnisedaccordingtotheritesandceremoniesoftheChurchofEnglandortheChurchinWales,andinallbutafewcasesthiswillbeafterecclesiasticalpreliminaries.Allothermarriagesmustbeprecededbycivilpreliminaries.AllreligiousmarriageswiththeexceptionofmarriagessolemnisedaccordingtotheritesoftheSocietyofFriends,thoseprofessingtheJewishreligion,marriagesofthehouseboundanddetainedandmarriagesbyRegistrarGeneral’slicence,mustbesolemnisedinbuildingsregisteredforthepurpose.

Registration

Inmostcasesthemarriageisregisteredimmediatelyaftertheceremony.InchurchesandotherbuildingsoftheChurchofEnglandortheChurchinWales,itwillberegisteredbyamemberoftheclergyinduplicateregisters.Inregisteredbuildings,themarriageisregistered,eitherbyaregistrarinhisownregister,orbyan‘AuthorisedPerson’induplicateregisterssuppliedfortheregisteredbuilding.Anauthorisedpersonisnotnecessarilythepersonwhoconductstheceremony.Inregisterofficesandapprovedpremises,themarriageissolemnisedinthepresenceofasuperintendentregistrarandaregistrarwhocarriesouttheregistration.Jewishmarriagesareregisteredbythesecretary(formarriages)oftheman’ssynagogue.MarriagesaccordingtotheritesandceremoniesoftheSocietyofFriendsareregisteredbytheregisteringofficerofthemonthlymeetinginwhichthemarriagetookplace.Inboththesecases,marriagesshouldberegisteredassoonaspossibleafterthesolemnisation.

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ReligiousmarriagesotherthanthosesolemnisedaccordingtotheritesandceremoniesoftheChurchofEngland,ChurchinWales,SocietyofFriendsoroftheJewishreligionmustusuallytakeplaceinabuildingregisteredformarriages.DetailsofthesebuildingsaregiveninTable 3.43.Allbuildingsregisteredformarriagemustalsobecertifiedasaplaceofworship.DetailsofthesebuildingsaregiveninTable3.42.Forabuildingtobecertifiedasaplaceofworship,theprincipaluseofthebuildingmustbeforreligiousworship.

3.3 Information collected

ExamplesoftheentryasitappearsinthemarriageregisterareshowninAppendix A.AcertifiedcopyofeachcompletedentryisreceivedbytheGROinSouthportforthecompilationofcentralrecordsandindexes,andisalsosenttoONSTitchfieldfortheproductionandanalysisofstatistics.Moredetailsoftheinformationcollectedaregiveninsection1.3.

Inrecentyearsithasbecomeincreasinglypopularforcouplestochoosetogetmarriedabroad.ThereisnolegalrequirementformarriagesofpersonsusuallyresidentinEnglandandWalesthataresolemnisedoutsideEnglandandWalestoberegisteredbytheGRO.However,someoverseasmarriagesarerecordedwiththeoverseassectionatSouthport.Thesefallintothreemaintypes:marriagesofarmedforcespersonnel;marriagesthattakeplaceincertainUKconsuls(only15outof121consulshavethisfacility);andmarriagesdepositedunderArticle7oftheForeignMarriageorder1970.In2004therewere55marriagesregisteredwithUKConsuls,74marriagesregisteredbyForcesRegisteringOfficersand864overseasmarriagesregisteredintheoverseassectionoftheGRO.These993marriagesareexcludedfromthedatainthisvolume.NotethatmarriagesdepositedunderArticle7maynothavetakenplaceintheyeartheyweredeposited.

TherearenoaccuratestatisticsavailableforthetotalnumberofmarriagesofresidentsofEnglandandWalessolemnisedoverseas.

3.4 Accuracy of the information

Theinformationintheentryislargelysuppliedbythepersonsbeingmarried,whoareresponsibleforitsaccuracy.Supplyingfalseinformationmayrenderthemliabletoprosecutionforperjuryandtheinformationsuppliedisgenerallybelievedtobecorrect.Thereisnoroutinestatisticalverificationofthedata,althougheditingchecksarecarriedouttodetectclerical,codingandkeyingerrors.However,certaincorrectionssubsequentlycometolightandarenotifiedandrecordedbytheGROatSouthport.

EachyearacertainnumberofmarriagesarenotincludedinthepublishedfiguresbecausetheentrieshavebeenreceivedatONSlaterthanthedateonwhichtheannualdatasetistaken.Themajorityoftheshortfallisduetoadelayinregisterofficessubmittingquarterlycertifiedcopies.Someofthisdelayisattributabletotheclergyorauthorisedpersonsasregisterofficesrequirethereturnofcopiesoftheentriesinthemarriageregisteronaquarterlybasis.Table Bshowsthedifferencesbetweenthenumberofmarriagesstoredonourdatabaseandthenumberincludedinourpublicationseachyear.ThedifferencesreflectthemarriagerecordswhicharereceivedbyONSafterthedatethattheannualdatasetistaken.Althoughthismeanssomemarriagesarenotincludedinthestatistics,itisacompromisewhichmustbetakeninordertopublishtimelydata.

3.5 Corrections for missing information

Iftheageofoneofthepartiesisnotgiven,avalueforthatagebasedupontheotherparty’sstatedageisassigned,takingintoaccountthecombinedmaritalconditionoftheparties.Wheretheagesofbothpartiesaremissing,thevaluesassignedarethoseofthepreviouscouplehavingthesamepairofmaritalstatuses.Fewrecordsrequiresuchimputationeachyear:in2004only11marriagesrequiredimputation.

Table B Marriages not included in the published data, 1994-2004

Yearof Database1 FM2 Differencesmarriage

1994 291,526 291,069 4571995 283,249 283,012 2371996 280,074 278,975 1,0991997 272,906 272,536 3701998 267,835 267,303 5321999 264,442 263,515 9272000 268,795 267,961 8342001 250,671 249,227 1,4442002 256,269 255,596 6732003 270,672 270,109 5632004 273,258 273,069 1891Countstakenon6March2007

Anyotherrelevantitemofinformationwhichappearstobeomittedisqueried,andcorrectedwhereappropriate.

3.6 Mean and median ages at marriage

Someoftheagedistributionsshowninthetablesinthisvolumehavebeensummarisedbycalculatingmedianandmeanagesatmarriage(Tables 3.15to3.17).Themeanage(alsoknownastheaverageage)isobtainedbyaddingtogethertheagesofallthepeopleconcernedanddividingbythenumberofpeople.Bycontrastthemedianageistheageofthepersoninthegroup,suchthatonehalfofthegroupisyoungerthanthatpersonandtheotherhalfisolder.

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Themedianandmeanagesdonotcoincidehere.Thisisbecausetheagedistributionisnotsymmetrical;marriagemaytakeplaceatanyagefrom16upwardsbutthemajorityoccurmuchnearer16than,forexample,70.Theeffectisthatthemeanisgreaterthanthemedian.

Astheagerecordedatmarriageregistrationistheageatlastbirthdayratherthantheexactage,ithasbeenassumedthattheexactagesareevenlyspreadbetweensuccessivesingleyearsofage.

Themeanagespresentedinthisvolumearenotstandardisedforageandthereforetakenoaccountofthechangingagestructureofthepopulation.

3.7 Nuptiality and cohort analyses

Thestatisticsshowninthisvolumearebasedmainlyonperiodfiguresandratesarecalculatedonaspecificcalendartime.Analternativeapproachistolookatratesbasedontheexperienceofaspecificgroupofpeopleborninthesamecalendaryear,knownasabirthcohort-thesearecohortanalyses.

Ausefultoolindemographicanalysisisthelifetable,which,initsmostcommonusage,isastatisticalmodeltosummarisecurrentlevelsofmortality.Inalifetable,asyntheticcohortofpersonsisconsideredwhichgraduallybecomesdepletedbydeathsatcurrentperiodrates.Themodelmaybeextendedtothestudyofmarriagepatterns,toshowtheeffectsofcurrentmarriagerates.Theratesusedherearefirstmarriagerates.

Theresultsofthelifetablemaybeconsideredasasummaryofasetofperiodrates,orasatypeofprojection.Thus,ifcurrentfirstmarriageratesweretocontinueintothefuture,thelifetableshowstheproportionsthatwouldeventuallybemarriedbyacertainage-ortheprobabilityofstayingsingleuntilthisage.Thesetablescanbeconstructedmakingdifferentassumptions.

Thesimplestassumptionisthatthecohortisunaffectedbymortality.Thisisequivalenttoassumingthatnoneofthecohortdiesbeforepassingthroughthemarriageableages.Thisisthebasisofthegrossnuptialityanalysis,showninTable 3.21.

Ifmortalityistakenintoaccount,themodelbecomesamultipledecrementtablewithsimilarfeaturesofmeasuringproportionsremainingsingle,andgivingexpectationsofthenumberofyearsremainingsingle.Table 3.22 showsthisnetnuptiality.

ThestatisticsinTables 3.21and3.22havebeenderivedfrom‘gross’and‘net’periodnuptialitytablesfor2004calculatedbyONS.Thegrosstableisbasedentirelyonfirstmarriagerates,whereasthenettablealsoallowsforcurrentmortalityrates.Thetablesshowwhatwouldhappenifthe

firstmarriageratesin2004-andthemortalityratesfor2004inthecaseofthenettable-weretoremainunchangedforthelifetimeofthesyntheticcohort.Thetablesprovideusefulsummariesoftheoverallpatternsofaparticularsetofmarriagerates,butcanbemisleadingasprojections.Theratesoccurringinasinglecalendaryearmayallbehigher,orlower,thannormalandaprojectionshouldincludeaconsideredassumptionastohowthefuturemaydifferfromthepresent.

Whenconsideringtheresultsasaprojection,thebasicassumptionsarethatcurrentratesoffirstmarriage(andofmortality)remainunchanged,andthatthereisnomigrationofthepopulationbeingconsidered.

Moretechnicaldetailsforthesetablesaregivenbelow.

Technicaldetails

Thegrosstable,3.21,wasconstructedfromsingleyearage-specificperiodfirstmarriageratesMx,witheachsexbeingtreatedinisolation,asfollows:

first,nuptialityprobabilities,gx,werecalculatedbyusingthestandardformula,whichassumesfirstmarriagesoccurredevenlyovereachyearofage,andthroughouttheyear.

2.Mx

gx=2+Mx

Thenuptialityprobabilitygxistheprobabilityofapersonagedexactlyxyearsmarryingbeforetheyreachx+1years.

Then,startingwithahypotheticalcohortof1,000singlepersonsatage16(N1=1,000)andassumingbothaclosedpopulation,thatisnoimmigrationoremigration,andnomortality,theproportion(per1,000)evermarriedatexactagexwasdefinedbytheformula1,000-Nx

whereNx=Nx-1(1-gx-1) andNxisthenumberofpersonsremainingsingleatexactagexfromtheoriginalcohortof1,000.

Theothermeasuregiveninthetableisanestimateoftheaveragenumberofyearsuntilmarriageatexactagexforpersonsmarryingbeforeage50.

Thiswasobtainedfromthestationarypopulation(forapopulationtobestationaryitmustbeassumedthattheage-specificfirstmarriagerateswillremainatconstantlevelsovertime)ofsinglepersonsinmuchthesamewayastheexpectationoflifeisobtainedinalifetable.Animportantdifferencebetweenalifetableandagrossnuptialitytableisthateverybodydieswhereasnoteverybodymarries.Assome99percentoffirstmarriagesoccurbeforeage50,itiscustomarytousethisasanupperlimitforthecalculations

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innuptialitytables.Sowhencomputingthenumberofyearsuntilmarriage,theyearslivedbythosewhoremainedsingleatage50wereexcluded.

Algebraicallythestepswere:

Tocalculatetheaveragenumberofyearsspentsinglebetweenagexand50,firstfindtheaveragenumberofsingleyearslivedbetweenagesxandx+1.Thisisgivenby:

Hencetheaveragenumberofyearsbeforemarriageattheexactagexforthoseevermarryingbyage50isthesumofalltheyearslivedsinglefromagexto50,lesstheyearslivedbythosestillsingleat50,dividedbythenumberthatmarriedbetweenagexand50.Thisisgivenby:

Thegrosstabledoesnotallowforthedeclineinthenumberofsinglepersonsduetodeath.Thenettable,whichlikethegrosstableassumesaclosedpopulation,takesintoaccountdeathsofsinglepersonsbetweenbirthandexactage50.Thereforethenettablestartswithahypotheticalcohortof1,000personsatbirthandnotatage16asinthegrosstable.Uptoage16thehypotheticalcohortissubjectedtothemortalitydecrementateachage,soat16thenumberremainingaliveisgivenbythelifetablefunctionl(16).Afterage16itissubjectedtothedecrementsofmarriageandmortality.

Inthenettable3.22,singleyearage-specificdeathratesfornever-marriedpersonswereconvertedintodeathprobabilities,qx,assumingdeathsateachagewereevenlydistributed,exceptattheearlyagesoflife.

Thosepersonsinthehypotheticalcohortremainingaliveatage16weresubjectedseparatelytothe(lifetable)mortalityratesqx,andnuptialityprobabilitiesgx,todeterminethenumberofdeathsofsinglepersonsandthenumberoffirstmarriagesateachageinthestationarypopulation.Thisworksontheassumptionthatnobodywhomarriedinaparticularyearwouldhavediedsingleandthosewhodiedsinglecannothavemarried.Separatecumulationofthesedeathsandmarriagesyieldedtheproportions(per1,000)ofthehypotheticalcohortwhodiedsingleandmarriedateachageandhencetheproportionremainingsingleandalivewasdeduced.Thenetaveragenumberofyearsuntilmarriagewascomputedasanarithmeticmeanfromthenumberofsinglepersonyearslivedbythosewhoevermarriedbetweenexactagesxand50,usingthesamemethodasusedforthegrossnuptialitytable.

Theaverageageatmarriageofthehypotheticalcohort,forthosemarryingbeforeage50,canbereadilyderivedfromthegrossornettablesbyadding16years(theagebelowwhicheverybodyissingle)tothefigureinthe‘meannumberofyearsuntilmarriage’columnatexactage16.Inthenettableformales,forexample,thisfigureis15.8yearsandsothemeanageatfirstmarriageis31.8(=15.8+16).

ThecohortanalysesinTables 3.36and3.37offerdifferentanalysesofthepopulationevermarriedandtheirlongertermtrends.Theyanalysefirstmarriagesseparatelyforpeopleofdifferentbirthcohorts,insteadofconsideringfirstmarriageratesyearbyyearforthewholepopulation,madeupasitisofpersonsfrommanybirthcohorts.Thereareobviousadvantagesinstudyingacohortovertime-forinstance,withfirstmarriagestheproportionsfirstmarryingathigheragesareaffectedbythoseatyoungerages,simplybecauseacertainproportionwillalreadyhavemarried.ThisisshowninTable 3.36.Table 3.37givesasimilaranalysisforremarriages.

Adisadvantageofthemethodisthatmanycohortsofinterestwillnothave‘completed’theirmarriagehistoriesatanyparticulartime.Thetablesillustratethisfeature.However,itispossibletoseetrendsforsomecohorts,andestimatelikelyfuturerates,forprojectionpurposes.Similaranalysesarealsocarriedoutforbirths3anddivorces(seeTable 4.8);thesehavebeenstudiedelsewhere5.

3.8 New widowers and widows

Tables 5.1to5.3analyseinformationaboutpeoplewhobecomewidowsorwidowersinaparticularcalendaryear.In‘stock-flow’termsthisisananalysisofthegrossinflowofmarriedpersonsintothismaritalcondition.Detailsofthe‘stock’ofwidow(er)saregiveninthepopulationsection(Table 1.1);detailsofremarriagesofwidow(er)saregiveninthemarriagesection(forexampleinTables 3.12to3.14).

Informationaboutpersonswhobecomewidow(er)sisavailablefromtheentrymadeattheregistrationofadeath.Themaritalstatusofthedeceasedpersonandtheageofthesurvivingspousehavebeenavailablesince1938aspartoftheconfidentialparticularscollectedunderthePopulation(Statistics)Actsofthatyearand,later,the1960Act.

Themaritalstatusofasmallproportionofpeoplewhodieisnotknown,andthenumbersofnewwidow(er)smaythusbeslightlyunderestimated.Statisticsofdeceasedpeoplewithunknownmaritalstatusaresetoutbelow(Table C)fortheyears1994to2004.Inallyearstheproportionofmenwithunknownmaritalstatusisgreaterthanthatforwomen.

1/2 Nx+1Nx+[ ]

50-x∑ +Ni+1-Ni

Nx-N50

49

N50i=x

1/2 [ [] ]

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OPCSbegancomputerisingtheregistrationservicein1987.UnderthissystemdetailssuppliedbytheinformantareenteredontoaPCbytheregistrarofbirthsanddeaths,adraftdeathentry(showninAppendix C)isprinted,andtheinformationisthenstoredandsentweeklytoONSforprocessing.ByJanuary1994,justovertwo-thirds(67percent)ofdeathswereregisteredatofficeswhichhadbeencomputerised;by2004thisfigurewas99percent.Forofficeswhichhavenotbeencomputerised,theregistrationdetailsaresenttoONSonpaper,andtheinformationkeyedin.

Analysisbydatasourceshowsthattheproportionofdeathswithunknownmaritalstatusismuchlowerforthoseregisteredatcomputerisedofficesthanatofficesnotyetcomputerised(Table C).Thisisconsistentoverallyearsfrom1994.Asmoreregistrationofficeshavebecomecomputerised,sotheoverallproportionofdeathswithunknownmaritalstatushasfallen,althoughtherewererisesin1999.Thereisstillroomforimprovementinthereportingofmaritalstatus,particularlyformales,but,overall,thequalityofthesedataaremarkedlybetterthanin1994.

Table C Deaths1 by whether marital status of the deceased was known, and source of registration, 1994-2004

Alldeaths Deathswheremaritalstatusnotknown Numbers Numbers Percentageofalldeaths Year Total Computer- Non- Total Computer- Non- Total Computer- Non- ised computer- ised computer- ised computer- offices isedoffices offices isedoffices offices isedoffices

Males 1994 267,555 180,711 86,844 3,560 1,501 2,059 1.33 0.83 2.371995 274,449 216,249 58,200 3,561 1,712 1,849 1.30 0.79 3.181996 268,682 231,656 37,026 2,537 1,639 898 0.94 0.71 2.431997 264,865 240,227 24,638 2,349 1,651 698 0.89 0.69 2.831998 264,707 249,155 15,552 2,086 1,686 400 0.79 0.68 2.571999 264,299 241,909 22,390 3,462 2,219 1,243 1.30 0.92 5.552000 255,547 247,533 8,014 2,691 2,125 566 1.05 0.86 7.062001 252,426 249,417 3,009 2,368 2,011 357 0.94 0.81 11.862002 253,144 251,064 2,080 2,397 2,086 311 0.95 0.83 14.952003 253,852 251,768 2,084 2,914 2,396 518 1.15 0.95 24.862004 244,130 241,960 2,170 2,781 2,141 640 1.14 0.88 29.49 Females 1994 285,639 192,246 93,393 2,734 681 2,053 0.96 0.35 2.201995 295,234 231,436 63,798 1,574 460 1,114 0.53 0.20 1.751996 291,453 249,898 41,555 620 361 259 0.21 0.14 0.621997 290,416 262,003 28,413 543 356 187 0.19 0.14 0.661998 290,308 272,306 18,002 507 362 145 0.17 0.13 0.811999 291,819 266,474 25,345 734 401 333 0.25 0.15 1.312000 280,117 271,025 9,092 550 396 154 0.20 0.15 1.692001 277,947 274,307 3,640 558 464 94 0.20 0.17 2.582002 280,383 277,820 2,563 543 451 92 0.19 0.16 3.592003 284,402 281,963 2,439 611 452 159 0.21 0.16 6.522004 268,411 265,962 2,449 649 466 184 0.24 0.18 7.51 1Basedonthenumberofdeathsoccurringineachyear

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4 Notesanddefinitions:divorces

4.1 Terminology

Amarriagemaybeeither

• dissolved,followingapetitionfordivorceandthegrantingofadecreeabsolute,or

• annulled,followingapetitionfornullityandtheawardingofadecreeofnullity.

Thefirstgroupofdecreesareknownasdissolutionsofmarriage,andthesecondasannulmentsofmarriage.Forconvenience,in this volume the term ‘divorce’ includes both types of decrees,although,strictlyspeaking,itshouldreferonlytodissolutions.However,inEnglandandWales,dissolutionsoutnumberannulmentsbyover750to1.AnnulmentsaredistinguishedseparatelyinTables 4.20and4.22.

4.2 Legislation

TheDivorceReformAct1969cameintoeffectinEnglandandWaleson1January1971.TheActintroducedasolitarygroundfordivorce-thatoftheirretrievablebreakdownofmarriage.TheAct,subsequentlyconsolidatedintheMatrimonialCausesAct1973,madeitpossibleforthefirsttimefordivorcetobepetitionedforonthecouple’sseparation.

TheActattemptedtoremovetheconceptsofthe‘guiltyparty’andthe‘matrimonialoffence’byintroducingasolitarygroundfordivorcewhichwasthe‘irretrievablebreakdownofmarriage’.Suchabreakdowncanbeestablishedbythepetitionerprovingoneormoreoffive‘facts’,thefirstthreeofwhich(adultery,unreasonablebehaviouranddesertion)aretheformermatrimonialoffenceretainedwithminimalchangesasconditionswhichestablishtheirretrievablebreakdownofmarriage.Ontheotherhand,thetwoseparationcriteria-whichallowdivorceeitherbymutualconsentorbythesolewishofthepetitioner-wereintroducedforthefirsttimebytheActandsohavenoanaloguesamongstthegroundsfordivorceunderformerlegislation.

TheMatrimonialandFamilyProceedingsAct1984cameintoeffectinEnglandandWaleson12October1984.Thereweretwomainchanges.Thefirstconcernedthetimebarfordivorce-theminimumintervaloftimewhichhastoelapsebetweenthedateofmarriageandthatofbeingabletofileapetitionfordivorce.UndertheformerActthetimebar

wasthreeyears,althoughifapetitionercouldprovetohavesufferedexceptionalhardshiporthattherespondenthadexhibitedexceptionaldepravity,apetitioncouldbebroughtearlier.Thisdiscretionarytimebarwasreplacedbyanabsolutetimebarofoneyear.Nopetitioncannowbefiledunderanycircumstanceswithinthefirstyearofmarriage.

ThesecondchangewasthattheActnolongerrequiredthecourtstotrytoplacethedivorcedspousesinthefinancialpositiontheywouldhaveenjoyed,hadthemarriagenotbrokendown.Whenconsideringordersforfinancialrelief,courtsarerequiredtoplacegreateremphasisonthedesirabilityofthepartiesbecomingself-sufficient.

4.3 Information collected

Acopyofpartoftheformusedtorecordadecreeabsolute,D105,whichprovidesstatisticalinformation,isreproducedinAppendix B.TheseformsaresuppliedtoONSbythecourtsforprocessingandtheproductionandanalysisofstatistics.Moreinformationonthecontentsoftheformcanbefoundinsection1.3.

4.4 Accuracy of information

Muchoftheinformationisassuppliedbythepetitionerandrespondentinfulfillingthelegalrequirementsforfilingapetition.Certainitemsofinformationareusuallytakenfromthemarriagecertificate,butothersareasstatedbythepetitioner.Sincetheinformationisrequiredforalegalprocessitmaybepresumedthatthequalityofthedataisgood,especiallyasthepetitionerhastoswearanaffidavitthattheinformationsuppliediscorrect.Thereisnoroutineindependentstatisticalverificationofthedata,buteditingchecksarecarriedouttodetectclerical,codingandkeyingerrors.

EachyearacertainnumberofdivorcesarenotincludedinthepublishedfiguresbecausethedecreeabsoluteformshavebeenreceivedatONSlaterthanthedateonwhichtheannualdatasetistaken.Table Dshowsthedifferencesbetweenthenumberofdivorcesstoredonourdatabaseandthenumberincludedinourpublicationseachyear.ThedifferencesreflectthedivorcerecordswhicharereceivedbyONSafterthedatethattheannualdatasetistaken.Althoughthismeanssomedivorcesarenotincludedinthestatistics,itisacompromisewhichmustbetakeninordertopublishtimelydata.

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4.5 Judicialseparation,petitionsfiledanddecrees made absolute

InthispublicationdivorceanalysesarecompiledonthebasisofdecreesmadeabsoluteanddecreesofnullityasderivedfromtheD105formreceivedbyONS.

InformationonpetitionsfiledanddecreesgrantedforjudicialseparationandonpetitionsfiledanddecreenisigrantedfordivorceornullityareavailableonlyasanaggregatecompiledbyHerMajesty’sCourtService,asnotedinSection1.3.ThesedataweresuppliedtoONSon30January2007andareshowninTables 2.1and4.23.AnalysesofpetitionsfiledarealsopublishedinthevolumeJudicialStatistics,referredtoinsection 1.3.

4.6 Derived information

Someinformationusedinthetablesisnotpartofthebasicdatasupplied,butisderivedasfollows:

• Ageatdivorceisderivedfromageatmarriageasgiveninthemarriageentry.Asthisisthe‘agelastbirthday’,sixmonthsisaddedtoobtainanestimateoftheageatmarriage.Thisisthenaddedtothedurationofmarriage,whichiscalculatedasthedifferencebetweenthedateofdivorceandthedateofmarriage(inmonthsandyears).Fromthisanestimated‘agelastbirthday’asatthedateofdivorceisderived.

• Dependentchildren:inthispublicationanupperagelimitof16hasbeenused.

•Ageofchildatpetitionisderivedfromdateofbirthofchildanddateofpetition.

•Durationofmarriagetodecreeabsoluteisderivedfromdateofmarriageanddateofdecreeabsolute.

•Lengthoftimebetweenpetitionanddecreeabsoluteisderivedfromdateofpetitionanddateofdecreeabsolute.

4.7 Missing information and corrections

Inaveryfewcases,oneormoreoftheitemsofinformationcollectedisfoundtobemissing.Theprocedureadoptedinsuchcasesisasfollows:

• Ageatmarriage–thefigureisimputedusingaseriesoflook-uptables,dependingonwhethertheageofoneorbothpartiesismissing.In2004therewere4percentofrecordswhereageofhusbandand/orageofwifewasimputed.

• Maritalstatusatmarriage–bridegroomsareassumedtobesinglemenwhohaveneverbeenmarried,andbridesareassumedtobesinglewomenwhohaveneverbeenmarried.Maritalstatuswasimputedfor5percentofrecordsin2004.

• Dateofdecreeabsolute–assumedtobethesameasonthepreviousdecreeabsoluteformprocessed.

• Date petition filed–assumedtobeexactlyoneyearpriortotheyearofdecreeabsolute.

• Dateofmarriage–isveryrarelymissing,butwhereitis,theformwillalwaysbereferredbacktothecourtbecauseifitismissing,fieldsderivedfromitcannotbecalculated.Table 4.1showsthenumberof‘notstated’ageatdivorceduetomissinginformationaboutdateofmarriage.

• Otheritems–referredbacktothedivorcecourtinquestion.

4.8 Children of divorcing couples

Inthisvolume,theanalysisofchildreninvolvedindivorcereferstochildrenofthefamily,accordingtoSection52oftheMatrimonialCausesAct1973.Aswellaschildrenborntothecoupledivorcing,thistermincludesthosebornoutsidemarriage,childrenofpreviousmarriagesandadoptedchildren-providedthattheyweretreatedbybothpartnersaschildrenoftheirfamily.

Inearlieryearstherewasnoupperagelimitforchildrenshowninthedivorcetables,sosome‘children’wereofmatureyearsandsome‘coupleswithchildren’werecouplesallofwhosechildrenwereadults.Thispracticechangedin1974andinmosttableschildrenarenowdefinedasbeingagedunder16.Someinformationisalsogivenaboutchildrenofanyage.Thedistinctionmakesasizeabledifferencetothenumbersinsomecategories.Age16waschosenbecauseitistheminimumschool-leavingageandtheminimumageatmarriage.DetailsofthechangeweregiveninPopulationTrends316.

Someoftheinformationonthedecreeabsoluteformreferstothepositionatthetimethepetitionwasfiled,andisnotupdatedwhenthedecreeismadeabsolute.Inparticular,theagesofanychildrenarethoseasatthedateoffilingthepetition,andnotatthedateofdecreeabsolute.Ageatpetitionisusedasacloserapproximationtowhenthemarriagebrokedown.Thereforethismaygiveabetterindicationoftheageofchildrenaffectedbymaritalbreakdownendingindivorce.Theintervalbetweenthesedatescanvarygreatly-seeTable 4.22.However,forpetitionsfiledsince1January1977theactualdatesofbirthofchildrenagedunder18havebeenrecordedonthe

Table D Divorce decrees made absolute not included in the published data, 1994-2004

Yearofdecree Database1 FM2 Differencesabsolute

1994 158,245 158,175 701995 155,585 155,499 861996 157,137 157,107 301997 146,760 146,689 711998 145,272 145,214 581999 144,591 144,556 352000 141,213 141,135 782001 143,842 143,818 242002 147,776 147,735 412003 153,535 153,490 452004 153,423 153,399 241Countstakenon6March2007

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decreeabsoluteform.Thismeansthattheagesofchildrenatdecreeabsolutecouldbederivedifneededforstatisticalpurposes.

Tables 4.10to4.15analysedivorceswheretherearechildreninthefamily.Thefirsttwotablesinthisgroupprovidesummariesofrecenttimetrendsandshowtheeffectofincludingandexcluding‘children’aged16orover.Thusadistinctionismadebetweencoupleswithchildrenunderage16,couplesallofwhosechildrenare16orover,andcoupleswhoareeitherchildlessordidnotprovidedetailsofanychildren.Thenumberofchildrenandthenumberofcouplesareshownforeachcategory.InTable 4.11thisinformationissupplementedbygivingthenumberofcouplesbythenumberofchildrenagedunder16andageofchilddistributionsforcoupleswithchildrenunderage16.

Theremainingtablesgivemoredetailedcrosstabulationsforthecurrentyearforcoupleswithchildrenunderage16.Table 4.12providesdataontherangeofagesineachfamilywhichenablesquestionstobeansweredaboutthenumberofdivorcingcoupleswithchildrenunder(orover)aspecifiedage.TheageofwifeatthetimeofthedivorceisanalysedinTable 4.13togetherwiththenumberandagesofthechildren.Table 4.14issimilar,but‘ageofwifeatmarriage’replaces‘ageofwifeatdivorce’.Finally,thedurationofthemarriageisshown,withageofwifeatmarriageandthenumberofchildren,inTable 4.15.

4.9 Fact proven at divorce

TheDivorceReformAct1969,whichwassubsequentlyconsolidatedintotheMatrimonialCausesAct1973,wasimportantinitsattempttoremovetheconceptofthe‘guiltyparty’andthe‘matrimonialoffence’byintroducingasolitarygroundfordivorcewhichwasthe‘irretrievablebreakdownofmarriage’.Suchabreakdowncanbeestablishedbythepetitionerprovingoneormoreoffive‘facts’,thefirstthreeofwhich(adultery,unreasonablebehaviour,anddesertion)aretheformermatrimonialoffencesretainedwithminimalchangesasconditionswhichestablishtheirretrievablebreakdownofmarriage.

Ontheotherhand,thetwootherparts(whichrelysolelyonthecouple’sseparation)wereintroducedforthefirsttimebytheAct.Theseallowdivorceeitherbymutualconsentaftertwoyears’separation,orbythepetitioner,withouttheconsentoftherespondent,afterfiveyears’separation.Thustheyhavenoanaloguesamongstthegroundsfordivorceunderformerlegislation(seesection 4.2).

Table 4.20analysesthefactprovenbythepartytowhomthedivorcewasgranted-first,forcaseswherethepetitionwasgrantedtoonlyoneparty,andsecond,whereitwasgrantedjointlytobothparties.

4.10 Orders made concerning children in family proceedings

UnderSection8oftheChildrenAct1989ordersandotherapplications,whichcanbemadeineithertheHighCourtorCountyCourts,includecasesbothwithindivorceandwithout.Thefourorderswhichcanbemadeare:

•Contactorder:requiresthepersonwithwhomachildlives,oristolive,toallowthechildtovisitorstaywiththepersonnamedintheorder,orforthatpersonandthechildotherwisetohavecontactwitheachother.Theparentlookingafterthechildisthusresponsibleformakingthisorderwork.

•Prohibitedstepsorder:nostepwhichcouldbetakenbyaparentinmeetingtheirparentalresponsibilityforachild,andwhichisofakindspecifiedintheorder,shallbetakenbyanypersonwithouttheconsentofthecourt.Anexampleheremightbechangingachild’ssurname.

•Residenceorder:settlesthearrangementstobemadeastothepersonwithwhom(andhencewhere)achildistolive.

•Specific issue order:givesdirectionsforthepurposeofdeterminingaspecificquestionwhichhasarisen,orwhichmayarise,inconnectionwithanyaspectofparentalresponsibilityforachild.Thismightapply,forinstance,totheissueofwhichschoolachildshouldattend.

Table 4.24analysestrendsinthesetypesoforder.

4.11 Divorce rates by marital status at marriage

Table 4.19analysesdivorceratesbythemaritalstatusofapersonbeforeenteringintomarriage.Priortomarriageapersonmaybeeithersingle,widowedordivorced.However,populationestimatesarenotavailableforthemarriedpopulationbypreviousmaritalstatusofhusbandandwifeincombination.ThustheratesinthistableshowthenumberofdivorcesinEnglandandWalesin2004bycertainstatedyearsmarriedper1,000marriagesinthesameyears.Forexample,44outofevery1,000marriagesthatweresolemnisedbetween1995and1999,wherethegroomwasagedbetween20and24andsinglebeforemarriage,endedindivorcein2004.Thecorrespondingrateformenmarryingbetween1970and1974was4.Thedenominatorfor‘Allyears’isthetotalnumberofmarriagesbetween1940and2003.

Themostrecentgroupofyearsforyearofmarriageisnotafullfive-yearagegroup.Itisthereforenotcomparablewithearlieryeargroups,butisincludedtoshowthemostup-to-dateinformation.Italsoimpactsuponthe‘Allyears’rate.

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Divorceratesforwidow(er)sagedunder30aresubjecttolargevariationsyearonyear,astheyarebasedonfewevents.Thisisbecausethenumberofwidow(er)smarryingeachyearissmall.Ratesformenandwomenagedunder20whoweredivorcedatthetimeofmarriagearesimilarlyaffected.

Inaddition,itisassumedthatthosedivorcinginEnglandandWalesweremarriedinEnglandorWales.Thiswillnotalwaysbetrue.Also,acouplethatmarryinEnglandorWalesmaychoosetodivorceinanothercountry.ThefactthatamarriageordivorcehastakenplaceinEnglandorinWalesdoesnotmeanthateitheroneorbothpartiesareresidentthere.

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5 Notesanddefinitions:adoptions

5.1 Legislation and procedures

DatainpublishedtablesarecollectedundertheprovisionsoftheAdoptionAct1976. AdoptionordersaregrantedtoapplicantsbytheHighCourt,CountyCourtsandMagistrates’Courts.TheordergrantinganadoptioncontainsadirectiontotheGeneralRegisterOffice,whichispartoftheOfficeforNationalStatistics(ONS),tomakeanentryintheAdoptedChildrenRegisterrecordingparticularsoftheadoptedchildandtheadoptiveparent(s)thataresetoutintheorder.Beforegrantinganorder,thecourtexaminesacertificateofthechild’soriginalbirthentry.

Theorderistheonlydocumentwhichcontainsdetailsofachild’sbirthidentityandhisorheridentityafteradoption.TheGeneralRegisterOfficehasastatutoryobligationunderthe1976Acttomaintaintheconfidentialityofadoptionrecordsbyprohibitingaccesstotheinformation,exceptinaccordancewithSection51ofthe1976Actorbyorderofacourt.

TheparticularsrecordedintheAdoptedChildrenRegisterincludethechild’sdateandplaceofbirth,theirsexandnewname,thenames,occupationsandaddressoftheadoptiveparents,thedateoftheorderandthedescriptionofthecourtbywhichtheorderwasmade.

TheAdoptedChildrenRegisteralsocontainssomeregistrationsofoverseasadoptions.Section2oftheRegistrationofForeignAdoptionsRegulations2003allowsfortheadoptiveparent(s),whowerehabituallyresidentinEnglandorWales,toapplytoincludechildrenwhowerebornandadoptedoverseas.AdoptiveparentswhosechildrenwereborninEnglandorWales(andforwhomtheGeneralRegisterOfficeholdsabirthregistration)butwereadoptedoverseasmayalsomakeanapplication.

The1976Actmakesprovision,underSection51,foradoptedpeopleaged18yearsorovertoapplytotheGeneralRegisterOfficetobesuppliedwithinformationtoenablethemtoidentifytheiroriginalbirthentry.ThisprovisionwasintroducedbytheChildrenAct1975,whichamendedtheAdoptionAct1958(latertheAdoptionAct1976)andcameintoforceon12November1975.

TheActrequirespeopleadoptedbeforethatdatetoattendaninformalinterviewwithanapprovedadoptionadvisor,inordertobegiventheinformationtoobtainacopyoftheirbirthrecord.Forthoseadoptedafterthatdatethereisnorequirementtoseeanadoptionadvisor.Moreinformationaboutcounsellingservicesisgiveninsection5.6.

On30December2005theAdoptionandChildrenAct2002wasimplemented,makingsignificantchangestothelegalframeworkforadoptioninEnglandandWales.ItallowsfortheintroductionofnewrolesforAdoptionAgenciesandtheGeneralRegisterOffice.AbirthrelativecanapplytoaregisteredIntermediaryAgency,whoseroleistohelpfacilitatecontactbetweenrelativesandadoptedpeople.TheIntermediaryAgencycanapplytotheGeneralRegisterOfficeforcertaindetailsconcerningtheadoptedperson.

Also,apersonadoptedonorafterthisdate,onreaching18yearsold,willneedtoapplyforaccesstotheirbirthrecordsfromtheagencythatdealtwiththeadoption.TheGeneralRegisterOfficewillholdtheagencynameontheAdoptedChildrenRegisterandwillsupplythistoanappropriateagencyonrequest.

5.2 Information collected

Informationonadoptionanalysedinthisvolumeiscollectedunderthe1976Actandfromanumberofsources.Detailsofadoptionorders(Appendices D andE)areprovidedbyoneorotheroftheHighCourt,CountyCourt,orMagistrates’CourtdirectlytotheGeneralRegisterOffice.HMCourtServiceisanalternativesourceofdataonadoptionapplicationsandorders,whichisusedinTable 6.3.InformationaboutcounsellingconductedbyapprovedadoptionadvisorsisderivedfromtheReportofInterviewForm(FormCA7)whichadoptionadvisorsareaskedtocompleteandreturntotheGeneralRegisterOfficeaftereverySection51interview.MoreinformationaboutFormCA7isgiveninsection5.6.

5.3 Accuracy of the information

Thenumbersofadoptionordersbydateofcourtorder,asshowninTables 6.1b and6.2b,aresubjecttorevisioninlatervolumesduetothelikelyadditionsoflateregistrations.TheserevisionstothedatacouldextendbackanumberofyearsineachAnnualReferenceVolume.

5.4 Corrections for missing information

Imputationsarenotusuallymadeformissinginformationinadoptionsdata.In1998,however,theparents’maritalstatuswasimputed,asitwasfoundthatduetoadataentryerror,athirdofalladoptionrecordshadnoparents’maritalstatusatbirthrecorded.

ThereforeTables 6.1a and 6.1bshownorecordswithmaritalstatus‘notstated’in1998.Theimputationmethod

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usedcomparedthenaturalmother’ssurnamewiththenaturalfather’ssurname.Ifthesurnamesmatchedexactly,thesystemassumedlegitimacy;iftheyweredifferent,itassumedthechildhadbeenbornoutsidemarriage.Thisimputationmethodwascheckedagainstdatawheretheparents’maritalstatuswasknownandwasfoundtobeaccuratefor98percentofallrecords.

5.5 Adoption orders

DataonadoptionsarederivedfromtheAdoptedChildrenRegister,andarebasedonadoptionsgrantedinEnglandandWalesaswellassomeoverseasadoptions.Historically,thedatahaverelatedtothosecasesnotifiedbythecourtstotheGeneralRegisterOfficeandenteredontheAdoptedChildrenRegisterinagivenyear.However,forthefirsttime,the1999volumeadditionallyincludedadoptionsdatabydateofcourtorderofadoption.Subsequentvolumesalsoincludedataonthisbasis.

5.6 Counselling of adopted persons

Counsellingservicesareprovidedbyanapprovedadoptionadvisorwhoisabletoofferpracticaladviceandguidance.Theyhelpadoptedpeopleappreciatesomeofthepossibleeffectsonthemselvesandothersandofanyfurtherenquiriestheymaywishtomakeabouttheirbirthfamilies.

Anypersonadoptedbefore12November1975must,underSection51oftheAdoptionAct1976,attendameetingwithanapprovedadoptionadvisorbeforeinformationabouttheiroriginalbirthentrycanbedisclosed.Adoptioncounsellingservicesare providedthroughadoptionadvisorsbasedattheGeneralRegisterOfficeinSouthport,bylocalauthoritiesor,iftheapplicant’sadoptionwasarrangedbyanapprovedadoptionsociety,bythatsociety.

Personsadoptedafter12November1975arenotrequiredtoattendameetingwithanadoptionadvisor.TheymaychoosewhethertoreceivesuchservicesbeforebeinggiventheinformationabouttheirbirthentryorfortheinformationtobesentdirectfromtheGeneralRegisterOffice.Iftheychoosethelatter,thennoinformationabouttheirintentionsisobtained.

AlladoptionadvisorsarerequestedtocompleteFormCA7(Appendix F)abouttheoutcomeoftheinterviewforreturntotheGeneralRegisterOffice.Thisformindicatesthedateoftheinterviewandincludesinformationabouttheintentionsoftheadoptedperson:toapplyfortheirbirthcertificate,toobtaininformationfromcourtrecordsortotracenaturalparents.Adoptionadvisorsareaskedtoindicateallthosethatapply.ItshouldbenotedthatnotallformsarereturnedtotheGeneralRegisterOffice.

UnderSection51(8)oftheAdoptionAct1976,insertedbytheChildrenAct1989andwhichcameintoforceon14October1991,peopleadoptedinEnglandandWaleswhoareresidentoverseashavebeenabletoreceiveinformationabouttheirbirthrecordfromapprovedadoptionorganisationsinthecountrywheretheylive.

OverseasadoptionorganisationsprovidingcounsellingservicesarerequestedtocompletethesameFormCA7abouttheoutcomeoftheinterviewforreturntotheGeneralRegisterOffice.Again,itshouldbenotedthatnotallformsarereturned.

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Glossary

AdoptedChildrenRegister(ACR) TheACRismaintainedatGRO,inwhichentriesrelatingtoadoptedchildrenaremadeasdirectedbyadoptionorders.

AdoptionOrder Givesparentalresponsibilityforachildtotheadoptiveparent(s),madeontheirapplicationbyanauthorisedcourt.

ApprovedAdoptionSociety Abodyofpersonswhosefunctionsconsistof,orinclude,themakingofarrangementsfortheadoptionofchildren.ItmustbeapprovedbytheSecretaryofStateforHealth.

ApprovedPremises UndertheMarriageAct1994,civilmarriagescanbesolemnisedinapprovedpremises(otherthanregisteroffices).Premisesmustbeapprovedbythelocalauthorityandincludehotels,statelyhomesandhistoricbuildings.

AnnualReferenceVolume ARVsareyearlypublicationsproducedbyONSforavarietyoftopics(forexample,FM2formarriage,divorceandadoption).

Annulment Anannulmentofmarriageoccursfollowingasuccessfulpetitionfornullity.Itdeclaresthatthemarriageitselfisvoidandthatnovalidmarriageeverexisted.SeeDecreeofNullity.

AuthorisedPerson AnAuthorisedPersonisappointedbytheRegistrarGeneraltoregistermarriagessolemnisedinanamedregisteredbuildinginaduplicateregister.

Banns AmarriageintheChurchofEnglandorChurchofWalesrequiresthepublicationofbannsofmarriageonthreeSundaysprecedingit.Bannsaskforpublicconfirmationthatthepartiesinvolvedarelegallyeligibleformarriage.

CivilMarriage Acivilmarriagecantakeplaceataregisterofficeorotherbuildingsapprovedforcivilmarriage.Thebrideandbridegroommustpersonallygiveaformalnoticeoftheirmarriagetothesuperintendentregistrarofthedistrict(s)wheretheylive.

DecreeAbsolute Granteduponadissolutionofmarriagefollowingapetitionfordivorce,adecreeabsoluteendsavalidmarriage.SeeDissolution.

DecreeNisi Followingthegroundsfordivorcebeingproven,thedistrictjudgegrantsadecreenisiasaprovisionalmeasure.Sixweekslaterthepetitionercanapplyforadecreeabsolute.

DecreeofNullity Granteduponanannulmentofmarriagefollowingapetitionfornullity,adecreeofnullitydeclaresthatthemarriageitselfisvoidandthatnovalidmarriageeverexisted.SeeAnnulment.

DepartmentofConstitutional Followingconstitutionalreforms,theDCAwascreatedon12June2003replacingtheAffairs LordChancellor’sDepartmentandisresponsible,amongotherthings,forthe

administrationofthecourtsysteminEnglandandWalesthroughtheCourtService. SeeHerMajesty’sCourtService.

Dissolution Adissolutionofmarriageoccursfollowingasuccessfulpetitionfordivorceandendsavalidmarriage.SeeDecreeAbsolute.

FactsProven Apetitionermustproveoneormoreoffivefacts(adultery,unreasonablebehaviour,desertion,andseparation,eitherwithorwithoutconsentoftherespondent)inordertoestablishtheirretrievablebreakdownofthemarriage.

GeneralRegisterOffice(GRO) TheGROisresponsibleforensuringtheregistrationofallbirths,adoptions,marriagesanddeathsthathaveoccurredinEnglandandWalessince1837andformaintainingacentralarchive.

HerMajesty’sCourtService HerMajesty’sCourtServiceisanexecutiveagencyoftheDepartmentofConstitutionalAffairsandisresponsiblefortherunningofmostofthecourtsandtribunalsinEnglandandWales.HerMajesty’sCourtServicesuppliesinformationondivorcesandadoptionstoONS.

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JudicialSeparation Thisisanalternativetodivorceanddoesnotdissolvethemarriagebutabsolvesthepartiesfromtheobligationtolivetogether.Thisproceduremight,forinstance,beusedifreligiousbeliefsforbidordiscouragedivorce.

JudicialStatistics ThisAnnualReportoftheDepartmentofConstitutionalAffairsshowsstatisticswhichrelatetothecriminalandcivilbusinessofthosecourtsinEnglandandWales,includingdataondivorceandadoption.

LordChancellor’sDepartment Priorto12June2003andconstitutionalreforms,theLCDwasresponsiblefortheadministrationofthecourtsysteminEnglandandWalesthroughtheCourtService.

NationalStatisticsCodeofPractice TheprinciplesandprotocolsfollowedandupheldbyallthoseinvolvedinproducingNationalStatistics.

NewsRelease Aftertheannualdatasetonaparticularsubject,suchasmarriages,hasbeenqualityassured,itsfirstpublicationisapress,ornewsrelease,whichdetailsthemainfindings.

Nuptiality Collectivetermformarriage,separation,divorce,widowhoodandremarriagewhichiscommonlyusedbydemographerstorefertothepropensityofapopulationtogetmarried.

ONS OfficeforNationalStatistics.

OPCS OfficeofPopulationCensusesandSurveys-joinedwithCentralStatisticalOfficein1996tobecomeONS.

Petitioner Thepersonseekingadissolutionorannulment.

PopulationTrends AquarterlyONSpublicationwhichcoverspopulationanddemographicinformation,includingarticlesandreportsonmarriages,divorcesandadoptions.

Registrar Statutoryofficerresponsiblefortheregistrationofbirths,deathsandmarriages.

RegistrarGeneral StatutoryappointmentwithresponsibilityfortheadministrationoftheregistrationactsinEnglandandWales,andotherrelatedfunctionsasspecifiedbytherelevantlegislation.

RegistrationOfficer Generictermforregistrar,superintendentregistrarandadditionalregistrars.

RegistrationScheme Organisestheboundariesandspecifiesthenameofregistrationdistrictswithinlocalauthorities.

ReligiousMarriage ReligiousmarriagescantakeplaceinChurchofEnglandorChurchinWalespremises,aswellasinotherbuildingsregisteredformarriagewhicharecertifiedasaplaceofworship.ReligiousmarriagesalsoincludemarriagessolemnisedaccordingtotheritesoftheSocietyofFriendsandthoseprofessingtheJewishreligion.

Reports RegulararticlesinPopulationTrendsonmarriageanddivorce(basedonregistrationdata,soonaftertheybecomeavailable).

Respondent Thepersontowhomapetitionfordivorcehasbeenserved.

SingleMen/Women Personswhohaveneverbeenmarried.

SolemnisedMarriage Amarriagelegallyoccursuponsolemnisationataceremony,eitherreligiousorcivil,andmustfollowthecompletionoflegalpreliminaries.

SuperintendentRegistrar Statutoryofficerwithresponsibilitiesrelatingtomarriageandotherregistrationfunctions,asspecifiedintherelevantlegislation.

VSOB VitalStatisticsOutputBranch(atONS).

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thousandsTable1.1Estimatedpopulation: sex, age and marital status1, 1994-2004

England and Wales

Agegroup Maritalstatus 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Series FM2 no. 32 Population

Males All ages Total 24,853.0 24,946.3 25,029.8 25,113.2 25,200.7 25,323.4 25,438.0 25,574.3 25,702.4 25,840.6 25,988.2 Single 11,410.3 11,527.5 11,640.3 11,761.0 11,878.3 12,015.7 12,137.0 12,270.2 12,421.9 12,581.7 12,755.6 Married 11,432.5 11,371.1 11,309.9 11,239.8 11,183.2 11,142.7 11,113.4 11,089.6 11,014.7 10,940.3 10,863.2 Widowed 732.7 733.3 733.4 733.7 734.6 732.2 731.5 732.8 730.9 728.4 725.7 Divorced 1,277.6 1,314.4 1,346.2 1,378.7 1,404.7 1,432.9 1,456.2 1,481.6 1,534.9 1,590.3 1,643.7 Age groups 0-14 Single 5,076.3 5,082.4 5,087.9 5,100.2 5,105.0 5,106.7 5,075.2 5,035.7 4,998.9 4,963.0 4,940.2 15 Single 318.9 330.5 327.7 323.5 323.1 326.9 341.1 340.4 346.7 357.2 354.1 Under20 Total 6,579.5 6,601.2 6,631.5 6,676.9 6,709.1 6,721.2 6,699.3 6,687.8 6,698.6 6,711.3 6,720.9 Single 6,573.1 6,594.7 6,624.9 6,670.0 6,702.1 6,713.8 6,691.9 6,680.5 6,692.8 6,706.5 6,717.5 Married 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 5.9 5.5 4.4 3.8 2.9 Widowed 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.3 Divorced 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.2 20-24 Total 1,801.3 1,737.3 1,658.3 1,580.2 1,530.3 1,530.0 1,547.8 1,579.2 1,606.9 1,645.9 1,692.5 Single 1,637.0 1,596.7 1,538.5 1,478.6 1,441.5 1,448.7 1,470.3 1,501.4 1,533.7 1,573.4 1,620.7 Married 160.3 137.0 116.5 98.6 86.0 78.5 74.4 74.3 69.5 68.5 67.5 Widowed 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 Divorced 3.8 3.4 3.0 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.4 25-29 Total 2,024.0 1,994.3 1,969.9 1,931.9 1,886.6 1,836.1 1,795.6 1,741.9 1,674.4 1,634.1 1,634.6 Single 1,219.1 1,243.5 1,273.4 1,294.2 1,303.8 1,303.6 1,304.9 1,293.1 1,276.4 1,271.3 1,292.1 Married 747.6 699.4 650.1 595.3 544.1 497.2 458.7 419.8 371.4 337.4 318.0 Widowed 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 Divorced 56.5 50.6 45.5 41.5 37.7 34.4 31.0 27.9 25.7 24.5 23.7 30-34 Total 1,985.6 2,027.9 2,050.2 2,063.5 2,055.7 2,044.2 2,027.1 2,016.1 1,990.0 1,953.9 1,896.9 Single 681.1 732.4 775.6 817.3 848.0 877.5 904.0 933.8 961.3 981.5 987.2 Married 1,157.4 1,150.7 1,134.8 1,110.6 1,078.3 1,043.4 1,006.5 971.5 921.4 868.4 810.5 Widowed 1.9 2.1 2.3 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.2 2.1 1.9 Divorced 145.2 142.7 137.6 133.1 126.7 120.7 114.1 108.4 105.1 102.0 97.2 35-39 Total 1,736.0 1,781.9 1,833.7 1,879.9 1,924.2 1,974.0 2,019.1 2,049.7 2,073.5 2,078.2 2,070.4 Single 338.5 372.2 409.4 447.5 487.0 527.8 567.4 603.9 642.4 670.9 693.9 Married 1,205.5 1,215.0 1,227.8 1,234.5 1,239.6 1,248.7 1,254.8 1,250.9 1,233.6 1,207.8 1,177.4 Widowed 4.1 4.3 4.5 4.6 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.2 Divorced 187.9 190.3 192.2 193.3 192.7 192.7 192.2 190.3 193.0 195.1 194.9 40-44 Total 1,665.4 1,650.8 1,655.4 1,675.7 1,703.2 1,737.4 1,782.7 1,831.2 1,881.3 1,927.8 1,972.4 Single 221.0 230.3 244.0 260.5 280.7 304.3 331.4 359.4 388.3 418.2 448.5 Married 1,234.9 1,208.7 1,198.1 1,198.2 1,202.8 1,210.6 1,226.2 1,243.1 1,255.1 1,262.8 1,267.9 Widowed 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.8 7.7 7.7 7.6 7.4 7.3 7.2 Divorced 202.0 204.2 205.7 209.3 211.8 214.8 217.4 221.0 230.6 239.5 248.8 45-49 Total 1,791.8 1,808.5 1,809.8 1,723.4 1,671.4 1,649.7 1,636.9 1,643.9 1,662.1 1,689.6 1,720.5 Single 178.0 187.2 195.5 196.1 200.9 209.4 219.4 232.6 245.8 261.9 279.3 Married 1,388.5 1,386.3 1,372.6 1,290.5 1,237.4 1,207.8 1,186.6 1,179.8 1,176.9 1,178.1 1,181.4 Widowed 13.9 14.2 14.6 13.9 13.7 13.4 13.0 12.7 12.3 12.1 11.9 Divorced 211.5 220.7 227.0 222.8 219.4 219.1 217.9 218.8 227.1 237.5 248.0 50-54 Total 1,426.9 1,471.1 1,534.2 1,659.9 1,729.0 1,760.5 1,775.9 1,770.9 1,694.1 1,640.7 1,615.6 Single 121.5 127.6 135.4 149.9 160.8 170.0 178.9 186.5 187.2 189.6 195.2 Married 1,133.2 1,158.8 1,199.7 1,290.6 1,334.3 1,347.2 1,347.0 1,330.8 1,256.2 1,200.7 1,166.4 Widowed 19.8 20.3 21.1 22.6 23.5 23.9 24.4 24.5 23.2 21.9 20.8 Divorced 152.4 164.4 178.1 196.7 210.4 219.3 225.7 229.0 227.5 228.5 233.2 55-59 Total 1,316.7 1,324.3 1,314.8 1,317.8 1,343.5 1,383.0 1,428.7 1,492.0 1,611.2 1,677.9 1,704.3 Single 102.5 103.5 103.9 105.7 109.7 114.8 120.8 128.4 141.2 150.8 158.3 Married 1,064.5 1,064.1 1,049.4 1,044.0 1,057.6 1,082.5 1,112.4 1,156.0 1,239.7 1,279.9 1,287.4 Widowed 33.2 33.1 32.6 32.1 31.9 32.0 32.4 33.6 35.7 36.8 37.0 Divorced 116.6 123.6 128.9 136.0 144.3 153.7 163.1 174.1 194.7 210.5 221.6 60-64 Total 1,210.4 1,206.7 1,205.0 1,212.5 1,230.5 1,249.9 1,259.2 1,251.7 1,252.7 1,274.4 1,307.1 Single 97.3 95.0 93.1 92.9 93.7 95.0 96.1 96.6 97.2 99.9 103.5 Married 973.9 969.0 965.1 967.8 978.3 989.3 991.5 979.9 976.1 988.6 1,009.0 Widowed 55.7 54.1 52.7 51.7 51.4 51.3 51.2 50.0 48.6 47.8 47.3 Divorced 83.4 88.7 94.0 100.1 107.0 114.2 120.3 125.2 130.8 138.2 147.3 65-69 Total 1,109.8 1,107.1 1,105.6 1,104.4 1,102.6 1,098.8 1,099.7 1,104.9 1,116.9 1,134.7 1,151.2 Single 90.8 90.4 89.8 88.4 87.1 85.2 83.7 82.7 82.3 82.5 82.7 Married 868.4 866.0 864.6 863.5 861.7 858.2 857.8 860.5 868.5 880.5 891.0 Widowed 94.8 91.3 87.6 84.4 81.7 79.3 77.5 75.8 74.2 73.3 72.4 Divorced 55.8 59.4 63.7 68.0 72.0 76.2 80.8 85.9 91.8 98.4 105.1 70-74 Total 998.7 971.3 953.6 942.8 938.6 937.5 940.5 946.8 952.1 957.3 958.1 Single 71.7 71.3 72.0 72.2 72.2 72.1 72.2 72.6 72.1 71.4 70.0 Married 749.7 726.5 711.1 702.7 700.0 699.8 702.8 708.6 713.7 719.0 720.7 Widowed 142.4 137.2 132.4 128.0 123.7 119.9 116.3 112.3 109.3 106.1 103.1 Divorced 35.0 36.3 38.1 40.0 42.7 45.7 49.2 53.2 57.1 60.7 64.3 75and Total 1,206.9 1,264.0 1,307.7 1,344.3 1,376.0 1,401.0 1,425.4 1,458.3 1,488.4 1,514.8 1,543.7over Single 78.8 82.6 84.8 87.6 90.7 93.5 96.0 98.7 101.4 103.8 106.7 Married 742.5 783.7 814.2 837.4 856.8 873.2 888.6 908.8 928.3 944.7 963.2 Widowed 358.2 367.9 376.6 384.5 391.6 395.3 399.7 406.7 411.0 414.7 417.8 Divorced 27.3 29.8 32.2 34.7 36.9 39.0 41.2 44.1 47.7 51.5 55.9

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Agegroup Maritalstatus 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

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Females All ages Total 26,263.2 26,325.6 26,380.7 26,446.5 26,519.4 26,610.0 26,702.1 26,785.7 26,867.8 26,953.1 27,057.4 Single 10,116.4 10,231.2 10,335.9 10,457.8 10,577.1 10,700.4 10,804.7 10,916.7 11,050.7 11,188.3 11,338.3 Married 11,600.2 11,510.1 11,432.8 11,352.9 11,284.2 11,234.5 11,198.7 11,149.9 11,073.2 11,000.4 10,934.6 Widowed 2,921.7 2,904.0 2,881.5 2,855.0 2,831.5 2,799.8 2,771.9 2,744.6 2,709.1 2,668.1 2,628.2 Divorced 1,624.9 1,680.4 1,730.5 1,780.9 1,826.6 1,875.3 1,926.8 1,974.5 2,034.9 2,096.3 2,156.2 Age groups 0-14 Single 4,853.7 4,855.6 4,852.8 4,860.6 4,861.1 4,863.6 4,832.9 4,795.7 4,760.3 4,722.3 4,697.2 15 Single 304.4 317.2 315.4 309.5 309.5 311.1 322.4 323.4 329.4 338.3 335.3 Under20 Total 6,307.7 6,329.4 6,354.2 6,394.9 6,421.8 6,430.2 6,395.6 6,374.1 6,369.6 6,372.0 6,376.0 Single 6,285.7 6,308.0 6,332.6 6,373.5 6,400.4 6,408.9 6,376.2 6,356.0 6,355.2 6,359.3 6,364.8 Married 21.5 20.8 20.7 20.3 20.3 19.8 17.6 16.2 13.0 11.7 10.6 Widowed 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.3 Divorced 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.4 0.3 20-24 Total 1,774.3 1,712.0 1,633.0 1,560.6 1,516.7 1,516.9 1,540.0 1,577.7 1,604.4 1,636.8 1,665.3 Single 1,412.6 1,397.7 1,361.2 1,325.4 1,306.5 1,320.2 1,351.6 1,390.1 1,428.5 1,466.1 1,499.1 Married 345.0 300.0 259.6 224.9 201.1 187.7 179.6 178.0 166.1 160.8 156.4 Widowed 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.6 Divorced 15.7 13.4 11.3 9.4 8.3 8.0 7.8 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.3 25-29 Total 2,041.3 2,004.9 1,979.7 1,945.2 1,902.3 1,850.9 1,809.9 1,744.7 1,674.0 1,627.5 1,625.4 Single 907.0 937.7 977.3 1,012.3 1,039.1 1,051.1 1,064.6 1,058.9 1,052.1 1,053.0 1,080.1 Married 1,022.3 962.7 906.3 844.3 782.8 725.1 677.2 625.4 567.4 523.5 496.6 Widowed 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.3 2.1 Divorced 108.3 100.9 92.7 85.3 77.2 71.7 65.2 57.7 51.9 48.7 46.6 30-34 Total 2,008.0 2,051.0 2,075.8 2,087.9 2,080.7 2,069.2 2,049.3 2,033.4 2,010.3 1,974.5 1,916.4 Single 463.6 510.5 551.1 588.9 621.3 651.2 678.6 710.7 742.7 766.6 777.4 Married 1,336.4 1,330.4 1,315.8 1,293.1 1,259.4 1,222.8 1,182.2 1,142.4 1,094.5 1,042.6 984.6 Widowed 7.0 7.3 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.1 6.8 6.3 5.9 5.4 Divorced 201.0 202.8 201.5 198.4 192.6 187.7 181.3 173.5 166.8 159.4 149.0 35-39 Total 1,760.0 1,802.5 1,853.9 1,903.4 1,951.9 2,004.0 2,053.7 2,082.0 2,102.5 2,101.0 2,092.5 Single 219.5 244.5 273.7 305.1 338.5 374.0 411.0 444.4 477.4 504.4 528.3 Married 1,297.1 1,305.4 1,319.9 1,331.5 1,342.0 1,354.1 1,362.1 1,356.3 1,342.4 1,314.6 1,284.4 Widowed 12.5 12.9 13.2 13.4 13.4 13.4 13.5 13.2 12.7 12.0 11.4 Divorced 231.0 239.5 247.1 253.4 258.0 262.4 267.1 268.1 270.0 270.0 268.4 40-44 Total 1,683.3 1,667.7 1,673.8 1,695.6 1,725.0 1,759.1 1,805.2 1,853.3 1,904.8 1,954.6 2,005.1 Single 132.9 141.7 153.0 166.8 183.4 202.7 223.8 247.6 273.5 301.0 330.1 Married 1,287.0 1,258.7 1,248.1 1,248.4 1,253.9 1,262.5 1,277.9 1,292.9 1,307.4 1,319.1 1,329.4 Widowed 22.7 22.5 22.6 22.9 23.0 23.1 23.3 23.2 22.4 21.6 21.0 Divorced 240.8 244.8 250.0 257.5 264.7 270.8 280.2 289.7 301.5 312.9 324.5 45-49 Total 1,802.5 1,821.8 1,825.4 1,744.4 1,693.2 1,673.9 1,664.6 1,670.1 1,689.7 1,719.9 1,750.3 Single 98.7 105.5 112.1 115.3 120.7 128.1 136.8 147.9 159.9 173.9 189.5 Married 1,412.8 1,413.5 1,402.1 1,323.0 1,268.4 1,239.3 1,218.7 1,208.1 1,206.0 1,211.8 1,216.0 Widowed 44.4 44.2 44.2 41.5 39.9 39.3 38.7 38.3 37.6 36.6 35.6 Divorced 246.7 258.5 267.0 264.6 264.2 267.2 270.4 275.9 286.2 297.6 309.1 50-54 Total 1,432.7 1,479.2 1,544.4 1,672.6 1,747.0 1,781.9 1,803.4 1,801.3 1,727.5 1,673.4 1,651.0 Single 68.7 71.6 75.8 83.6 90.1 96.0 102.3 108.3 111.1 115.2 121.3 Married 1,118.2 1,148.1 1,191.5 1,285.0 1,333.9 1,350.3 1,354.2 1,339.5 1,269.3 1,214.8 1,184.0 Widowed 71.7 70.7 71.2 73.7 74.4 73.6 73.3 72.3 67.1 62.8 60.2 Divorced 174.0 188.8 205.9 230.4 248.7 262.0 273.6 281.3 280.0 280.6 285.4 55-59 Total 1,332.0 1,341.8 1,333.9 1,340.1 1,367.5 1,407.0 1,454.5 1,520.0 1,642.2 1,714.6 1,746.4 Single 66.2 65.6 64.4 64.1 65.2 66.9 69.4 73.6 80.8 86.6 91.6 Married 1,004.1 1,008.2 999.2 1,001.1 1,019.9 1,048.0 1,080.1 1,124.8 1,211.3 1,257.9 1,272.2 Widowed 127.9 125.7 121.5 118.1 115.2 113.4 112.1 112.1 114.6 114.5 111.8 Divorced 133.7 142.3 148.7 156.8 167.2 178.8 192.8 209.5 235.4 255.6 270.7 60-64 Total 1,273.2 1,258.9 1,252.2 1,256.6 1,272.4 1,292.1 1,304.4 1,297.3 1,300.0 1,324.9 1,362.2 Single 71.4 68.5 66.1 64.8 64.0 63.6 63.1 61.8 61.0 61.6 62.9 Married 882.6 875.5 872.9 877.2 889.3 903.3 910.8 906.0 908.9 928.4 956.1 Widowed 221.7 211.7 203.3 196.8 192.1 189.0 185.8 178.5 171.8 166.5 163.0 Divorced 97.5 103.2 109.9 117.9 127.0 136.1 144.7 151.1 158.2 168.3 180.1 65-69 Total 1,255.7 1,247.9 1,240.2 1,230.3 1,220.5 1,206.7 1,198.1 1,194.0 1,199.6 1,213.0 1,230.3 Single 80.3 77.8 74.9 72.3 69.9 67.2 64.7 62.7 61.2 60.1 59.5 Married 748.8 748.4 749.2 747.9 746.7 743.2 743.5 746.5 755.2 768.5 782.9 Widowed 356.9 347.6 337.6 326.4 315.2 302.5 290.5 278.7 269.2 261.7 256.2 Divorced 69.7 74.1 78.6 83.7 88.8 93.8 99.4 106.2 114.0 122.7 131.6 70-74 Total 1,282.9 1,235.3 1,196.5 1,168.6 1,149.6 1,138.0 1,134.0 1,131.8 1,126.9 1,121.7 1,111.2 Single 88.4 83.9 80.4 77.1 74.1 71.7 69.7 67.5 65.1 63.0 60.5 Married 608.0 592.1 578.6 570.7 566.2 565.0 568.5 575.1 580.4 585.5 588.1 Widowed 532.6 505.6 482.8 465.0 450.9 439.4 429.4 418.1 405.4 392.1 376.4 Divorced 53.9 53.8 54.7 55.9 58.3 61.9 66.4 71.0 76.1 81.1 86.1 75and Total 2,309.6 2,373.2 2,417.7 2,446.2 2,470.8 2,480.2 2,489.4 2,505.9 2,516.4 2,519.2 2,525.4over Single 221.4 218.4 213.4 208.5 204.0 198.7 192.9 187.6 182.1 177.5 173.0 Married 516.6 546.3 568.9 585.4 600.3 613.4 626.1 638.8 651.2 661.1 673.2 Widowed 1,519.2 1,550.7 1,572.8 1,585.2 1,595.6 1,594.0 1,593.3 1,598.2 1,597.4 1,590.0 1,583.1 Divorced 52.5 57.8 62.7 67.0 70.9 74.2 77.1 81.3 85.7 90.5 96.1

Table1.2Estimatedpopulation(proportionsperthousand): sex, age and marital status1, 1994-2004 Agegroup Maritalstatus 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

England and Wales

Series FM2 no. 32 Population

Males All ages Single 459 462 465 468 471 474 477 480 483 487 491 Married 460 456 452 448 444 440 437 434 429 423 418 Widowed 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 28 28 28 Divorced 51 53 54 55 56 57 57 58 60 62 63Age groups Under20 Single 999 999 999 999 999 999 999 999 999 999 999 Married 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 Widowed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Divorced 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 020-24 Single 909 919 928 936 942 947 950 951 954 956 958 Married 89 79 70 62 56 51 48 47 43 42 40 Widowed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Divorced 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 225-29 Single 602 624 646 670 691 710 727 742 762 778 790 Married 369 351 330 308 288 271 255 241 222 206 195 Widowed 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Divorced 28 25 23 21 20 19 17 16 15 15 1430-34 Single 343 361 378 396 413 429 446 463 483 502 520 Married 583 567 553 538 525 510 497 482 463 444 427 Widowed 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Divorced 73 70 67 65 62 59 56 54 53 52 5135-39 Single 195 209 223 238 253 267 281 295 310 323 335 Married 694 682 670 657 644 633 621 610 595 581 569 Widowed 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 Divorced 108 107 105 103 100 98 95 93 93 94 9440-44 Single 133 140 147 155 165 175 186 196 206 217 227 Married 742 732 724 715 706 697 688 679 667 655 643 Widowed 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 Divorced 121 124 124 125 124 124 122 121 123 124 12645-49 Single 99 104 108 114 120 127 134 141 148 155 162 Married 775 767 758 749 740 732 725 718 708 697 687 Widowed 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 Divorced 118 122 125 129 131 133 133 133 137 141 14450-54 Single 85 87 88 90 93 97 101 105 110 116 121 Married 794 788 782 778 772 765 758 752 742 732 722 Widowed 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 Divorced 107 112 116 119 122 125 127 129 134 139 14455-59 Single 78 78 79 80 82 83 85 86 88 90 93 Married 808 804 798 792 787 783 779 775 769 763 755 Widowed 25 25 25 24 24 23 23 23 22 22 22 Divorced 89 93 98 103 107 111 114 117 121 125 13060-64 Single 80 79 77 77 76 76 76 77 78 78 79 Married 805 803 801 798 795 792 787 783 779 776 772 Widowed 46 45 44 43 42 41 41 40 39 37 36 Divorced 69 73 78 83 87 91 96 100 104 108 11365-69 Single 82 82 81 80 79 78 76 75 74 73 72 Married 783 782 782 782 782 781 780 779 778 776 774 Widowed 85 82 79 76 74 72 70 69 66 65 63 Divorced 50 54 58 62 65 69 74 78 82 87 9170-74 Single 72 73 76 77 77 77 77 77 76 75 73 Married 751 748 746 745 746 746 747 748 750 751 752 Widowed 143 141 139 136 132 128 124 119 115 111 108 Divorced 35 37 40 42 46 49 52 56 60 63 6775and Single 65 65 65 65 66 67 67 68 68 69 69over Married 615 620 623 623 623 623 623 623 624 624 624 Widowed 297 291 288 286 285 282 280 279 276 274 271 Divorced 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 32 34 36

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Females All ages Single 385 389 392 395 399 402 405 408 411 415 419 Married 442 437 433 429 426 422 419 416 412 408 404 Widowed 111 110 109 108 107 105 104 102 101 99 97 Divorced 62 64 66 67 69 70 72 74 76 78 80Age groups Under20 Single 997 997 997 997 997 997 997 997 998 998 998 Married 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 Widowed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Divorced 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20-24 Single 796 816 834 849 861 870 878 881 890 896 900 Married 194 175 159 144 133 124 117 113 104 98 94 Widowed 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Divorced 9 8 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 25-29 Single 444 468 494 520 546 568 588 607 629 647 665 Married 501 480 458 434 412 392 374 358 339 322 306 Widowed 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 Divorced 53 50 47 44 41 39 36 33 31 30 29 30-34 Single 231 249 265 282 299 315 331 349 369 388 406 Married 666 649 634 619 605 591 577 562 544 528 514 Widowed 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 Divorced 100 99 97 95 93 91 88 85 83 81 78 35-39 Single 125 136 148 160 173 187 200 213 227 240 252 Married 737 724 712 700 688 676 663 651 639 626 614 Widowed 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 Divorced 131 133 133 133 132 131 130 129 128 129 128 40-44 Single 79 85 91 98 106 115 124 134 144 154 165 Married 765 755 746 736 727 718 708 698 686 675 663 Widowed 13 13 14 14 13 13 13 13 12 11 10 Divorced 143 147 149 152 153 154 155 156 158 160 162 45-49 Single 55 58 61 66 71 77 82 89 95 101 108 Married 784 776 768 758 749 740 732 723 714 705 695 Widowed 25 24 24 24 24 23 23 23 22 21 20 Divorced 137 142 146 152 156 160 162 165 169 173 177 50-54 Single 48 48 49 50 52 54 57 60 64 69 73 Married 781 776 771 768 764 758 751 744 735 726 717 Widowed 50 48 46 44 43 41 41 40 39 38 36 Divorced 121 128 133 138 142 147 152 156 162 168 173 55-59 Single 50 49 48 48 48 48 48 48 49 50 52 Married 754 751 749 747 746 745 743 740 738 734 728 Widowed 96 94 91 88 84 81 77 74 70 67 64 Divorced 100 106 111 117 122 127 133 138 143 149 155 60-64 Single 56 54 53 52 50 49 48 48 47 47 46 Married 693 695 697 698 699 699 698 698 699 701 702 Widowed 174 168 162 157 151 146 142 138 132 126 120 Divorced 77 82 88 94 100 105 111 116 122 127 132 65-69 Single 64 62 60 59 57 56 54 52 51 50 48 Married 596 600 604 608 612 616 621 625 630 634 636 Widowed 284 279 272 265 258 251 242 233 224 216 208 Divorced 55 59 63 68 73 78 83 89 95 101 107 70-74 Single 69 68 67 66 64 63 61 60 58 56 54 Married 474 479 484 488 493 497 501 508 515 522 529 Widowed 415 409 404 398 392 386 379 369 360 350 339 Divorced 42 44 46 48 51 54 59 63 67 72 78 75and Single 96 92 88 85 83 80 77 75 72 70 69 over Married 224 230 235 239 243 247 252 255 259 262 267 Widowed 658 653 651 648 646 643 640 638 635 631 627 Divorced 23 24 26 27 29 30 31 32 34 36 38

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Table 2.1 Marriages and divorces, 1994-2004 England and Wales

Year Marriages Divorces

Total First First Remarriage New Decrees2madeabsolute marriage marriage ofboth petitions1

ofboth ofone parties filed Total First Oneparty Both Other parties partyonly marriage previously parties combina- ofboth divorced previously tions parties divorced

Table 2.2 Marriage and divorce rates, 1994-2004 England and Wales

Year Allmarriages Firstmarriages Remarriages Divorces

People Men Women Numbermarryingper Numberremarryingper People marrying marrying marrying 1,000singlepopulation 1,000widowedand divorcing per1,000 per1,000 per1,000 aged16andover divorcedpopulation per1,000 population unmarried unmarried married ofallages menaged womenaged Men Women Men Women population 16andover 16andover

1994 291,069 174,200 64,009 52,860 176,332 158,175 114,174 28,641 14,265 1,0951995 283,012 166,418 63,975 52,619 174,847 155,499 111,485 28,708 14,211 1,095 1996 278,975 160,680 64,653 53,642 178,672 157,107 111,977 29,413 14,630 1,0871997 272,536 156,907 62,911 52,718 164,254 146,689 104,205 27,653 13,794 1,0371998 267,303 156,539 60,642 50,122 166,375 145,214 102,677 27,859 13,746 9321999 263,515 155,027 59,540 48,948 162,686 144,556 101,548 27,915 14,138 9552000 267,961 156,140 61,550 50,271 158,261 141,135 98,824 27,595 13,888 828 2001 249,227 148,642 55,943 44,642 172,833 143,818 100,541 28,306 14,100 8712002 255,596 151,014 57,768 46,814 177,666 147,735 102,774 29,389 14,688 8842003 270,109 160,283 60,074 49,752 173,703 153,490 106,444 30,960 15,266 8202004 273,069 163,007 60,290 49,772 167,685 153,399 106,220 30,902 15,379 898

1 Includingpetitionsforannulments;therewere492in2004.SeriesrevisedfollowingtheintroductionofHMCourtService’sManagementInformation System(MIS)-seesections1.3and4.5.Source:HerMajesty’sCourtService.2 Includingdecreesofdivorceandnullity.

1994 11.4 36.3 30.6 34.3 41.6 42.3 18.6 13.71995 11.0 34.7 29.3 32.4 39.3 41.4 18.4 13.6 1996 10.9 33.6 28.5 31.1 37.3 41.2 18.7 13.81997 10.6 32.3 27.5 29.7 35.6 39.9 18.1 13.01998 10.3 31.1 26.6 28.9 34.7 37.9 17.2 12.91999 10.1 30.1 25.8 28.0 33.5 36.6 16.7 12.92000 10.3 30.1 25.9 27.7 33.2 37.4 17.1 12.7 2001 9.5 27.4 23.7 25.5 30.6 33.2 15.2 12.92002 9.7 27.4 23.9 25.3 30.3 33.8 15.8 13.42003 10.2 28.2 24.8 26.1 31.2 34.8 16.6 14.02004 10.3 27.8 24.6 25.7 30.8 34.2 16.5 14.1

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Table3.1 Marriages(numbersandrates): quarterofoccurrence,1994-2004

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Year Quarterofoccurrence

Marriages Personsmarryingper1,000populationofallages

March June September December March June September December

Table3.2 Marriages:monthofoccurrence,1994-2004

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1994 291,069 8,5071 12,013 16,256 23,3231 28,410 32,117 39,8091 39,228 39,348 24,1261 13,399 14,5331995 283,012 8,032 11,241 14,738 22,6271 26,550 32,235 39,5991 38,757 41,4121 20,098 12,741 14,9821

1996 278,975 7,853 12,246 16,3781 19,082 27,181 34,4251 33,604 46,1611 34,253 20,312 14,1861 13,2941997 272,536 7,575 11,513 15,8601 17,045 29,5871 30,077 33,836 45,5141 33,879 20,967 14,1461 12,5371998 267,303 7,7201 12,756 12,930 18,705 29,0251 27,285 33,041 43,3651 33,807 23,1421 12,671 12,8561999 263,515 7,8721 10,788 13,801 17,574 28,0181 27,560 37,0101 37,657 34,822 23,4071 13,041 11,9652000 267,961 7,1011 11,452 12,939 20,2211 24,617 29,356 37,7401 39,194 39,7611 19,476 12,652 13,4521

2001 249,227 6,196 9,720 12,9201 16,572 23,413 30,8911 31,248 38,580 35,5031 17,915 12,356 13,9131

2002 255,596 6,788 10,850 14,2551 15,105 24,385 31,6341 31,097 43,9571 30,617 18,806 14,2831 13,8192003 270,109 7,998 11,861 14,1661 18,066 28,9941 28,092 32,860 46,0861 32,923 20,432 14,6851 13,9462004 273,069 8,9771 13,256 12,789 19,086 27,5181 28,376 39,7381 40,138 33,295 22,9471 12,566 14,383

1ThesemonthscontainfiveSaturdays.

1994 36,776 83,850 118,385 52,058 5.8 13.2 18.4 8.11995 34,011 81,412 119,768 47,821 5.4 12.7 18.5 7.4 1996 36,477 80,688 114,018 47,792 5.7 12.6 17.6 7.41997 34,948 76,709 113,229 47,650 5.5 11.9 17.4 7.31998 33,406 75,015 110,213 48,669 5.2 11.6 16.9 7.51999 32,461 73,152 109,489 48,413 5.1 11.3 16.7 7.42000 31,492 74,194 116,695 45,580 4.9 11.4 17.8 7.0 2001 28,836 70,876 105,331 44,184 4.5 10.9 16.0 6.72002 31,893 71,124 105,671 46,908 4.9 10.9 15.9 7.12003 34,025 75,152 111,869 49,063 5.2 11.4 16.8 7.42004 35,022 74,980 113,171 49,896 5.3 11.4 17.0 7.5

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Total January February March April May June July August September October November December

NumbersAll marriages

Total 273,069 8,977 13,256 12,789 19,086 27,518 28,376 39,738 40,138 33,295 22,947 12,566 14,383Sunday 13,245 162 4931 332 782 1,9891 1,032 1,441 3,2691 1,569 1,0261 451 699Monday 11,136 547 703 9261 734 8411 1,113 1,135 1,5721 1,040 905 8251 795Tuesday 8,752 409 483 6591 719 651 1,0661 749 1,3481 773 598 5101 787Wednesday 10,567 516 572 7991 836 718 1,0761 1,005 1,202 1,1691 667 505 1,5021Thursday 14,270 5901 725 709 1,5431 932 1,175 1,8001 2,013 1,6761 799 667 1,6411Friday 48,717 1,6901 1,820 2,289 3,4141 4,012 4,757 7,2401 7,060 6,114 4,3861 2,534 3,4011Saturday 166,382 5,0631 8,460 7,075 11,058 18,3751 18,157 26,3681 23,674 20,954 14,5661 7,074 5,558

Civil marriages

Total 184,913 7,537 10,770 10,429 14,101 18,116 18,172 23,220 23,913 20,769 16,709 10,108 11,069Sunday 8,859 100 3441 221 562 1,3741 681 930 2,0801 1,073 7041 319 471Monday 10,281 528 680 8901 632 7341 1,057 1,062 1,4041 994 862 7851 653Tuesday 8,055 392 458 6191 682 610 9771 690 1,2371 726 568 4771 619Wednesday 9,830 491 542 7561 794 688 1,0001 932 1,125 1,1071 628 480 1,2871Thursday 13,209 5711 699 674 1,4691 874 1,097 1,6471 1,811 1,5441 761 639 1,4231Friday 40,622 1,5721 1,710 2,121 2,9241 3,423 3,954 5,5611 5,406 4,862 3,7961 2,274 3,0191Saturday 94,057 3,8831 6,337 5,148 7,038 10,4131 9,406 12,3981 10,850 10,463 9,3901 5,134 3,597 Religious marriages Total 88,156 1,440 2,486 2,360 4,985 9,402 10,204 16,518 16,225 12,526 6,238 2,458 3,314Sunday 4,386 62 1491 111 220 6151 351 511 1,1891 496 3221 132 228Monday 855 19 23 361 102 1071 56 73 1681 46 43 401 142Tuesday 697 17 25 401 37 41 891 59 1111 47 30 331 168Wednesday 737 25 30 431 42 30 761 73 77 621 39 25 2151Thursday 1,061 191 26 35 741 58 78 1531 202 1321 38 28 2181Friday 8,095 1181 110 168 4901 589 803 1,6791 1,654 1,252 5901 260 3821Saturday 72,325 1,1801 2,123 1,927 4,020 7,9621 8,751 13,9701 12,824 10,491 5,1761 1,940 1,961 Percentages2

All marriages Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Sunday 4.9 1.8 3.7 2.6 4.1 7.2 3.6 3.6 8.1 4.7 4.5 3.6 4.9Monday 4.1 6.1 5.3 7.2 3.8 3.1 3.9 2.9 3.9 3.1 3.9 6.6 5.5Tuesday 3.2 4.6 3.6 5.2 3.8 2.4 3.8 1.9 3.4 2.3 2.6 4.1 5.5Wednesday 3.9 5.7 4.3 6.2 4.4 2.6 3.8 2.5 3.0 3.5 2.9 4.0 10.4Thursday 5.2 6.6 5.5 5.5 8.1 3.4 4.1 4.5 5.0 5.0 3.5 5.3 11.4Friday 17.8 18.8 13.7 17.9 17.9 14.6 16.8 18.2 17.6 18.4 19.1 20.2 23.6Saturday 60.9 56.4 63.8 55.3 57.9 66.8 64.0 66.4 59.0 62.9 63.5 56.3 38.6

1Indicatesfiveoccurrencesofthedayinthemonth.2Thenumberofthedifferentweekdaysoccurringinaparticularmonthistakenintoaccountincalculatingthepercentagedistributionbydayoftheweekforthatmonth.

Table3.3 Marriages(numbersandpercentages): EnglandandWales type of ceremony, day and month of occurrence, 2004

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Table3.4 Marriages(numbersandpercentages): type of ceremony, denomination, and day of occurrence, 2004

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Total Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Numbers

All marriages 273,069 13,245 11,136 8,752 10,567 14,270 48,717 166,382 All civil marriages 184,913 8,859 10,281 8,055 9,830 13,209 40,622 94,057 RegisterOfficeandothers 99,759 143 7,441 5,675 6,943 8,731 22,366 48,460ApprovedPremises 85,154 8,716 2,840 2,380 2,887 4,478 18,256 45,597 All religious marriages 88,156 4,386 855 697 737 1,061 8,095 72,325 ChurchofEngland 57,934 1,867 397 289 342 547 5,006 49,486ChurchinWales 4,072 158 40 26 42 65 533 3,208RomanCatholic 9,850 347 117 96 111 184 1,343 7,652Methodist 5,304 185 45 29 52 66 416 4,511UnitedReformedChurch 1,774 63 13 10 15 24 150 1,499 Congregationalist(Independent) 436 19 7 2 8 6 58 336Baptist 1,737 63 28 11 16 26 129 1,464Presbyterian 182 6 2 3 4 4 17 146CalvinisticMethodist 110 1 1 2 - 1 18 87SocietyofFriends(Quakers) 61 3 - - 2 1 3 52 Jews 757 510 61 65 62 48 6 5SalvationArmy 179 8 2 - 1 2 12 154Brethren 176 1 3 36 2 4 17 113Jehovah’sWitness 656 7 11 3 4 2 69 560Unitarian 466 19 7 3 2 4 71 360 Muslim 219 35 25 26 16 27 23 67Sikh 1,173 644 48 1 10 7 15 448OtherChristianbody(includingMormon) 2,497 356 35 89 37 30 167 1,783Otherunattachedbody 571 94 13 6 11 13 42 392Notcivilmarriageandnotstated 2 - - - - - - 2 Percentages All marriages 100 4.9 4.1 3.2 3.9 5.2 17.8 60.9 All civil marriages 100 4.8 5.6 4.4 5.3 7.1 22.0 50.9 RegisterOfficeandothers 100 0.1 7.5 5.7 7.0 8.8 22.4 48.6ApprovedPremises 100 10.2 3.3 2.8 3.4 5.3 21.4 53.5 All religious marriages 100 5.0 1.0 0.8 0.8 1.2 9.2 82.0 ChurchofEngland 100 3.2 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.9 8.6 85.4ChurchinWales 100 3.9 1.0 0.6 1.0 1.6 13.1 78.8RomanCatholic 100 3.5 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.9 13.6 77.7Methodist 100 3.5 0.8 0.5 1.0 1.2 7.8 85.0UnitedReformedChurch 100 3.6 0.7 0.6 0.8 1.4 8.5 84.5 Congregationalist(Independent) 100 4.4 1.6 0.5 1.8 1.4 13.3 77.1Baptist 100 3.6 1.6 0.6 0.9 1.5 7.4 84.3Presbyterian 100 3.3 1.1 1.6 2.2 2.2 9.3 80.2CalvinisticMethodist 100 0.9 0.9 1.8 - 0.9 16.4 79.1SocietyofFriends(Quakers) 100 4.9 - - 3.3 1.6 4.9 85.2 Jews 100 67.4 8.1 8.6 8.2 6.3 0.8 0.7SalvationArmy 100 4.5 1.1 - 0.6 1.1 6.7 86.0Brethren 100 0.6 1.7 20.5 1.1 2.3 9.7 64.2Jehovah’sWitness 100 1.1 1.7 0.5 0.6 0.3 10.5 85.4Unitarian 100 4.1 1.5 0.6 0.4 0.9 15.2 77.3 Muslim 100 16.0 11.4 11.9 7.3 12.3 10.5 30.6Sikh 100 54.9 4.1 0.1 0.9 0.6 1.3 38.2OtherChristianbody(includingMormon) 100 14.3 1.4 3.6 1.5 1.2 6.7 71.4Otherunattachedbody 100 16.5 2.3 1.1 1.9 2.3 7.4 68.7Notcivilmarriageandnotstated 100 - - - - - - 100.0

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England and Wales England and WalesTable3.5 Marriages: typeofceremony,previousmaritalstatuses1 of bride and bridegroom and day of occurrence, 2004 Total Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

All marriages All bridegrooms All brides 273,069 13,245 11,136 8,752 10,567 14,270 48,717 166,382 Singlewomen 194,348 10,034 7,437 5,744 6,663 9,138 32,058 123,274 Divorcedwomen 72,875 3,003 3,398 2,762 3,548 4,717 15,614 39,833 Widows 5,846 208 301 246 356 415 1,045 3,275 Single men All brides 191,956 9,784 7,339 5,724 6,675 9,070 32,049 121,315 Singlewomen 163,007 8,532 6,091 4,693 5,351 7,347 26,065 104,928 Divorcedwomen 27,708 1,210 1,182 969 1,248 1,637 5,753 15,709 Widows 1,241 42 66 62 76 86 231 678 Divorced men All brides 75,129 3,237 3,479 2,728 3,528 4,785 15,598 41,774 Singlewomen 30,213 1,480 1,269 994 1,242 1,720 5,798 17,710 Divorcedwomen 42,109 1,666 2,064 1,633 2,125 2,868 9,258 22,495 Widows 2,807 91 146 101 161 197 542 1,569 Widowers All brides 5,984 224 318 300 364 415 1,070 3,293 Singlewomen 1,128 22 77 57 70 71 195 636 Divorcedwomen 3,058 127 152 160 175 212 603 1,629 Widows 1,798 75 89 83 119 132 272 1,028 Civil marriages All bridegrooms All brides 184,913 8,859 10,281 8,055 9,830 13,209 40,622 94,057 Singlewomen 118,176 6,257 6,719 5,184 6,117 8,321 25,076 60,502 Divorcedwomen 62,498 2,471 3,287 2,654 3,406 4,535 14,648 31,497 Widows 4,239 131 275 217 307 353 898 2,058 Single men All brides 118,050 6,075 6,653 5,168 6,139 8,268 25,259 60,488 Singlewomen 94,203 5,071 5,451 4,184 4,879 6,629 19,753 48,236 Divorcedwomen 22,956 982 1,142 931 1,191 1,565 5,309 11,836 Widows 891 22 60 53 69 74 197 416 Divorced men All brides 62,560 2,632 3,343 2,626 3,374 4,586 14,445 31,554 Singlewomen 23,235 1,172 1,201 953 1,179 1,628 5,155 11,947 Divorcedwomen 37,032 1,393 2,002 1,574 2,048 2,775 8,792 18,448 Widows 2,293 67 140 99 147 183 498 1,159 Widowers All brides 4,303 152 285 261 317 355 918 2,015 Singlewomen 738 14 67 47 59 64 168 319 Divorcedwomen 2,510 96 143 149 167 195 547 1,213 Widows 1,055 42 75 65 91 96 203 483 Religious marriages All bridegrooms All brides 88,156 4,386 855 697 737 1,061 8,095 72,325 Singlewomen 76,172 3,777 718 560 546 817 6,982 62,772 Divorcedwomen 10,377 532 111 108 142 182 966 8,336 Widows 1,607 77 26 29 49 62 147 1,217 Single men All brides 73,906 3,709 686 556 536 802 6,790 60,827 Singlewomen 68,804 3,461 640 509 472 718 6,312 56,692 Divorcedwomen 4,752 228 40 38 57 72 444 3,873 Widows 350 20 6 9 7 12 34 262 Divorced men All brides 12,569 605 136 102 154 199 1,153 10,220 Singlewomen 6,978 308 68 41 63 92 643 5,763 Divorcedwomen 5,077 273 62 59 77 93 466 4,047 Widows 514 24 6 2 14 14 44 410 Widowers All brides 1,681 72 33 39 47 60 152 1,278 Singlewomen 390 8 10 10 11 7 27 317 Divorcedwomen 548 31 9 11 8 17 56 416 Widows 743 33 14 18 28 36 69 545

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Table3.6 Marriages:typeofceremony,sex,ageanddayofoccurrence,2004

Total Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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All marriages Age of bridegroom All ages 273,069 13,245 11,136 8,752 10,567 14,270 48,717 166,382 Under20 1,737 20 150 110 133 158 329 83720-24 25,939 1,106 1,306 1,047 1,179 1,374 3,540 16,38725-29 64,701 3,594 2,250 1,811 1,986 2,766 9,707 42,58730-34 65,510 3,581 2,156 1,587 1,918 2,717 11,744 41,80735-39 42,618 2,032 1,632 1,215 1,484 2,235 8,340 25,680 40-44 26,746 1,192 1,098 876 1,107 1,634 5,563 15,27645-49 16,489 632 811 581 776 1,089 3,501 9,09950-54 11,341 453 554 479 627 767 2,381 6,08055-59 8,540 325 492 398 561 640 1,790 4,33460-64 4,421 150 308 260 305 381 865 2,152 65-69 2,495 94 192 167 228 233 492 1,08970-74 1,396 37 90 115 133 151 278 59275andover 1,136 29 97 106 130 125 187 462 Age of bride All ages 273,069 13,245 11,136 8,752 10,567 14,270 48,717 166,382 Under20 6,615 120 594 453 498 609 1,047 3,29420-24 46,014 2,025 2,096 1,651 1,832 2,209 6,362 29,83925-29 73,072 4,196 2,294 1,779 2,067 2,910 11,439 48,38730-34 57,592 3,210 1,908 1,433 1,742 2,674 10,938 35,68735-39 35,061 1,684 1,408 1,060 1,359 2,052 7,331 20,167 40-44 21,599 797 1,001 825 1,016 1,349 4,624 11,98745-49 13,781 485 711 542 740 938 3,048 7,31750-54 8,867 365 474 370 500 627 1,866 4,66555-59 5,263 197 307 262 344 412 1,089 2,65260-64 2,764 101 152 200 218 234 570 1,289 65-69 1,301 38 99 80 131 133 244 57670-74 670 16 60 50 68 70 100 30675andover 470 11 32 47 52 53 59 216 Civil marriages Age of bridegroom All ages 184,913 8,859 10,281 8,055 9,830 13,209 40,622 94,057 Under20 1,271 7 125 93 114 136 276 52020-24 15,376 550 1,162 905 1,051 1,255 2,881 7,57225-29 36,648 2,069 2,052 1,639 1,849 2,513 7,343 19,18330-34 41,163 2,448 1,963 1,466 1,768 2,464 9,161 21,89335-39 30,844 1,521 1,508 1,121 1,398 2,090 7,162 16,044 40-44 21,236 919 1,051 833 1,047 1,551 4,999 10,83645-49 13,772 511 768 566 746 1,049 3,257 6,87550-54 9,733 369 536 460 604 734 2,228 4,80255-59 7,278 251 475 378 522 609 1,671 3,37260-64 3,709 114 292 246 283 358 800 1,616 65-69 2,018 64 179 158 212 215 440 75070-74 1,036 18 85 99 122 129 248 33575andover 829 18 85 91 114 106 156 259

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Civil marriages - continued Age of bride All ages 184,913 8,859 10,281 8,055 9,830 13,209 40,622 94,057 Under20 4,921 50 533 409 434 556 927 2,01220-24 26,767 1,046 1,918 1,459 1,699 2,044 5,121 13,48025-29 41,774 2,575 2,071 1,629 1,901 2,634 8,569 22,39530-34 38,621 2,349 1,738 1,320 1,614 2,449 8,749 20,40235-39 27,074 1,270 1,317 987 1,292 1,918 6,487 13,803 40-44 17,954 645 963 791 971 1,291 4,288 9,00545-49 11,806 389 684 524 702 906 2,882 5,71950-54 7,647 289 457 357 467 600 1,749 3,72855-59 4,379 137 289 246 331 386 999 1,99160-64 2,201 75 138 179 201 211 508 889 65-69 994 24 91 73 119 114 216 35770-74 461 6 54 41 53 57 85 16575andover 314 4 28 40 46 43 42 111 Religious marriages Age of bridegroom All ages 88,156 4,386 855 697 737 1,061 8,095 72,325 Under20 466 13 25 17 19 22 53 31720-24 10,563 556 144 142 128 119 659 8,81525-29 28,053 1,525 198 172 137 253 2,364 23,40430-34 24,347 1,133 193 121 150 253 2,583 19,91435-39 11,774 511 124 94 86 145 1,178 9,636 40-44 5,510 273 47 43 60 83 564 4,44045-49 2,717 121 43 15 30 40 244 2,22450-54 1,608 84 18 19 23 33 153 1,27855-59 1,262 74 17 20 39 31 119 96260-64 712 36 16 14 22 23 65 536 65-69 477 30 13 9 16 18 52 33970-74 360 19 5 16 11 22 30 25775andover 307 11 12 15 16 19 31 203 Age of bride All ages 88,156 4,386 855 697 737 1,061 8,095 72,325 Under20 1,694 70 61 44 64 53 120 1,28220-24 19,247 979 178 192 133 165 1,241 16,35925-29 31,298 1,621 223 150 166 276 2,870 25,99230-34 18,971 861 170 113 128 225 2,189 15,28535-39 7,987 414 91 73 67 134 844 6,364 40-44 3,645 152 38 34 45 58 336 2,98245-49 1,975 96 27 18 38 32 166 1,59850-54 1,220 76 17 13 33 27 117 93755-59 884 60 18 16 13 26 90 66160-64 563 26 14 21 17 23 62 400 65-69 307 14 8 7 12 19 28 21970-74 209 10 6 9 15 13 15 14175andover 156 7 4 7 6 10 17 105

Total Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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Table3.7 Menmarrying: previousmaritalstatuses1 of bride and bridegroom, 1994-2004

Table3.9 Marriages(numbersandproportions):previous marital statuses1 of bride and bridegroom, 1994-2004

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Table3.8 Womenmarrying: previousmaritalstatuses1 of bride and bridegroom, 1994-2004

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Year All First Firstmarriageofonepartyonly Remarriageofbothparties marriages marriage ofboth Total With With Total Both Both Divorced parties divorced widow(er) parties parties with party divorced widowed widow(er)

Numbers

Year All All All All Singlemenwhomarried Widowerswhomarried Divorcedmenwhomarried bride- single widowers divorced grooms men men Single Widows Divorced Single Widows Divorced Single Widows Divorced women women women women women women

Year All All All All Singlewomenwhomarried Widowswhomarried Divorcedwomenwhomarried brides single widows divorced women women Single Widowers Divorced Single Widowers Divorced Single Widowers Divorced men men men men men men

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1994 291,069 174,200 64,009 61,150 2,859 52,860 42,758 3,278 6,8241995 283,012 166,418 63,975 61,262 2,713 52,619 43,037 3,082 6,500 1996 278,975 160,680 64,653 62,041 2,612 53,642 44,101 2,842 6,6991997 272,536 156,907 62,911 60,491 2,420 52,718 43,489 2,761 6,4681998 267,303 156,539 60,642 58,202 2,440 50,122 41,483 2,448 6,1911999 263,515 155,027 59,540 57,269 2,271 48,948 40,699 2,328 5,9212000 267,961 156,140 61,550 59,262 2,288 50,271 42,101 2,164 6,006 2001 249,227 148,642 55,943 53,828 2,115 44,642 37,268 1,940 5,4342002 255,596 151,014 57,768 55,523 2,245 46,814 39,271 1,868 5,6752003 270,109 160,283 60,074 57,694 2,380 49,752 41,882 1,860 6,0102004 273,069 163,007 60,290 57,921 2,369 49,772 42,109 1,798 5,865 Proportions 1994 1,000 598 220 210 10 182 147 11 231995 1,000 588 226 216 10 186 152 11 23 1996 1,000 576 232 222 9 192 158 10 241997 1,000 576 231 222 9 193 160 10 241998 1,000 586 227 218 9 188 155 9 231999 1,000 588 226 217 9 186 154 9 222000 1,000 583 230 221 9 188 157 8 22 2001 1,000 596 224 216 8 179 150 8 222002 1,000 591 226 217 9 183 154 7 222003 1,000 593 222 214 9 184 155 7 222004 1,000 597 221 212 9 182 154 7 21

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1994 291,069 206,077 8,359 76,633 174,200 1,472 30,405 1,387 3,278 3,694 30,745 3,130 42,7581995 283,012 198,208 7,837 76,967 166,418 1,437 30,353 1,276 3,082 3,479 30,909 3,021 43,037 1996 278,975 193,306 7,666 78,003 160,680 1,400 31,226 1,212 2,842 3,612 30,815 3,087 44,1011997 272,536 188,268 7,429 76,839 156,907 1,290 30,071 1,130 2,761 3,538 30,420 2,930 43,4891998 267,303 186,329 6,945 74,029 156,539 1,283 28,507 1,157 2,448 3,340 29,695 2,851 41,4831999 263,515 184,266 6,632 72,617 155,027 1,179 28,060 1,092 2,328 3,212 29,209 2,709 40,6992000 267,961 186,113 6,470 75,378 156,140 1,211 28,762 1,077 2,164 3,229 30,500 2,777 42,101 2001 249,227 175,721 5,828 67,678 148,642 1,125 25,954 990 1,940 2,898 27,874 2,536 37,2682002 255,596 179,121 5,969 70,506 151,014 1,216 26,891 1,029 1,868 3,072 28,632 2,603 39,2712003 270,109 189,470 6,242 74,397 160,283 1,236 27,951 1,144 1,860 3,238 29,743 2,772 41,8822004 273,069 191,956 5,984 75,129 163,007 1,241 27,708 1,128 1,798 3,058 30,213 2,807 42,109

1994 291,069 206,332 7,880 76,857 174,200 1,387 30,745 1,472 3,278 3,130 30,405 3,694 42,7581995 283,012 198,603 7,540 76,869 166,418 1,276 30,909 1,437 3,082 3,021 30,353 3,479 43,037 1996 278,975 192,707 7,329 78,939 160,680 1,212 30,815 1,400 2,842 3,087 31,226 3,162 44,1011997 272,536 188,457 6,981 77,098 156,907 1,130 30,420 1,290 2,761 2,930 30,071 3,538 43,4891998 267,303 187,391 6,582 73,330 156,539 1,157 29,695 1,283 2,448 2,851 28,507 3,340 41,4831999 263,515 185,328 6,216 71,971 155,027 1,092 29,209 1,179 2,328 2,709 28,060 3,212 40,6992000 267,961 187,717 6,152 74,092 156,140 1,077 30,500 1,211 2,164 2,777 28,762 3,229 42,101 2001 249,227 177,506 5,601 66,120 148,642 990 27,874 1,125 1,940 2,536 25,954 2,898 37,2682002 255,596 180,675 5,687 69,234 151,014 1,029 28,632 1,216 1,868 2,603 26,891 3,072 39,2712003 270,109 191,170 5,868 73,071 160,283 1,144 29,743 1,236 1,860 2,772 27,951 3,238 41,8822004 273,069 194,348 5,846 72,875 163,007 1,128 30,213 1,241 1,798 2,807 27,708 3,058 42,109

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Table 3.10 First marriage rates1: sexandage,1994-2004

England and Wales

Year Agegroup

All Under20 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55andover ages

Table 3.11 First marriage rates1: sexandsingleyearsofage(22-35),1994-2004 Year Age

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35

England and Wales

Series FM2 no. 32 Marriages

Single men2 1994 34.3 2.2 31.7 73.3 61.1 37.3 19.3 10.7 6.6 2.31995 32.4 2.0 28.3 68.2 59.9 36.8 19.5 10.6 6.2 2.2 1996 31.1 1.8 25.2 64.5 59.4 37.0 20.0 10.9 6.7 2.31997 29.7 1.8 22.8 61.1 58.0 36.9 19.9 10.8 7.0 2.21998 28.9 1.7 21.0 59.4 57.8 36.4 19.5 10.8 6.9 2.11999 28.0 1.7 18.9 56.9 57.7 36.5 19.8 10.9 6.8 2.22000 27.7 1.7 18.2 54.3 58.2 38.0 21.6 11.8 7.2 2.2 2001 25.5 1.5 16.2 50.4 54.5 35.4 19.9 10.9 6.5 2.12002 25.3 1.3 16.2 48.8 55.1 36.4 21.7 11.9 7.2 2.42003 26.1 1.3 16.3 49.8 57.6 38.4 23.6 13.3 8.5 3.02004 25.7 1.2 15.9 48.4 57.6 39.1 24.2 14.0 8.5 3.0 Single women2 1994 41.6 9.6 56.4 84.5 58.9 34.0 17.4 10.8 6.5 1.11995 39.3 9.0 50.8 80.5 57.1 33.5 17.4 10.6 6.3 1.2 1996 37.3 8.0 45.7 77.2 57.2 33.2 18.2 10.8 6.3 1.11997 35.6 7.4 42.5 74.1 56.1 32.6 17.4 9.9 6.5 1.21998 34.7 7.2 39.9 72.6 56.1 31.8 16.9 10.3 6.3 1.11999 33.5 6.7 36.7 70.8 56.0 31.4 17.3 9.9 6.3 1.12000 33.2 6.5 35.2 68.7 57.2 32.6 18.2 10.8 6.5 1.3 2001 30.6 5.5 31.9 64.3 53.2 30.3 17.1 9.7 6.1 1.22002 30.3 5.3 30.9 63.0 54.3 31.6 18.3 10.9 7.1 1.32003 31.2 5.3 31.3 64.4 57.3 33.6 19.6 12.4 7.8 1.82004 30.8 4.9 30.1 63.5 58.1 34.5 19.6 12.6 8.6 1.8

Single men2 1994 29.7 43.9 55.1 66.2 72.8 76.2 77.9 75.6 71.3 64.9 59.4 53.6 48.3 44.01995 26.4 37.5 49.1 60.0 68.0 70.2 72.6 73.0 69.8 63.3 58.4 52.9 48.2 44.4 1996 23.3 33.0 43.9 55.5 62.1 68.5 70.0 69.7 68.2 63.7 57.2 53.8 48.4 44.21997 21.0 30.5 39.7 49.5 59.8 64.3 67.6 68.3 65.9 62.7 57.1 51.9 47.5 43.61998 19.0 27.3 37.8 47.1 55.2 63.1 66.6 68.5 66.6 61.2 56.8 52.4 47.6 43.81999 17.4 24.5 34.1 44.0 51.7 59.9 65.5 66.0 65.6 61.6 56.7 52.7 48.4 43.42000 17.7 24.1 32.6 41.1 50.4 56.4 60.6 64.9 65.0 62.5 58.6 52.5 49.3 44.9 2001 16.1 20.9 29.3 37.4 46.5 52.9 56.8 60.3 61.7 58.5 55.1 49.2 44.5 41.92002 14.6 22.0 28.8 36.5 43.6 50.3 56.1 59.2 59.3 58.7 55.9 51.1 47.8 42.22003 15.1 21.5 28.7 37.0 45.3 50.9 56.7 61.5 61.3 60.0 59.4 55.1 49.9 45.42004 15.3 21.0 28.1 35.8 43.6 50.6 55.5 60.1 61.2 60.2 57.9 55.8 51.1 46.7 Single women2 1994 57.5 71.6 81.1 86.4 87.6 86.2 81.8 78.1 71.1 61.7 56.3 50.4 45.0 40.91995 51.3 63.1 74.1 79.5 85.0 82.0 79.2 75.2 68.2 61.3 54.8 48.4 43.8 41.3 1996 45.9 57.6 66.8 75.2 78.4 80.1 79.1 73.3 69.4 60.4 54.6 49.5 44.3 39.81997 42.0 53.6 62.2 70.2 74.9 77.2 75.5 73.8 67.1 61.1 53.8 47.0 44.6 39.41998 39.0 49.9 59.9 68.4 72.1 76.2 73.9 73.2 68.7 60.9 53.8 48.1 42.5 38.41999 36.2 46.5 55.8 65.0 69.5 74.1 74.3 72.5 68.3 61.5 53.5 47.5 43.4 38.12000 35.2 44.4 53.0 62.9 69.3 69.3 71.3 72.2 68.5 63.4 55.4 49.2 43.8 39.7 2001 31.8 40.7 49.5 57.2 64.3 67.8 66.4 67.1 64.1 58.2 51.4 45.9 41.0 36.12002 30.6 39.7 47.1 54.7 61.8 64.9 68.5 66.7 62.7 59.9 53.0 48.0 42.8 37.52003 30.6 39.1 47.2 56.1 61.6 66.6 69.8 70.0 66.0 62.0 57.2 51.3 45.7 40.02004 29.7 37.6 46.1 55.5 60.8 65.5 68.8 69.8 68.0 62.9 57.4 52.0 46.8 42.5

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Year Agegroup

All 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-44 45-54 55and All 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-44 45-54 55and ages over ages over

Widowed men Widowed women

Divorced men Divorced women

Widowed and divorced men Widowed and divorced women

Table 3.12 Remarriage rates1: sexandage,1994-2004

England and Wales

Marriages Series FM2 no. 32

1994 11.4 39.7 108.3 108.6 64.2 46.2 8.4 2.7 44.0 59.7 59.4 34.6 17.1 1.41995 10.7 66.9 105.7 105.7 55.2 45.5 7.7 2.6 43.8 61.4 58.9 32.8 17.0 1.4 1996 10.5 40.7 69.5 89.6 54.7 43.3 7.6 2.5 34.7 57.6 53.8 33.5 16.4 1.31997 10.1 18.8 60.9 68.0 51.9 39.6 7.5 2.4 30.6 41.0 49.2 30.5 15.8 1.31998 9.5 13.6 38.7 55.0 52.3 36.1 7.0 2.3 20.6 44.3 46.6 30.3 15.1 1.21999 9.1 8.2 43.2 56.3 46.9 36.6 6.6 2.2 22.6 42.1 41.3 27.7 14.4 1.22000 8.8 12.1 33.9 59.0 50.3 35.5 6.4 2.2 14.7 40.5 41.2 29.6 14.4 1.2 2001 8.0 4.5 31.8 46.2 44.5 30.8 5.9 2.0 12.8 34.5 39.6 26.0 13.1 1.12002 8.2 1.3 31.5 47.9 44.8 32.3 6.1 2.1 15.7 36.8 44.3 28.1 13.7 1.12003 8.6 6.4 56.6 65.3 49.3 33.4 6.4 2.2 15.5 42.5 47.0 28.1 15.1 1.22004 8.2 5.4 41.2 46.0 48.0 32.4 6.3 2.2 12.2 50.5 47.0 31.3 14.9 1.2

1994 60.0 183.6 131.7 110.2 71.5 48.2 22.2 47.3 164.1 121.0 91.4 54.4 33.0 7.81995 58.6 199.9 132.1 111.4 72.2 46.7 21.3 45.7 163.6 118.8 91.9 54.8 31.9 7.3 1996 57.9 183.3 135.2 111.2 73.8 47.1 21.2 45.6 183.2 120.6 93.6 56.0 32.6 7.71997 55.7 189.7 132.2 110.3 72.9 45.5 20.4 43.3 188.2 119.4 90.8 54.6 31.2 7.71998 52.7 191.3 124.7 104.1 71.6 43.6 19.7 40.1 174.5 114.5 87.1 52.2 29.3 7.51999 50.7 157.6 120.7 102.9 70.2 43.1 19.0 38.4 158.6 107.0 84.8 52.3 28.5 7.42000 51.8 125.7 113.2 103.6 74.4 45.7 19.8 38.5 141.7 107.5 85.6 54.2 30.0 7.5 2001 45.7 95.1 96.6 95.8 67.6 40.3 17.5 33.5 110.4 96.9 79.3 48.5 26.1 6.82002 45.9 82.2 91.8 94.5 68.1 41.6 19.6 34.0 111.2 99.5 80.2 50.6 27.5 7.82003 46.8 85.2 90.5 92.4 69.4 44.1 21.1 34.9 116.4 101.0 82.4 52.0 29.9 8.82004 45.7 71.2 87.4 88.4 69.5 44.1 20.5 33.8 110.1 94.9 81.5 52.2 29.9 8.7 1994 42.3 173.8 131.4 110.2 71.3 48.0 12.8 18.6 156.9 119.0 90.3 53.0 29.6 2.31995 41.4 190.6 131.8 111.3 71.7 46.6 12.2 18.4 155.9 116.8 90.7 53.3 28.8 2.2 1996 41.2 172.5 134.0 110.8 73.2 46.8 12.3 18.7 173.0 118.3 92.2 54.5 29.4 2.21997 39.9 174.6 130.7 109.5 72.2 45.0 12.1 18.1 175.2 116.5 89.3 53.0 28.3 2.31998 37.9 172.3 122.6 103.1 71.0 43.0 11.7 17.2 160.6 111.8 85.6 50.8 26.7 2.21999 36.6 138.1 118.5 101.8 69.5 42.5 11.4 16.7 144.4 104.3 83.1 50.8 26.0 2.32000 37.4 107.0 110.7 102.6 73.7 44.9 11.8 17.1 126.2 104.6 83.9 52.7 27.3 2.3 2001 33.2 77.7 94.4 94.7 66.9 39.6 10.7 15.2 96.0 94.1 77.8 47.1 23.9 2.22002 33.8 66.1 89.7 93.5 67.4 40.9 12.0 15.8 96.9 96.6 78.9 49.3 25.3 2.52003 34.8 69.9 89.3 91.8 68.8 43.4 13.0 16.6 101.3 98.4 81.1 50.7 27.8 2.92004 34.2 57.2 85.9 87.6 68.9 43.3 12.9 16.5 94.6 93.0 80.3 51.1 27.8 3.0

1Marriagesofwidowedmen/womenper1,000widowedmale/femalepopulation,byage. Marriagesofdivorcedmen/womenper1,000divorcedmale/femalepopulation,byage. Marriagesofwidowedanddivorcedmen/womenper1,000widowedanddivorced,male/femalepopulation,byage.

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England and WalesTable3.13 Menmarrying:ageandmaritalstatus,1994-2004 Year Agegroup

All Under 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55and ages 20 over

Series FM2 no. 32 Marriages

All men 1994 291,069 2,656 52,592 96,862 57,848 28,183 17,331 13,559 8,235 13,8031995 283,012 2,426 45,805 91,607 60,014 29,876 17,454 13,932 8,417 13,481 1996 278,975 2,208 39,382 88,338 61,582 31,739 18,299 14,568 9,093 13,7661997 272,536 2,214 34,267 84,644 62,265 33,037 18,617 13,615 10,073 13,8041998 267,303 2,233 30,764 82,135 62,323 34,284 18,528 13,055 10,330 13,6511999 263,515 2,225 27,828 78,364 63,212 35,346 19,182 13,060 10,616 13,6822000 267,961 2,157 27,143 74,367 64,611 38,345 21,489 14,039 11,431 14,379 2001 249,227 1,945 24,651 67,934 61,409 36,397 20,475 12,782 10,167 13,4672002 255,596 1,820 25,093 64,619 62,998 38,731 22,465 13,859 10,477 15,5342003 270,109 1,837 25,850 65,568 66,060 41,191 25,173 15,471 11,314 17,6452004 273,069 1,737 25,939 64,701 65,510 42,618 26,746 16,489 11,341 17,988 Single men1 1994 206,077 2,638 51,884 89,333 41,635 12,615 4,271 1,908 800 9931995 198,208 2,411 45,116 84,832 43,891 13,714 4,482 1,988 787 987 1996 193,306 2,201 38,824 82,123 46,083 15,146 4,881 2,137 902 1,0091997 188,268 2,191 33,744 79,097 47,413 16,496 5,181 2,122 1,044 9801998 186,329 2,209 30,287 77,393 48,990 17,703 5,485 2,179 1,111 9721999 184,266 2,215 27,443 74,172 50,649 19,291 6,028 2,285 1,151 1,0322000 186,113 2,145 26,820 70,823 52,651 21,584 7,170 2,595 1,292 1,033 2001 175,721 1,931 24,379 65,202 50,916 21,362 7,161 2,527 1,218 1,0252002 179,121 1,807 24,846 62,229 52,963 23,398 8,422 2,936 1,348 1,1722003 189,470 1,825 25,570 63,301 56,505 25,792 9,851 3,494 1,609 1,5232004 191,956 1,725 25,690 62,598 56,827 27,137 10,859 3,901 1,662 1,557 Widowers 1994 8,359 - 11 80 211 319 426 706 848 5,7581995 7,837 - 17 82 220 290 368 707 863 5,290 1996 7,666 - 10 61 202 286 381 687 857 5,1821997 7,429 - 5 57 168 254 392 582 867 5,1041998 6,945 - 4 37 150 280 383 518 826 4,7471999 6,632 - 3 44 151 256 332 540 823 4,4832000 6,470 - 6 34 147 271 354 500 828 4,330 2001 5,828 - 3 32 111 240 304 420 725 3,9932002 5,969 - 1 29 107 228 309 441 704 4,1502003 6,242 - 5 50 135 240 335 465 669 4,3432004 5,984 - 5 34 89 224 323 415 644 4,250 Divorced men 1994 76,633 18 697 7,449 16,002 15,249 12,634 10,945 6,587 7,0521995 76,967 15 672 6,693 15,903 15,872 12,604 11,237 6,767 7,204 1996 78,003 7 548 6,154 15,297 16,307 13,037 11,744 7,334 7,5751997 76,839 23 518 5,490 14,684 16,287 13,044 10,911 8,162 7,7201998 74,029 24 473 4,705 13,183 16,301 12,660 10,358 8,393 7,9321999 72,617 10 382 4,148 12,412 15,799 12,822 10,235 8,642 8,1672000 75,378 12 317 3,510 11,813 16,490 13,965 10,944 9,311 9,016 2001 67,678 14 269 2,700 10,382 14,795 13,010 9,835 8,224 8,4492002 70,506 13 246 2,361 9,928 15,105 13,734 10,482 8,425 10,2122003 74,397 12 275 2,217 9,420 15,159 14,987 11,512 9,036 11,7792004 75,129 12 244 2,069 8,594 15,257 15,564 12,173 9,035 12,181

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Table3.14 Womenmarrying:ageandmaritalstatus,1994-2004

England and Wales

Year Agegroup

All Under 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55and ages 20 over

Marriages Series FM2 no. 32

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All women 1994 291,069 10,866 82,321 89,941 46,119 22,667 13,984 11,339 6,070 7,7621995 283,012 10,257 73,212 87,680 48,216 24,015 14,352 11,507 6,284 7,489 1996 278,975 9,435 64,371 86,838 50,799 25,518 15,371 12,130 6,862 7,6511997 272,536 9,027 58,178 85,352 51,405 26,559 15,279 11,369 7,569 7,7981998 267,303 8,957 53,554 84,399 51,982 27,024 15,221 10,963 7,612 7,5911999 263,515 8,327 49,743 82,250 52,721 28,162 16,037 10,823 7,749 7,7032000 267,961 8,048 48,638 80,312 54,649 30,793 17,452 11,677 8,406 7,986 2001 249,227 6,896 45,317 73,799 51,865 29,144 16,528 10,523 7,548 7,6072002 255,596 6,806 45,078 71,540 53,970 31,570 18,414 11,614 7,921 8,6832003 270,109 6,987 46,850 72,790 57,348 33,668 20,435 13,078 8,780 10,1732004 273,069 6,615 46,014 73,072 57,592 35,061 21,599 13,781 8,867 10,468 Single women1 1994 206,332 10,784 79,699 76,621 27,326 7,471 2,307 1,070 449 6051995 198,603 10,169 70,981 75,470 29,158 8,196 2,461 1,123 449 596 1996 192,707 9,354 62,270 75,463 31,535 9,074 2,781 1,210 480 5401997 188,457 8,920 56,375 75,039 33,024 9,948 2,906 1,138 542 5651998 187,391 8,847 52,096 75,418 34,853 10,760 3,092 1,240 565 5201999 185,328 8,232 48,456 74,456 36,499 11,762 3,515 1,269 602 5372000 187,717 7,959 47,517 73,188 38,833 13,410 4,075 1,482 664 589 2001 177,506 6,841 44,396 68,113 37,836 13,451 4,226 1,438 657 5482002 180,675 6,745 44,127 66,278 40,307 15,093 4,996 1,740 792 5972003 191,170 6,929 45,845 67,775 43,940 16,934 5,908 2,148 900 7912004 194,348 6,573 45,085 68,544 45,197 18,234 6,485 2,387 1,039 804 Widows 1994 7,880 1 44 217 418 544 672 1,004 985 3,9951995 7,540 - 40 220 433 545 619 961 994 3,728 1996 7,329 - 29 198 400 530 673 922 976 3,6011997 6,981 1 26 133 365 488 620 835 985 3,5281998 6,582 2 17 138 344 508 597 761 967 3,2481999 6,216 1 21 128 306 417 596 728 903 3,1162000 6,152 - 16 117 294 474 615 708 903 3,025 2001 5,601 - 18 95 270 433 512 666 783 2,8242002 5,687 2 23 94 280 420 565 663 772 2,8682003 5,868 1 23 97 277 410 536 719 779 3,0262004 5,846 - 19 108 253 416 598 698 731 3,023 Divorced women 1994 76,857 81 2,578 13,103 18,375 14,652 11,005 9,265 4,636 3,1621995 76,869 88 2,191 11,990 18,625 15,274 11,272 9,423 4,841 3,165 1996 78,939 81 2,072 11,177 18,864 15,914 11,917 9,998 5,406 3,5101997 77,098 106 1,777 10,180 18,016 16,123 11,753 9,396 6,042 3,7051998 73,330 108 1,441 8,843 16,785 15,756 11,532 8,962 6,080 3,8231999 71,971 94 1,266 7,666 15,916 15,983 11,926 8,826 6,244 4,0502000 74,092 89 1,105 7,007 15,522 16,909 12,762 9,487 6,839 4,372 2001 66,120 55 903 5,591 13,759 15,260 11,790 8,419 6,108 4,2352002 69,234 59 928 5,168 13,383 16,057 12,853 9,211 6,357 5,2182003 73,071 57 982 4,918 13,131 16,324 13,991 10,211 7,101 6,3562004 72,875 42 910 4,420 12,142 16,411 14,516 10,696 7,097 6,641

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Table3.15 Medianageatmarriage:sexandprevious marital statuses1of bride and bridegroom, 1994-2004

England and Wales

England and WalesTable3.16 Meanageofmenatmarriage:previous marital statuses1of bride and bridegroom, 1994-2004

Table3.17 Meanageofwomenatmarriage:previous marital statuses1of bride and bridegroom, 1994-2004

England and Wales

Year All All All All Singlemenwhomarried Widowerswhomarried Divorcedmenwhomarried bride- single widow- divorced grooms men ers men Single Widows Divorced Single Widows Divorced Single WidowsDivorced women women women women women women

Year All All All All Singlewomenwhomarried Widowswhomarried Divorcedwomenwhomarried brides single widows divorced women women Single Widow- Divorced Single Widow- Divorced Single Widow-Divorced men ers men men ers men men ers men

Year Men Women

All All All All All All All All bride- single widowers divorced brides single widows divorced grooms men men women women

1994 29.6 27.5 62.3 39.6 27.6 25.7 55.3 36.31995 30.1 27.9 61.7 39.8 28.1 26.0 54.8 36.6 1996 30.6 28.3 61.7 40.2 28.6 26.4 54.7 37.11997 31.0 28.6 61.9 40.5 28.9 26.7 55.2 37.41998 31.2 28.9 61.8 40.8 29.1 27.0 54.8 37.91999 31.6 29.2 61.4 41.2 29.4 27.3 55.0 38.42000 32.0 29.6 61.3 41.8 29.8 27.5 54.7 38.9 2001 32.1 29.7 61.6 42.0 29.9 27.7 55.1 39.22002 32.6 30.1 61.4 42.6 30.3 27.9 55.1 39.72003 32.9 30.3 61.1 43.3 30.6 28.1 55.5 40.32004 33.2 30.4 61.7 43.6 30.8 28.3 55.6 40.8

1994 32.7 28.5 60.9 41.1 27.8 41.5 31.8 53.3 68.2 57.3 37.3 52.2 43.01995 33.1 28.9 60.6 41.3 28.2 41.5 32.1 53.4 67.9 56.7 37.5 51.8 43.3 1996 33.6 29.3 60.6 41.7 28.5 41.7 32.6 53.6 67.9 57.3 37.9 52.5 43.61997 33.9 29.6 61.0 42.0 28.8 42.1 33.0 53.3 68.3 57.7 38.2 52.8 43.91998 34.1 29.8 60.9 42.4 29.1 42.4 33.4 53.3 68.3 58.1 38.6 52.7 44.31999 34.4 30.1 60.8 42.7 29.4 42.8 33.9 53.3 68.5 57.7 38.9 53.2 44.82000 34.8 30.5 60.7 43.2 29.7 41.9 34.4 53.2 68.6 57.8 39.6 53.3 45.3 2001 34.8 30.6 61.0 43.5 29.8 42.4 34.6 53.6 68.9 58.2 39.8 53.7 45.52002 35.3 30.9 61.0 44.1 30.1 42.3 35.1 53.5 68.8 58.7 40.4 54.3 46.12003 35.6 31.2 60.7 44.6 30.4 43.1 35.6 53.3 68.7 58.8 40.9 54.5 46.72004 35.8 31.4 61.3 44.9 30.5 43.4 36.1 54.3 68.8 59.5 41.2 54.7 46.9

1994 30.3 26.5 55.1 37.9 25.9 41.5 29.5 44.6 64.4 50.3 34.0 49.6 39.61995 30.7 26.8 54.7 38.1 26.2 41.6 29.8 44.2 64.0 50.3 34.3 49.5 39.9 1996 31.1 27.2 54.7 38.6 26.5 41.5 30.3 44.8 63.8 50.8 34.8 49.8 40.31997 31.4 27.5 55.3 38.9 26.8 42.2 30.5 45.5 64.3 51.1 35.1 50.6 40.61998 31.6 27.7 54.8 39.3 27.0 41.3 30.9 45.2 64.2 51.1 35.5 50.8 40.91999 31.8 28.0 55.2 39.7 27.3 41.3 31.1 45.5 64.3 51.5 36.0 50.6 41.42000 32.1 28.2 54.8 40.1 27.5 41.6 31.6 45.5 64.2 51.6 36.4 50.7 41.9 2001 32.2 28.4 55.2 40.4 27.7 41.8 31.8 45.7 64.7 52.1 36.7 51.3 42.12002 32.6 28.7 55.0 40.9 27.9 41.4 32.4 45.8 64.8 52.4 37.2 51.5 42.62003 32.9 28.9 55.0 41.5 28.1 41.6 32.8 46.2 64.4 52.7 37.7 52.0 43.32004 33.1 29.1 55.1 41.9 28.3 42.2 33.2 46.2 64.8 52.8 38.1 52.6 43.6

Note:Themean/medianagespresentedinthesetablesdonottakeaccountofthechangingdistributionsbyageandmaritalstatuswithinthemale/female populations. 1Singlemenandsinglewomenarethosewhohaveneverbeenmarried-seesection3.1.

Table3.18 Menmarrying: ageandprevious marital statuses1of bride and bridegroom, 2004

England and Wales

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Agelast All All All All Singlemenwhomarried Widowerswhomarried Divorcedmenwhomarriedbirthday bride- single widow- divorced grooms men ers men Single Widows Divorced Single Widows Divorced Single Widows Divorced women women women women women women

England and Wales

All ages 273,069 191,956 5,984 75,129 163,007 1,241 27,708 1,128 1,798 3,058 30,213 2,807 42,109 16 15 15 - - 14 - 1 - - - - - -17 85 85 - - 84 - 1 - - - - - -18 490 486 - 4 466 1 19 - - - - - 419 1,147 1,139 - 8 1,084 2 53 - - - 1 - 7Under 20 1,737 1,725 - 12 1,648 3 74 - - - 1 - 11 20 2,066 2,049 - 17 1,949 2 98 - - - 6 - 1121 3,240 3,220 - 20 3,020 4 196 - - - 9 - 1122 4,857 4,820 - 37 4,538 7 275 - - - 12 - 2523 6,819 6,754 2 63 6,364 11 379 2 - - 34 - 2924 8,957 8,847 3 107 8,323 16 508 1 - 2 73 - 3420-24 25,939 25,690 5 244 24,194 40 1,456 3 - 2 134 - 110 25 10,658 10,475 3 180 9,784 24 667 3 - - 129 - 5126 11,927 11,673 2 252 10,900 22 751 2 - - 168 1 8327 13,117 12,741 6 370 11,836 20 885 5 1 - 251 1 11828 14,121 13,588 9 524 12,517 28 1,043 8 - 1 373 2 14929 14,878 14,121 14 743 12,814 33 1,274 10 - 4 517 3 22325-29 64,701 62,598 34 2,069 57,851 127 4,620 28 1 5 1,438 7 624 30 14,393 13,422 11 960 12,029 28 1,365 8 - 3 666 5 28931 14,049 12,725 18 1,306 11,167 45 1,513 12 1 5 878 6 42232 13,449 11,659 15 1,775 10,004 49 1,606 10 - 5 1,170 7 59833 12,527 10,420 23 2,084 8,753 53 1,614 17 - 6 1,351 20 71334 11,092 8,601 22 2,469 7,080 45 1,476 13 - 9 1,527 16 92630-34 65,510 56,827 89 8,594 49,033 220 7,574 60 1 28 5,592 54 2,948 35 10,107 7,357 27 2,723 5,823 47 1,487 14 1 12 1,662 21 1,04036 9,198 6,267 47 2,884 4,798 39 1,430 31 3 13 1,666 27 1,19137 8,336 5,207 34 3,095 3,882 39 1,286 26 3 5 1,697 27 1,37138 7,682 4,475 51 3,156 3,173 39 1,263 29 1 21 1,689 52 1,41539 7,295 3,831 65 3,399 2,656 33 1,142 35 4 26 1,663 50 1,68635-39 42,618 27,137 224 15,257 20,332 197 6,608 135 12 77 8,377 177 6,703 40 6,529 3,170 67 3,292 2,050 36 1,084 25 5 37 1,539 62 1,69141 5,780 2,452 60 3,268 1,544 35 873 28 2 30 1,448 64 1,75642 5,297 2,122 59 3,116 1,246 46 830 26 1 32 1,332 45 1,73943 4,886 1,766 63 3,057 1,027 28 711 25 4 34 1,189 59 1,80944 4,254 1,349 74 2,831 772 28 549 29 5 40 1,063 53 1,71540-44 26,746 10,859 323 15,564 6,639 173 4,047 133 17 173 6,571 283 8,710 45 3,866 1,125 67 2,674 625 27 473 17 5 45 952 72 1,65046 3,554 885 71 2,598 472 25 388 30 6 35 851 64 1,68347 3,260 726 92 2,442 381 21 324 23 3 66 730 82 1,63048 2,952 582 100 2,270 259 22 301 28 6 66 670 79 1,52149 2,857 583 85 2,189 280 26 277 19 6 60 602 97 1,49045-49 16,489 3,901 415 12,173 2,017 121 1,763 117 26 272 3,805 394 7,974 50 2,624 469 98 2,057 219 33 217 21 9 68 513 109 1,43551 2,323 348 111 1,864 176 19 153 27 13 71 427 78 1,35952 2,194 309 124 1,761 130 18 161 29 20 75 433 93 1,23553 2,135 283 148 1,704 114 13 156 21 26 101 356 99 1,24954 2,065 253 163 1,649 112 14 127 25 26 112 336 117 1,19650-54 11,341 1,662 644 9,035 751 97 814 123 94 427 2,065 496 6,474

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England and Wales Table 3.18 - continued

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Agelast All All All All Singlemenwhomarried Widowerswhomarried Divorcedmenwhomarriedbirthday bride- single widow- divorced grooms men ers men Single Widows Divorced Single Widows Divorced Single Widows Divorced women women women women women women

55 1,894 234 167 1,493 90 19 125 25 32 110 292 105 1,09656 1,909 173 207 1,529 56 20 97 30 33 144 297 135 1,09757 1,991 176 194 1,621 58 23 95 23 44 127 306 114 1,20158 1,403 126 167 1,110 47 16 63 30 29 108 185 111 81459 1,343 152 187 1,004 49 22 81 20 43 124 182 90 73255-59 8,540 861 922 6,757 300 100 461 128 181 613 1,262 555 4,940 60 1,270 101 220 949 30 12 59 29 51 140 156 106 68761 963 82 166 715 24 17 41 19 47 100 121 87 50762 777 55 153 569 13 14 28 16 56 81 93 76 40063 675 67 175 433 33 11 23 22 53 100 87 66 28064 736 52 193 491 20 12 20 23 74 96 87 69 33560-64 4,421 357 907 3,157 120 66 171 109 281 517 544 404 2,209 65 678 55 191 432 17 14 24 30 65 96 70 68 29466 519 47 185 287 17 10 20 23 59 103 63 50 17467 486 39 179 268 17 7 15 20 65 94 50 46 17268 415 23 156 236 7 13 3 20 55 81 56 38 14269 397 32 167 198 10 12 10 17 68 82 34 39 12565-69 2,495 196 878 1,421 68 56 72 110 312 456 273 241 907 70 350 23 166 161 6 4 13 16 82 68 30 32 9971 282 21 123 138 10 6 5 3 66 54 28 35 7572 256 16 145 95 5 6 5 20 68 57 11 21 6373 262 15 151 96 6 4 5 15 80 56 18 11 6774 246 13 144 89 8 2 3 20 80 44 16 22 5170-74 1,396 88 729 579 35 22 31 74 376 279 103 121 355 75 166 13 102 51 3 7 3 13 54 35 13 14 2476 173 11 110 52 6 2 3 12 67 31 9 16 2777 122 10 86 26 2 2 6 14 54 18 2 9 1578 117 4 82 31 1 2 1 11 52 19 5 9 1779 109 4 80 25 2 1 1 12 42 26 3 9 1375-79 687 42 460 185 14 14 14 62 269 129 32 57 96 80 73 4 51 18 1 1 2 7 37 7 3 3 1281 73 1 48 24 1 - - 3 35 10 5 5 1482 73 3 57 13 2 1 - 7 36 14 3 3 783 63 1 57 5 - 1 - 8 36 13 - 2 384 52 - 44 8 - - - 6 25 13 3 1 480-84 334 9 257 68 4 3 2 31 169 57 14 14 40 85 12 1 8 3 1 - - 1 5 2 - - 386 25 - 21 4 - - - 3 14 4 1 1 287 18 1 16 1 - - 1 4 11 1 - 1 -88 24 - 21 3 - - - 1 12 8 - 2 189 15 - 14 1 - - - 4 5 5 - - 185-89 94 2 80 12 1 - 1 13 47 20 1 4 7 90andover 21 2 17 2 - 2 - 2 12 3 1 - 1

Table3.19 Womenmarrying: ageandprevious marital statuses1of bride and bridegroom, 2004

England and Wales

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Agelast All All All All Singlewomenwhomarried Widowswhomarried Divorcedwomenwhomarriedbirthday brides single widows divorced women women Single Widow- Divorced Single Widow- Divorced Single Widow- Divorced men ers men men ers men men ers men

1 Singlemenandsinglewomenarethosewhohaveneverbeenmarried-seesection3.1.

All ages 273,069 194,348 5,846 72,875 163,007 1,128 30,213 1,241 1,798 2,807 27,708 3,058 42,109 16 183 183 - - 181 - 2 - - - - - -17 484 483 - 1 472 - 11 - - - - - 118 2,352 2,334 - 18 2,203 8 123 - - - - - 1819 3,596 3,573 - 23 3,367 6 200 - - - 4 - 19Under 20 6,615 6,573 - 42 6,223 14 336 - - - 4 - 38 20 5,052 4,999 - 53 4,701 5 293 - - - 17 - 3621 6,913 6,812 - 101 6,309 13 490 - - - 56 - 4522 8,942 8,789 5 148 8,154 23 612 3 - 2 85 2 6123 11,521 11,263 7 251 10,404 16 843 6 - 1 151 - 10024 13,586 13,222 7 357 12,111 18 1,093 5 - 2 240 3 11420-24 46,014 45,085 19 910 41,679 75 3,331 14 - 5 549 5 356 25 14,888 14,393 9 486 13,111 22 1,260 7 - 2 333 - 15326 14,526 13,891 13 622 12,582 31 1,278 11 - 2 423 1 19827 14,555 13,713 24 818 12,260 20 1,433 18 - 6 559 2 25728 14,673 13,545 37 1,091 11,913 32 1,600 25 - 12 696 2 39329 14,430 13,002 25 1,403 11,307 31 1,664 15 - 10 910 10 48325-29 73,072 68,544 108 4,420 61,173 136 7,235 76 - 32 2,921 15 1,484 30 13,538 11,779 39 1,720 9,979 24 1,776 27 1 11 1,093 18 60931 12,595 10,499 40 2,056 8,675 32 1,792 25 1 14 1,272 14 77032 11,617 9,122 47 2,448 7,282 29 1,811 27 2 18 1,495 19 93433 10,648 7,654 56 2,938 5,905 41 1,708 34 3 19 1,639 35 1,26434 9,194 6,143 71 2,980 4,562 29 1,552 41 - 30 1,604 16 1,36030-34 57,592 45,197 253 12,142 36,403 155 8,639 154 7 92 7,103 102 4,937 35 8,340 5,192 76 3,072 3,766 36 1,390 35 2 39 1,644 27 1,40136 7,555 4,178 67 3,310 2,853 42 1,283 30 4 33 1,542 23 1,74537 6,822 3,424 83 3,315 2,286 38 1,100 40 4 39 1,520 46 1,74938 6,378 2,904 92 3,382 1,894 31 979 43 2 47 1,439 44 1,89939 5,966 2,536 98 3,332 1,556 37 943 44 8 46 1,325 73 1,93435-39 35,061 18,234 416 16,411 12,355 184 5,695 192 20 204 7,470 213 8,728 40 5,360 2,010 119 3,231 1,184 28 798 48 7 64 1,237 58 1,93641 4,468 1,430 120 2,918 791 32 607 45 9 66 1,019 56 1,84342 4,296 1,220 118 2,958 626 35 559 47 6 65 968 87 1,90343 3,988 1,038 130 2,820 520 30 488 40 14 76 914 73 1,83344 3,487 787 111 2,589 377 26 384 28 6 77 808 84 1,69740-44 21,599 6,485 598 14,516 3,498 151 2,836 208 42 348 4,946 358 9,212 45 3,196 688 122 2,386 330 24 334 27 10 85 627 80 1,67946 2,975 525 136 2,314 225 13 287 35 10 91 617 99 1,59847 2,727 456 140 2,131 189 27 240 37 11 92 468 107 1,55648 2,491 402 144 1,945 152 23 227 34 18 92 473 104 1,36849 2,392 316 156 1,920 141 27 148 34 24 98 411 127 1,38245-49 13,781 2,387 698 10,696 1,037 114 1,236 167 73 458 2,596 517 7,583 50 2,224 315 172 1,737 109 27 179 49 14 109 350 100 1,28751 1,876 223 134 1,519 78 24 121 21 23 90 271 109 1,13952 1,718 193 139 1,386 73 16 104 26 28 85 260 123 1,00353 1,612 168 139 1,305 65 20 83 17 34 88 202 129 97454 1,437 140 147 1,150 53 18 69 25 34 88 176 121 85350-54 8,867 1,039 731 7,097 378 105 556 138 133 460 1,259 582 5,256

Table 3.19 - continued

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Agelast All All All All Singlewomenwhomarried Widowswhomarried Divorcedwomenwhomarriedbirthday brides single widows divorced women women Single Widow- Divorced Single Widow- Divorced Single Widow- Divorced men ers men men ers men men ers men

55 1,369 118 162 1,089 41 14 63 28 28 106 168 121 80056 1,203 103 155 945 33 13 57 19 48 88 122 144 67957 1,174 104 206 864 41 14 49 26 63 117 110 119 63558 830 59 128 643 20 14 25 15 47 66 88 106 44959 687 75 123 489 21 11 43 15 41 67 64 97 32855-59 5,263 459 774 4,030 156 66 237 103 227 444 552 587 2,891 60 959 53 290 616 22 13 18 32 92 166 81 110 42561 564 30 161 373 11 5 14 11 76 74 48 70 25562 462 37 145 280 15 14 8 12 63 70 24 70 18663 399 27 151 221 7 8 12 8 87 56 25 58 13864 380 26 134 220 8 5 13 11 70 53 22 50 14860-64 2,764 173 881 1,710 63 45 65 74 388 419 200 358 1,152 65 340 15 149 176 5 5 5 20 80 49 24 55 9766 283 21 127 135 3 10 8 10 74 43 10 39 8667 227 15 104 108 2 8 5 5 56 43 9 38 6168 237 17 119 101 1 10 6 12 61 46 19 36 4669 214 18 100 96 6 7 5 11 67 22 8 35 5365-69 1,301 86 599 616 17 40 29 58 338 203 70 203 343 70 182 15 101 66 3 9 3 10 71 20 7 26 3371 135 11 78 46 4 3 4 6 63 9 7 21 1872 132 7 85 40 3 2 2 3 61 21 5 9 2673 112 7 81 24 1 3 3 6 60 15 2 15 774 109 5 80 24 - 5 - 7 60 13 3 12 970-74 670 45 425 200 11 22 12 32 315 78 24 83 93 75 97 6 66 25 3 2 1 4 43 19 7 7 1176 76 6 53 17 2 3 1 4 38 11 3 8 677 46 9 28 9 3 5 1 1 23 4 - 5 478 37 3 28 6 1 1 1 - 22 6 - 3 379 52 2 41 9 - 2 - 4 32 5 - 3 675-79 308 26 216 66 9 13 4 13 158 45 10 26 30 80 31 1 23 7 - 1 - - 18 5 1 2 481 25 3 19 3 1 2 - 4 12 3 1 2 -82 25 4 19 2 2 1 1 4 14 1 - 1 183 16 - 14 2 - - - 1 12 1 1 1 -84 23 4 17 2 1 2 1 1 12 4 1 1 -80-84 120 12 92 16 4 6 2 10 68 14 4 7 5 85 11 - 11 - - - - 2 8 1 - - -86 9 - 7 2 - - - - 6 1 - 1 187 6 1 5 - - 1 - - 3 2 - - -88 4 1 3 - - 1 - - 3 - - - -89 5 1 3 1 1 - - - 2 1 - 1 -85-89 35 3 29 3 1 2 - 2 22 5 - 2 1 90andover 7 - 7 - - - - - 7 - - - -

Ageofwife Ageofhusband

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Under 20-24 25-29 30-34 20

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Table3.20 Marriages: previousmaritalstatuses1 and ages in combination of bride and bridegroom, 2004

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All marital conditions All ages 15 85 490 1,147 2,066 3,240 4,857 6,819 8,957 1,737 25,939 64,701 65,510 16 3 19 27 27 20 19 11 12 6 76 68 33 417 4 20 54 74 43 55 41 39 30 152 208 84 3218 3 15 131 238 233 242 217 206 153 387 1,051 545 24619 - 9 82 242 332 375 366 343 300 333 1,716 927 396 20 4 6 47 144 434 467 586 556 479 201 2,522 1,456 58121 - 3 21 98 255 564 716 802 745 122 3,082 2,323 87722 - 3 23 75 165 344 876 1,007 1,026 101 3,418 3,439 1,32523 - 2 23 55 148 245 576 1,181 1,392 80 3,542 5,006 1,93024 - 2 20 41 106 196 360 724 1,555 63 2,941 6,494 2,705 Under20 10 63 294 581 628 691 635 600 489 948 3,043 1,589 67820-24 4 16 134 413 1,108 1,816 3,114 4,270 5,197 567 15,505 18,718 7,41825-29 - 5 42 91 228 471 759 1,347 2,425 138 5,230 32,145 23,62330-34 1 - 12 36 64 157 238 411 594 49 1,464 9,099 24,09835-39 - 1 5 14 27 72 75 132 177 20 483 2,279 7,118 40-44 - - 1 6 8 19 28 45 58 7 158 589 1,89245-49 - - - 3 2 12 8 12 12 3 46 209 50350-54 - - 2 2 1 2 - 1 2 4 6 51 14555-59 - - - 1 - - - 1 2 1 3 15 3160-64 - - - - - - - - - - - 5 2 65-69 - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 1 170-74 - - - - - - - - - - - - -75-79 - - - - - - - - - - - - 180-84 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 -85andover - - - - - - - - - - - - - First marriage for both parties All ages 14 84 466 1,084 1,949 3,020 4,538 6,364 8,323 1,648 24,194 57,851 49,033 16 3 19 27 27 20 19 10 12 6 76 67 33 417 4 20 53 74 43 55 41 39 30 151 208 80 2918 3 15 131 237 231 239 217 201 150 386 1,038 513 20319 - 9 82 239 329 369 361 339 296 330 1,694 874 343 20 4 6 46 143 430 466 577 549 474 199 2,496 1,375 48421 - 3 21 95 248 555 708 792 729 119 3,032 2,198 69922 - 3 22 73 161 340 866 993 1,011 98 3,371 3,269 1,10023 - 2 21 53 139 239 555 1,164 1,363 76 3,460 4,797 1,60824 - 2 20 34 96 188 336 703 1,517 56 2,840 6,226 2,278 Under20 10 63 293 577 623 682 629 591 482 943 3,007 1,500 57920-24 4 16 130 398 1,074 1,788 3,042 4,201 5,094 548 15,199 17,865 6,16925-29 - 4 35 79 193 413 680 1,220 2,236 118 4,742 30,213 20,11130-34 - - 6 23 42 97 154 270 413 29 976 6,978 18,28335-39 - 1 1 6 12 30 23 66 76 8 207 1,082 3,350 40-44 - - 1 - 5 7 9 14 19 1 54 166 44545-49 - - - - - 3 1 2 3 - 9 35 7650-54 - - - 1 - - - - - 1 - 11 1455-59 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 660-64 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 65-69 - - - - - - - - - - - - -70-74 - - - - - - - - - - - - -75-79 - - - - - - - - - - - - -80-84 - - - - - - - - - - - - -85andover - - - - - - - - - - - - -

1Singlemenandsinglewomenarethosewhohaveneverbeenmarried-seesection3.1.

Ageofwife

35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85and Total over

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42,618 26,746 16,489 11,341 8,540 4,421 2,495 1,396 687 334 115 273,069 All ages 2 - - - - - - - - - - 183 16 7 1 - - - - - - - - - 484 17 79 27 10 3 3 - - 1 - - - 2,352 18 145 54 11 8 5 - 1 - - - - 3,596 19 190 72 20 5 1 1 3 - - - - 5,052 20 311 132 32 19 8 5 2 - - - - 6,913 21 452 128 51 13 10 2 3 - - - - 8,942 22 626 217 73 24 16 5 1 - 1 - - 11,521 23 925 311 87 35 14 10 1 - - - - 13,586 24 233 82 21 11 8 - 1 1 - - - 6,615 Under20 2,504 860 263 96 49 23 10 - 1 - - 46,014 20-24 8,059 2,525 876 261 139 46 23 4 3 - - 73,072 25-2914,232 5,591 1,912 687 295 103 49 13 - - - 57,592 30-3411,676 7,843 3,436 1,288 603 210 74 22 7 2 - 35,061 35-39 4,248 6,315 4,438 2,293 1,126 347 112 49 20 4 1 21,599 40-44 1,249 2,515 3,538 2,978 1,776 659 214 71 16 3 1 13,781 45-49 325 776 1,462 2,521 2,170 854 373 116 44 18 2 8,867 50-54 69 182 432 934 1,671 1,112 534 186 67 22 4 5,263 55-59 15 55 93 219 570 776 584 312 102 27 4 2,764 60-64 6 1 15 43 107 215 372 328 136 53 22 1,301 65-69 1 1 1 10 19 60 108 207 166 75 22 670 70-74 1 - 1 - 4 12 35 70 90 72 22 308 75-79 - - 1 - 1 4 6 14 29 45 19 120 80-84 - - - - 2 - - 3 6 13 18 42 85andover

20,332 6,639 2,017 751 300 120 68 35 14 4 1 163,007 All ages 1 - - - - - - - - - - 181 16 4 - - - - - - - - - - 472 17 52 8 3 - - - - - - - - 2,203 18 101 22 3 - - - - - - - - 3,367 19 113 30 2 1 - - 1 - - - - 4,701 20 199 48 10 3 1 - - - - - - 6,309 21 250 46 14 5 1 - - - - - - 8,154 22 356 76 18 10 1 1 1 - - - - 10,404 23 552 127 26 6 - - - - - - - 12,111 24 158 30 6 - - - - - - - - 6,223 Under20 1,470 327 70 25 3 1 2 - - - - 41,679 20-24 4,855 879 193 39 17 1 2 2 1 - - 61,173 25-29 7,856 1,808 361 80 22 6 4 - - - - 36,403 30-34 4,903 2,149 499 113 27 10 7 - - - - 12,355 35-39 913 1,183 512 168 36 15 4 1 - - - 3,498 40-44 152 208 285 178 58 26 8 2 - - - 1,037 45-49 22 47 71 115 71 11 10 5 - - - 378 50-54 2 5 16 29 49 24 13 8 2 1 - 156 55-59 1 3 2 4 16 18 9 8 2 - - 63 60-64 - - 2 - - 6 4 3 2 - - 17 65-69 - - - - 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 11 70-74 - - - - - 1 2 3 2 1 - 9 75-79 - - - - - - - 1 3 - - 4 80-84 - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 85andover

Ageofwife Ageofhusband

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Under 20-24 25-29 30-34 20

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Table 3.20 -continued

Ageofwife Ageofhusband

Under 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85and Total 20 over

Marriages of single men and divorced women

All ages 74 1,456 4,620 7,574 6,608 4,047 1,763 814 461 171 72 31 14 2 1 27,708 Under20 - 3 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 420-24 12 184 212 111 24 6 - - - - - - - - - 54925-29 19 412 1,115 910 354 84 25 1 1 - - - - - - 2,92130-34 20 450 1,684 2,820 1,536 467 100 22 4 - - - - - - 7,10335-39 11 265 1,021 2,294 2,440 1,117 253 49 14 1 4 1 - - - 7,470 40-44 6 98 381 1,028 1,462 1,289 483 141 43 11 3 1 - - - 4,94645-49 3 36 155 289 568 704 496 221 83 33 5 2 1 - - 2,59650-54 2 5 34 100 174 276 270 220 128 37 11 1 1 - - 1,25955-59 1 3 11 20 39 75 103 117 126 37 13 5 2 - - 55260-64 - - 5 2 5 28 26 27 47 32 17 8 3 - - 200 65-69 - - 1 - 5 1 6 11 11 13 10 5 5 2 - 7070-74 - - - - 1 - - 5 1 5 5 7 - - - 2475-79 - - - - - - 1 - 3 1 3 1 1 - - 1080-84 - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - 1 - 1 485andover - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Marriages of divorced men and single women All ages 1 134 1,438 5,592 8,377 6,571 3,805 2,065 1,262 544 273 103 32 14 2 30,213 Under20 - 19 71 90 71 51 14 11 8 - - 1 - - - 33620-24 - 61 518 1,025 933 489 174 65 38 21 7 - - - - 3,33125-29 1 37 578 2,114 2,399 1,267 531 172 91 29 15 1 - - - 7,23530-34 - 16 221 1,795 2,989 2,081 920 362 157 60 32 6 - - - 8,63935-39 - 1 47 498 1,590 1,739 1,039 445 223 69 32 9 2 1 - 5,695 40-44 - - 3 60 349 763 753 489 257 110 35 14 3 - - 2,83645-49 - - - 9 40 163 287 332 241 97 47 16 3 1 - 1,23650-54 - - - 1 5 17 72 146 168 79 40 18 6 4 - 55655-59 - - - - 1 1 15 38 68 57 34 14 6 1 2 23760-64 - - - - - - - 3 9 18 18 12 3 2 - 65 65-69 - - - - - - - 2 2 2 9 7 5 2 - 2970-74 - - - - - - - - - 2 3 4 2 1 - 1275-79 - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 2 - 480-84 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - 285andover - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Marriages of divorced men and divorced women All ages 11 110 624 2,948 6,703 8,710 7,974 6,474 4,940 2,209 907 355 96 40 8 42,109 Under20 5 14 12 6 1 - - - - - - - - - - 3820-24 6 56 108 90 49 30 11 5 - 1 - - - - - 35625-29 - 25 196 433 397 257 108 40 22 4 1 - 1 - - 1,48430-34 - 9 170 1,110 1,730 1,146 484 182 81 23 2 - - - - 4,93735-39 - 3 95 886 2,570 2,661 1,531 595 269 95 15 6 2 - - 8,728 40-44 - 2 26 306 1,401 2,831 2,450 1,309 675 156 40 13 2 1 - 9,21245-49 - 1 12 100 434 1,305 2,214 1,930 1,114 363 83 21 6 - - 7,58350-54 - - 3 16 105 384 891 1,705 1,422 515 168 34 10 3 - 5,25655-59 - - 2 1 14 79 240 582 1,031 609 244 71 13 5 - 2,89160-64 - - - - 2 17 42 111 285 344 221 100 24 5 1 1,152 65-69 - - - - - - 3 15 39 78 112 70 15 8 3 34370-74 - - - - - - - - 1 18 19 34 12 9 - 9375-79 - - - - - - - - - 2 2 6 10 7 3 3080-84 - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - 1 2 - 585andover - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1

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Table 3.21 First marriage rates (gross nuptiality)1:derivedsummary,2004 Exactage Men Women(x) Proportion(per1,000) Meannumberofyears Proportion(per1,000) Meannumberofyears evermarried(atagex) untilmarriage evermarried(atagex) untilmarriage

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England and Wales

Exact Men Womenage(x) Probability Probability Proportion(per1,000) Meannumber Probability Probability Proportion(per1,000) Meannumber ofmarrying ofdying whohad(atagex): ofyears ofmarrying ofdying whohad(atagex): ofyears betweenage betweenage until betweenage betweenage until xandx+1 xandx+1 died ever never marriage xandx+1 xandx+1 died ever never marriage single married married single married married

16 0 15.8 0 13.817 0 14.8 1 12.818 0 13.8 2 11.919 2 12.8 9 11.0 20 5 11.9 20 10.221 11 11.0 35 9.422 20 10.1 57 8.723 35 9.4 84 8.124 55 8.7 118 7.5 25 82 8.1 158 7.126 114 7.5 203 6.727 152 7.1 250 6.428 194 6.7 298 6.229 237 6.4 345 6.0 30 282 6.2 389 5.935 460 5.2 541 5.340 555 4.0 613 4.245 605 2.3 648 2.350 631 0.0 670 0.0

1Inthistablemarriageratesareanalysedwithoutanyallowanceformortality.Forexample,itisestimatedthatawomanagedexactly25willonaverage be32yearsoldatmarriage.Furtherdetailsaregiveninsection3.7.

16 0.00004 0.00028 8 0 992 15.7 0.00054 0.00021 7 0 993 13.817 0.00024 0.00048 8 0 991 14.7 0.00145 0.00022 7 1 993 12.818 0.00138 0.00056 9 0 991 13.7 0.00706 0.00023 7 2 991 11.819 0.00319 0.00057 10 2 989 12.7 0.01083 0.00029 7 9 984 10.9 20 0.00598 0.00059 10 5 985 11.8 0.01580 0.00023 8 20 973 10.121 0.00977 0.00063 11 11 979 10.9 0.02223 0.00026 8 35 957 9.422 0.01521 0.00073 11 20 968 10.1 0.02924 0.00025 8 56 936 8.723 0.02079 0.00072 12 35 953 9.3 0.03694 0.00028 8 84 908 8.124 0.02767 0.00067 13 55 933 8.6 0.04509 0.00027 9 117 874 7.5 25 0.03516 0.00075 13 81 906 8.0 0.05404 0.00037 9 157 835 7.126 0.04268 0.00071 14 112 874 7.5 0.05901 0.00042 9 202 789 6.727 0.04935 0.00080 15 150 836 7.0 0.06343 0.00039 9 248 742 6.428 0.05396 0.00073 15 191 794 6.7 0.06649 0.00035 10 295 695 6.229 0.05837 0.00091 16 234 750 6.4 0.06747 0.00042 10 342 648 6.0 30 0.05943 0.00109 17 278 706 6.1 0.06575 0.00051 10 385 604 5.935 0.04562 0.00179 21 453 527 5.2 0.04162 0.00088 12 536 452 5.240 0.02874 0.00271 25 545 430 4.0 0.02425 0.00109 14 607 379 4.145 0.01669 0.00411 32 593 375 2.3 0.01463 0.00225 17 641 342 2.350 0.01062 0.00710 41 618 342 0.0 0.01109 0.00428 22 662 316 0.0

1Inthistablemarriageratesareanalysedwithanallowanceformortality.Forexample,itisestimatedthat50outof1,000menagedexactly27willgetmarriedbeforetheyreach28andonewilldie.Furtherdetailsaregiveninsection3.7.

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Table 3.23 - continuedTable3.23 Menmarrying: areaofoccurrenceandage,2004 EnglandandWales,GovernmentOfficeRegions

(within England), counties and unitary authorities

ENGLAND AND WALES 273,069 1,737 25,939 64,701 65,510 69,364 27,830 17,988ENGLAND 258,185 1,646 24,580 61,192 61,982 65,517 26,282 16,986NORTH EAST 11,830 63 1,235 2,730 2,759 3,019 1,314 710 Darlington UA 626 2 58 154 170 152 55 35 Hartlepool UA 394 1 34 91 93 97 52 26 Middlesbrough UA 643 8 88 145 126 181 63 32 Redcar and Cleveland UA 670 5 76 159 157 166 69 38 Stockton-on-Tees UA 726 1 85 178 167 163 74 58 Durham 2,441 13 248 533 597 627 273 150 Northumberland 1,955 9 139 484 483 503 222 115 TyneandWear(MetCounty) 4,375 24 507 986 966 1,130 506 256NORTH WEST 32,206 192 2,791 7,455 7,799 8,459 3,474 2,036 Blackburn with Darwen UA 604 13 97 160 130 123 64 17 Blackpool UA 701 5 62 134 126 197 108 69 Halton UA 510 3 47 133 111 121 64 31 Warrington UA 832 2 65 180 216 240 89 40 Cheshire 4,377 19 312 1,031 1,210 1,098 447 260 Cumbria 3,601 11 254 824 915 1,006 379 212 GreaterManchester(MetCounty) 10,688 62 1,066 2,495 2,502 2,773 1,111 679 Lancashire 5,557 35 490 1,288 1,302 1,466 597 379 Merseyside(MetCounty) 5,336 42 398 1,210 1,287 1,435 615 349YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER 24,438 150 2,287 5,590 5,737 6,349 2,720 1,605 East Riding of Yorkshire UA 1,700 6 158 399 380 413 194 150 Kingston upon Hull, City of UA 1,060 9 111 222 241 272 137 68 North East Lincolnshire UA 774 4 93 160 157 191 118 51 North Lincolnshire UA 746 5 63 188 140 201 95 54 York UA 1,243 4 114 238 306 342 162 77 NorthYorkshire 4,247 9 257 957 1,089 1,175 461 299 SouthYorkshire(MetCounty) 5,620 34 563 1,305 1,277 1,496 605 340 WestYorkshire(MetCounty) 9,048 79 928 2,121 2,147 2,259 948 566EAST MIDLANDS 21,887 132 2,224 5,216 5,036 5,516 2,297 1,466 Derby UA 897 7 125 230 181 227 80 47 Leicester UA 1,265 13 217 416 260 237 75 47 Nottingham UA 906 17 104 222 200 216 93 54 Rutland UA 369 1 19 79 108 99 37 26 Derbyshire 4,057 17 297 967 995 1,069 411 301 Leicestershire 3,228 12 291 831 778 806 311 199 Lincolnshire 3,510 22 379 746 743 888 431 301 Northamptonshire 3,519 19 344 863 800 882 387 224 Nottinghamshire 4,136 24 448 862 971 1,092 472 267WEST MIDLANDS 25,852 155 2,526 6,187 6,260 6,497 2,603 1,624 Herefordshire, County of UA 1,031 1 95 225 235 270 124 81 Stoke-on-Trent UA 838 10 92 191 174 217 102 52 Telford and Wrekin UA 782 5 94 191 175 188 86 43 Shropshire 1,925 10 127 465 503 501 186 133 Staffordshire 4,709 17 396 1,076 1,135 1,260 508 317 Warwickshire 3,496 13 257 801 897 967 349 212 WestMidlands(MetCounty) 9,935 83 1,241 2,543 2,303 2,308 930 527 Worcestershire 3,136 16 224 695 838 786 318 259EAST 29,083 157 2,670 6,993 7,005 7,251 2,978 2,029 Luton UA 672 8 82 190 150 147 60 35 Peterborough UA 1,020 13 138 242 209 237 106 75 Southend-on-Sea UA 665 6 76 161 137 157 83 45 Thurrock UA 702 5 63 183 172 193 54 32

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Bedfordshire 2,090 10 206 485 488 495 256 150 Cambridgeshire 2,940 15 279 720 683 700 313 230 Essex 7,065 24 596 1,745 1,779 1,765 683 473 Hertfordshire 5,530 25 373 1,362 1,531 1,460 499 280 Norfolk 4,555 24 442 1,030 1,002 1,151 525 381 Suffolk 3,844 27 415 875 854 946 399 328LONDON 39,182 397 4,598 10,452 9,514 9,290 3,038 1,893 InnerLondon 18,035 221 2,201 4,668 4,515 4,291 1,270 869 OuterLondon 21,147 176 2,397 5,784 4,999 4,999 1,768 1,024SOUTH EAST 44,782 261 3,821 10,230 10,983 11,569 4,610 3,308 Bracknell Forest UA 463 6 44 124 114 108 42 25 Brighton and Hove UA 1,416 11 111 299 348 410 137 100 Isle of Wight UA 765 4 63 150 168 208 101 71 Medway UA 1,040 13 112 266 249 234 107 59 Milton Keynes UA 1,193 9 117 307 266 292 121 81 Portsmouth UA 1,411 14 175 313 274 372 151 112 Reading UA 800 11 85 201 149 209 95 50 Slough UA 566 5 68 203 123 105 36 26 Southampton UA 1,143 23 161 240 226 256 142 95 West Berkshire UA 854 4 60 201 246 218 74 51 Windsor and Maidenhead UA 1,073 3 33 244 306 288 133 66 Wokingham UA 640 - 39 164 192 150 56 39 Buckinghamshire 2,373 6 155 550 625 624 257 156 EastSussex 2,986 14 254 590 708 782 340 298 Hampshire 6,569 40 577 1,581 1,575 1,694 661 441 Kent 7,930 48 732 1,743 1,905 2,116 802 584 Oxfordshire 3,715 17 314 850 980 945 350 259 Surrey 5,556 17 357 1,315 1,495 1,436 540 396 WestSussex 4,289 16 364 889 1,034 1,122 465 399SOUTH WEST 28,925 139 2,428 6,339 6,889 7,567 3,248 2,315

Bath and North East Somerset UA 1,281 2 90 293 339 356 127 74 Bournemouth UA 997 10 117 260 210 225 97 78 Bristol, City of UA 1,761 8 169 403 412 456 195 118 North Somerset UA 886 2 73 213 230 218 81 69 Plymouth UA 1,173 9 175 243 242 308 121 75 Poole UA 710 3 62 142 159 190 76 78 South Gloucestershire UA 1,213 4 105 295 294 298 128 89 Swindon UA 913 8 110 201 191 244 108 51 Torbay UA 967 5 83 201 209 262 118 89 CornwallandIslesofScilly 3,591 28 243 732 832 965 437 354 Devon 4,233 12 325 883 1,027 1,078 510 398 Dorset 2,161 8 175 435 538 555 268 182 Gloucestershire 3,500 13 275 786 858 973 374 221 Somerset 3,011 17 232 673 720 775 348 246 Wiltshire 2,528 10 194 579 628 664 260 193WALES 14,884 91 1,359 3,509 3,528 3,847 1,548 1,002 IsleofAnglesey 355 2 28 82 94 78 35 36 Gwynedd 668 3 43 135 159 206 72 50 Conwy 523 2 39 97 105 157 59 64 Denbighshire 540 1 36 124 142 134 60 43 Flintshire 823 3 70 185 207 217 84 57 Wrexham 579 3 48 132 158 136 69 33 Powys 774 3 62 162 183 210 99 55 Ceredigion 319 2 27 73 67 91 37 22 Pembrokeshire 669 7 60 144 139 172 82 65 Carmarthenshire 843 - 93 220 195 192 77 66

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WALES - continued

Swansea 1,192 6 133 304 278 284 126 61 NeathPortTalbot 616 4 69 175 117 157 63 31 Bridgend 697 3 58 157 175 174 77 53 TheValeofGlamorgan 627 5 57 129 162 165 69 40 Cardiff 1,624 15 150 418 424 389 153 75 Rhondda,Cynon,Taff 893 4 93 238 225 212 80 41 MerthyrTydfil 228 2 33 46 52 64 19 12 Caerphilly 812 7 85 183 191 218 79 49 BlaenauGwent 231 3 22 48 42 64 26 26 Torfaen 383 8 47 89 78 98 35 28 Monmouthshire 768 - 43 182 193 238 71 41 Newport 720 8 63 186 142 191 76 54

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Table 3.24-continuedTable3.24 Womenmarrying: areaofoccurrenceandage,2004 EnglandandWales,GovernmentOfficeRegions

(within England), counties and unitary authorities

ENGLAND AND WALES 273,069 6,615 46,014 73,072 57,592 56,660 22,648 10,468 ENGLAND 258,185 6,321 43,549 69,026 54,430 53,566 21,403 9,890 NORTH EAST 11,830 264 2,009 3,165 2,419 2,511 1,063 399 Darlington UA 626 15 99 183 132 137 41 19 Hartlepool UA 394 9 68 101 68 99 36 13 Middlesbrough UA 643 28 121 168 114 140 59 13 Redcar and Cleveland UA 670 17 114 188 136 137 57 21 Stockton-on-Tees UA 726 11 148 206 131 133 66 31 Durham 2,441 53 408 644 525 493 236 82 Northumberland 1,955 21 257 556 462 451 144 64 TyneandWear(MetCounty) 4,375 110 794 1,119 851 921 424 156 NORTH WEST 32,206 648 5,170 8,432 7,012 6,948 2,803 1,193 Blackburn with Darwen UA 604 43 153 129 129 91 45 14 Blackpool UA 701 16 131 150 106 176 87 35 Halton UA 510 8 90 140 90 113 51 18 Warrington UA 832 8 125 231 184 187 77 20 Cheshire 4,377 50 580 1,279 1,065 902 344 157 Cumbria 3,601 50 469 953 923 797 274 135 GreaterManchester(MetCounty) 10,688 277 1,906 2,702 2,173 2,299 924 407 Lancashire 5,557 108 924 1,475 1,155 1,185 506 204 Merseyside(MetCounty) 5,336 88 792 1,373 1,187 1,198 495 203 YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER 24,438 565 4,041 6,228 4,949 5,473 2,247 935 East Riding of Yorkshire UA 1,700 33 301 432 316 363 172 83 Kingston upon Hull, City of UA 1,060 31 190 247 191 256 113 32 North East Lincolnshire UA 774 18 155 166 110 212 84 29 North Lincolnshire UA 746 16 129 179 140 164 75 43 York UA 1,243 26 169 317 244 315 122 50 NorthYorkshire 4,247 51 523 1,115 1,036 949 409 164 SouthYorkshire(MetCounty) 5,620 135 990 1,368 1,108 1,307 521 191 WestYorkshire(MetCounty) 9,048 255 1,584 2,404 1,804 1,907 751 343 EAST MIDLANDS 21,887 503 3,931 5,765 4,356 4,569 1,898 865 Derby UA 897 29 198 244 144 184 70 28 Leicester UA 1,265 72 366 344 188 192 72 31 Nottingham UA 906 45 171 243 162 182 66 37 Rutland UA 369 4 45 102 95 72 35 16 Derbyshire 4,057 69 591 1,120 886 867 362 162 Leicestershire 3,228 39 555 969 675 612 258 120 Lincolnshire 3,510 71 638 829 669 778 347 178 Northamptonshire 3,519 75 651 917 728 708 314 126 Nottinghamshire 4,136 99 716 997 809 974 374 167 WEST MIDLANDS 25,852 614 4,552 6,927 5,326 5,319 2,161 953 Herefordshire, County of UA 1,031 14 171 247 228 226 105 40 Stoke-on-Trent UA 838 26 160 189 148 197 90 28 Telford and Wrekin UA 782 21 146 211 157 155 61 31 Shropshire 1,925 32 260 547 470 406 141 69 Staffordshire 4,709 80 752 1,266 915 1,050 445 201 Warwickshire 3,496 52 477 969 823 746 300 129 WestMidlands(MetCounty) 9,935 335 2,120 2,652 1,864 1,929 743 292 Worcestershire 3,136 54 466 846 721 610 276 163 EAST 29,083 621 4,838 8,040 6,141 5,784 2,427 1,232 Luton UA 672 45 155 159 123 117 47 26 Peterborough UA 1,020 37 212 247 175 208 89 52 Southend-on-Sea UA 665 23 127 176 106 138 67 28 Thurrock UA 702 21 129 226 135 126 44 21

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Table 3.24-continued

Bedfordshire 2,090 28 367 564 425 430 186 90 Cambridgeshire 2,940 57 464 827 626 576 252 138 Essex 7,065 115 1,107 2,068 1,530 1,396 558 291 Hertfordshire 5,530 87 779 1,652 1,316 1,123 394 179 Norfolk 4,555 116 792 1,168 891 935 430 223 Suffolk 3,844 92 706 953 814 735 360 184 LONDON 39,182 1,739 7,908 10,940 8,030 7,329 2,288 948 InnerLondon 18,035 926 3,603 4,929 3,896 3,354 944 383 OuterLondon 21,147 813 4,305 6,011 4,134 3,975 1,344 565 SOUTH EAST 44,782 837 6,731 12,106 9,932 9,397 3,796 1,983 Bracknell Forest UA 463 8 76 138 106 94 26 15 Brighton and Hove UA 1,416 23 192 365 326 354 102 54 Isle of Wight UA 765 20 120 162 155 183 81 44 Medway UA 1,040 29 217 272 204 205 84 29 Milton Keynes UA 1,193 36 194 315 242 240 125 41 Portsmouth UA 1,411 43 266 344 240 326 129 63 Reading UA 800 42 132 212 144 173 65 32 Slough UA 566 24 145 194 80 86 29 8 Southampton UA 1,143 50 237 250 185 245 132 44 West Berkshire UA 854 9 112 264 206 162 65 36 Windsor and Maidenhead UA 1,073 8 99 281 312 254 76 43 Wokingham UA 640 11 75 182 180 119 47 26 Buckinghamshire 2,373 29 275 699 575 492 195 108 EastSussex 2,986 50 420 714 672 676 284 170 Hampshire 6,569 105 1,012 1,824 1,415 1,367 579 267 Kent 7,930 136 1,310 2,086 1,718 1,631 699 350 Oxfordshire 3,715 71 536 1,000 931 749 269 159 Surrey 5,556 74 651 1,690 1,337 1,145 410 249 WestSussex 4,289 69 662 1,114 904 896 399 245 SOUTH WEST 28,925 530 4,369 7,423 6,265 6,236 2,720 1,382 Bath and North East Somerset UA 1,281 22 124 356 341 286 108 44 Bournemouth UA 997 23 203 272 176 185 83 55 Bristol, City of UA 1,761 50 267 469 354 397 159 65 North Somerset UA 886 18 149 253 172 174 76 44 Plymouth UA 1,173 40 240 253 227 275 95 43 Poole UA 710 13 108 178 143 152 67 49 South Gloucestershire UA 1,213 15 183 331 263 258 110 53 Swindon UA 913 22 167 234 180 191 94 25 Torbay UA 967 24 161 222 188 215 107 50 CornwallandIslesofScilly 3,591 60 508 850 789 794 390 200 Devon 4,233 55 620 1,026 929 941 413 249 Dorset 2,161 33 302 550 447 487 228 114 Gloucestershire 3,500 50 497 940 856 723 294 140 Somerset 3,011 60 458 812 639 632 259 151 Wiltshire 2,528 45 382 677 561 526 237 100 WALES 14,884 294 2,465 4,046 3,162 3,094 1,245 578 IsleofAnglesey 355 4 72 98 70 58 37 16 Gwynedd 668 5 81 174 156 165 57 30 Conwy 523 7 65 116 114 129 56 36 Denbighshire 540 9 71 156 119 110 52 23 Flintshire 823 14 138 235 159 179 53 45 Wrexham 579 12 89 163 136 111 52 16 Powys 774 10 104 198 192 162 75 33 Ceredigion 319 7 46 93 70 61 27 15 Pembrokeshire 669 15 119 166 126 142 67 34 Carmarthenshire 843 22 156 249 144 164 74 34

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Table 3.24-continued

WALES - continued Swansea 1,192 26 218 326 253 237 87 45 NeathPortTalbot 616 21 119 169 115 117 62 13 Bridgend 697 8 115 172 156 163 47 36 TheValeofGlamorgan 627 4 90 188 145 127 51 22 Cardiff 1,624 39 270 474 363 328 111 39 Rhondda,Cynon,Taff 893 17 177 251 186 171 67 24 MerthyrTydfil 228 7 49 49 49 53 15 6 Caerphilly 812 20 142 216 157 183 68 26 BlaenauGwent 231 6 38 64 32 55 26 10 Torfaen 383 13 84 95 72 75 26 18 Monmouthshire 768 8 85 221 199 173 61 21 Newport 720 20 137 173 149 131 74 36

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ENGLAND AND All 273,069 1,737 25,939 64,701 65,510 69,364 27,830 17,988 WALES Single 191,956 1,725 25,690 62,598 56,827 37,996 5,563 1,557 Widowed 5,984 - 5 34 89 547 1,059 4,250 Divorced 75,129 12 244 2,069 8,594 30,821 21,208 12,181

ENGLAND All 258,185 1,646 24,580 61,192 61,982 65,517 26,282 16,986 Single 181,738 1,634 24,339 59,200 53,795 35,990 5,314 1,466 Widowed 5,674 - 5 33 87 524 1,002 4,023 Divorced 70,773 12 236 1,959 8,100 29,003 19,966 11,497

NorthEast All 11,830 63 1,235 2,730 2,759 3,019 1,314 710 Single 8,041 63 1,228 2,637 2,357 1,482 221 53 Widowed 282 - - 2 4 18 66 192 Divorced 3,507 - 7 91 398 1,519 1,027 465

NorthWest All 32,206 192 2,791 7,455 7,799 8,459 3,474 2,036 Single 22,410 191 2,765 7,237 6,826 4,600 637 154 Widowed 773 - - 9 8 77 136 543 Divorced 9,023 1 26 209 965 3,782 2,701 1,339

Yorkshireand All 24,438 150 2,287 5,590 5,737 6,349 2,720 1,605 theHumber Single 16,294 148 2,261 5,392 4,820 3,149 425 99 Widowed 567 - - 3 13 54 121 376 Divorced 7,577 2 26 195 904 3,146 2,174 1,130

EastMidlands All 21,887 132 2,224 5,216 5,036 5,516 2,297 1,466 Single 14,777 131 2,199 5,010 4,228 2,707 403 99 Widowed 504 - - 3 10 39 83 369 Divorced 6,606 1 25 203 798 2,770 1,811 998

WestMidlands All 25,852 155 2,526 6,187 6,260 6,497 2,603 1,624 Single 18,209 154 2,502 6,009 5,434 3,462 484 164 Widowed 574 - 1 - 8 51 110 404 Divorced 7,069 1 23 178 818 2,984 2,009 1,056

East All 29,083 157 2,670 6,993 7,005 7,251 2,978 2,029 Single 20,203 155 2,633 6,764 6,014 3,909 567 161 Widowed 668 - 1 2 3 55 102 505 Divorced 8,212 2 36 227 988 3,287 2,309 1,363

London All 39,182 397 4,598 10,452 9,514 9,290 3,038 1,893 Single 31,362 395 4,539 10,103 8,538 6,327 1,138 322 Widowed 544 - 2 11 25 82 94 330 Divorced 7,276 2 57 338 951 2,881 1,806 1,241

SouthEast All 44,782 261 3,821 10,230 10,983 11,569 4,610 3,308 Single 31,185 258 3,795 9,913 9,646 6,416 901 256 Widowed 1,039 - - 2 12 90 169 766 Divorced 12,558 3 26 315 1,325 5,063 3,540 2,286

SouthWest All 28,925 139 2,428 6,339 6,889 7,567 3,248 2,315 Single 19,257 139 2,417 6,135 5,932 3,938 538 158 Widowed 723 - 1 1 4 58 121 538 Divorced 8,945 - 10 203 953 3,571 2,589 1,619

WALES All 14,884 91 1,359 3,509 3,528 3,847 1,548 1,002 Single 10,218 91 1,351 3,398 3,032 2,006 249 91 Widowed 310 - - 1 2 23 57 227 Divorced 4,356 - 8 110 494 1,818 1,242 684

1Singlemenandsinglewomenarethosewhohaveneverbeenmarried-seesection3.1.

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Table3.26 Womenmarrying: area of occurrence, previous marital status1 and age, 2004

ENGLAND AND All 273,069 6,615 46,014 73,072 57,592 56,660 22,648 10,468 WALES Single 194,348 6,573 45,085 68,544 45,197 24,719 3,426 804 Widowed 5,846 - 19 108 253 1,014 1,429 3,023 Divorced 72,875 42 910 4,420 12,142 30,927 17,793 6,641

ENGLAND All 258,185 6,321 43,549 69,026 54,430 53,566 21,403 9,890 Single 183,962 6,279 42,650 64,730 42,726 23,532 3,273 772 Widowed 5,525 - 19 102 241 953 1,356 2,854 Divorced 68,698 42 880 4,194 11,463 29,081 16,774 6,264

NorthEast All 11,830 264 2,009 3,165 2,419 2,511 1,063 399 Single 8,167 263 1,979 2,989 1,831 954 128 23 Widowed 243 - 1 5 6 50 68 113 Divorced 3,420 1 29 171 582 1,507 867 263

NorthWest All 32,206 648 5,170 8,432 7,012 6,948 2,803 1,193 Single 22,805 645 5,066 7,993 5,615 3,038 379 69 Widowed 723 - 1 15 28 125 181 373 Divorced 8,678 3 103 424 1,369 3,785 2,243 751

Yorkshireand All 24,438 565 4,041 6,228 4,949 5,473 2,247 935 theHumber Single 16,450 562 3,951 5,798 3,704 2,103 276 56 Widowed 564 - 2 8 16 115 146 277 Divorced 7,424 3 88 422 1,229 3,255 1,825 602

EastMidlands All 21,887 503 3,931 5,765 4,356 4,569 1,898 865 Single 14,877 499 3,835 5,382 3,225 1,687 205 44 Widowed 547 - 7 10 24 89 136 281 Divorced 6,463 4 89 373 1,107 2,793 1,557 540

WestMidlands All 25,852 614 4,552 6,927 5,326 5,319 2,161 953 Single 18,235 610 4,467 6,467 4,141 2,211 289 50 Widowed 617 - 2 13 31 113 148 310 Divorced 7,000 4 83 447 1,154 2,995 1,724 593

East All 29,083 621 4,838 8,040 6,141 5,784 2,427 1,232 Single 20,431 619 4,739 7,532 4,767 2,383 320 71 Widowed 648 - 1 9 37 90 152 359 Divorced 8,004 2 98 499 1,337 3,311 1,955 802

London All 39,182 1,739 7,908 10,940 8,030 7,329 2,288 948 Single 31,822 1,719 7,687 10,243 6,694 4,515 770 194 Widowed 496 - 2 21 38 126 136 173 Divorced 6,864 20 219 676 1,298 2,688 1,382 581

SouthEast All 44,782 837 6,731 12,106 9,932 9,397 3,796 1,983 Single 31,586 833 6,622 11,388 7,886 4,125 566 166 Widowed 998 - 3 12 38 156 237 552 Divorced 12,198 4 106 706 2,008 5,116 2,993 1,265

SouthWest All 28,925 530 4,369 7,423 6,265 6,236 2,720 1,382 Single 19,589 529 4,304 6,938 4,863 2,516 340 99 Widowed 689 - - 9 23 89 152 416 Divorced 8,647 1 65 476 1,379 3,631 2,228 867

WALES All 14,884 294 2,465 4,046 3,162 3,094 1,245 578 Single 10,386 294 2,435 3,814 2,471 1,187 153 32 Widowed 321 - - 6 12 61 73 169 Divorced 4,177 - 30 226 679 1,846 1,019 377

1Singlemenandsinglewomenarethosewhohaveneverbeenmarried-seesection3.1.

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Table3.27 Marriages(numbersandpercentages): area of occurrence, previous marital statuses1 of bride and bridegroom and type of ceremony, 2004

England and Wales, GovernmentOfficeRegions(withinEngland),counties,

and unitary authorities/registration districts

1Singlemenandsinglewomenarethosewhohaveneverbeenmarried-seesection3.1.

ENGLAND AND WALES 273,069 163,007 191,956 194,348 75,129 72,875 184,913 68ENGLAND 258,185 154,347 181,738 183,962 70,773 68,698 175,875 68NORTH EAST 11,830 6,741 8,041 8,167 3,507 3,420 7,828 66Darlington UA 626 337 413 419 204 198 430 69Hartlepool UA 394 214 249 268 136 117 258 65Middlesbrough UA 643 365 439 440 186 190 428 67Redcar and Cleveland UA 670 404 467 483 188 172 389 58Stockton-on-Tees UA 726 419 487 507 217 199 444 61Durham 2,441 1,363 1,644 1,634 730 755 1,580 65 DurhamCentral 1,149 615 761 743 348 377 760 66 DurhamEastern 369 215 248 254 114 107 244 66 DurhamWestern 923 533 635 637 268 271 576 62Northumberland 1,955 1,111 1,327 1,379 582 535 1,418 73 NorthumberlandCentral 1,019 567 682 722 315 278 743 73 NorthumberlandNorthFirst 215 116 139 151 70 63 162 75 NorthumberlandNorthSecond 153 103 114 115 34 31 77 50 NorthumberlandWest 568 325 392 391 163 163 436 77Tyne and Wear (Met County) 4,375 2,528 3,015 3,037 1,264 1,254 2,881 66 Gateshead 785 481 560 569 208 202 450 57 NewcastleuponTyne 1,169 676 806 816 339 328 906 78 NorthTyneside 809 456 544 549 251 250 556 69 SouthTyneside 579 325 379 406 186 161 360 62 Sunderland 1,033 590 726 697 280 313 609 59NORTH WEST 32,206 19,019 22,410 22,805 9,023 8,678 20,690 64Blackburn with Darwen UA 604 377 447 437 148 156 419 69Blackpool UA 701 337 413 423 265 257 539 77Halton UA 510 292 342 356 161 143 320 63Warrington UA 832 482 565 586 253 227 509 61Cheshire 4,377 2,663 3,081 3,184 1,190 1,114 2,902 66 CheshireCentral 1,467 878 1,026 1,067 421 376 1,004 68 CheshireEast 1,666 1,058 1,202 1,246 414 386 1,019 61 CheshireWest 1,244 727 853 871 355 352 879 71Cumbria 3,601 2,061 2,478 2,510 1,049 1,020 2,493 69 Barrow-in-Furness 321 175 220 211 96 102 218 68 Carlisle 474 273 329 320 139 141 300 63 Cockermouth 530 319 378 378 139 144 334 63 Kendal 1,002 546 659 690 322 299 810 81 Millom 25 19 21 20 4 5 6 24 Penrith 408 228 269 287 127 111 290 71 Ulverston 394 219 272 268 117 114 288 73 Whitehaven 331 197 237 243 84 82 187 56 Wigton 116 85 93 93 21 22 60 52Greater Manchester (Met County) 10,688 6,346 7,510 7,572 2,927 2,866 6,916 65 Bolton 1,378 753 904 942 430 397 1,023 74 Bury 713 418 497 492 202 208 413 58 Manchester 1,778 1,214 1,389 1,413 357 333 1,380 78 Oldham 853 487 588 590 245 241 522 61 Rochdale 930 493 613 595 290 306 624 67 Salford 948 588 694 704 239 227 559 59 Stockport 1,101 649 763 780 312 292 682 62 Tameside 720 389 464 469 236 230 379 53 Trafford 955 587 686 687 243 248 576 60 WiganandLeigh 1,312 768 912 900 373 384 758 58

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Lancashire 5,557 3,155 3,767 3,825 1,648 1,605 3,388 61 BurnleyandPendle 644 348 424 428 202 197 360 56 Chorley 497 291 348 341 139 142 289 58 FleetwoodandFylde 656 354 424 440 213 202 284 43 HyndburnandRossendale 629 340 413 423 199 184 407 65 Lancaster 839 444 542 540 273 286 566 67 PrestonandSouthRibble 1,162 716 834 843 300 297 722 62 RibbleValley 674 358 441 454 220 207 514 76 WestLancashire 456 304 341 356 102 90 246 54Merseyside (Met County) 5,336 3,306 3,807 3,912 1,382 1,290 3,204 60 Knowsley 512 305 359 371 140 121 340 66 Liverpool 1,703 1,135 1,271 1,327 388 343 1,105 65 SeftonNorth 627 343 404 414 203 190 396 63 SeftonSouth 456 301 343 352 107 96 220 48 StHelens 708 427 492 500 196 188 385 54 Wirral 1,330 795 938 948 348 352 758 57YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER 24,438 13,469 16,294 16,450 7,577 7,424 16,558 68East Riding of Yorkshire UA 1,700 927 1,114 1,117 541 535 1,039 61Kingston upon Hull, City of UA 1,060 536 690 683 354 352 784 74North East Lincolnshire UA 774 364 462 465 289 289 509 66North Lincolnshire UA 746 369 452 468 268 243 451 60York UA 1,243 663 806 824 411 388 951 77North Yorkshire 4,247 2,355 2,807 2,902 1,337 1,263 2,912 69 South Yorkshire (Met County) 5,620 3,080 3,780 3,749 1,716 1,756 3,784 67 Barnsley 1,054 567 696 707 337 331 748 71 Doncaster 1,461 731 923 912 501 516 990 68 Rotherham 1,127 610 746 741 360 364 700 62 Sheffield 1,978 1,172 1,415 1,389 518 545 1,346 68West Yorkshire (Met County) 9,048 5,175 6,183 6,242 2,661 2,598 6,128 68 Bradford 1,652 972 1,154 1,165 457 448 1,152 70 Calderdale 1,017 558 683 674 312 319 715 70 Dewsbury 693 382 454 480 223 198 482 70 Huddersfield 1,031 566 668 680 337 313 667 65 Keighley 246 138 155 171 86 70 153 62 Leeds 2,670 1,656 1,943 1,962 678 654 1,707 64 Pontefract 767 392 492 482 249 267 516 67 Wakefield 972 511 634 628 319 329 736 76EAST MIDLANDS 21,887 12,422 14,777 14,877 6,606 6,463 14,166 65Derby UA 897 524 620 620 260 258 559 62Leicester UA 1,265 866 992 961 256 269 909 72Nottingham UA 906 569 670 643 224 243 626 69Rutland UA 369 215 247 256 113 107 286 78Derbyshire 4,057 2,301 2,728 2,763 1,226 1,194 2,551 63 AmberValley 605 342 402 413 182 169 403 67 Ashbourne 158 85 110 94 44 61 91 58 Bakewell 678 381 452 465 212 202 546 81 Chesterfield 1,199 669 797 808 375 369 668 56 Erewash 723 428 497 503 211 202 515 71 HighPeak 407 214 255 266 134 128 227 56 SouthDerbyshire 287 182 215 214 68 63 101 35Leicestershire 3,228 1,931 2,263 2,296 898 861 1,987 62Lincolnshire 3,510 1,752 2,160 2,182 1,242 1,223 2,133 61

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Northamptonshire 3,519 2,035 2,394 2,426 1,051 1,001 2,378 68 Corby 328 186 219 228 104 90 237 72 Daventry 299 162 198 203 98 90 190 64 Kettering 397 222 257 269 129 116 256 64 Northampton 1,358 814 952 954 377 370 962 71 OundleandThrapston 184 103 125 120 55 60 107 58 TowcesterandBrackley 412 268 302 317 104 89 260 63 Wellingborough 541 280 341 335 184 186 366 68Nottinghamshire 4,136 2,229 2,703 2,730 1,336 1,307 2,737 66 Basford 1,024 599 705 726 295 273 584 57 EastRetford 292 157 190 191 93 96 189 65 Mansfield 930 445 565 559 341 343 622 67 Newark 565 319 370 387 181 163 324 57 Rushcliffe 1,005 557 675 680 314 309 813 81 Worksop 320 152 198 187 112 123 205 64WEST MIDLANDS 25,852 15,339 18,209 18,235 7,069 7,000 16,409 63Herefordshire, County of UA 1,031 573 684 703 326 309 603 58 Bromyard 50 34 38 39 11 11 14 28 Hereford 466 258 313 312 142 144 289 62 Kington 36 22 26 25 10 11 21 58 Ledbury 146 75 92 99 52 44 97 66 Leominster 159 94 111 113 45 46 79 50 Ross 174 90 104 115 66 53 103 59Stoke-on-Trent UA 838 440 558 527 256 287 547 65Telford and Wrekin UA 782 445 528 531 240 235 568 73Shropshire 1,925 1,122 1,316 1,366 573 525 1,223 64 Bridgnorth 367 212 250 269 109 93 219 60 Clun 77 56 59 61 18 14 33 43 Ludlow 180 98 121 116 51 60 89 49 NorthShropshire 265 154 184 191 79 70 152 57 Oswestry 234 133 159 155 71 71 132 56 Shrewsbury 802 469 543 574 245 217 598 75Staffordshire 4,709 2,573 3,121 3,123 1,465 1,456 3,045 65 CannockChase 433 227 277 290 150 134 244 56 EastStaffordshire 632 306 392 398 223 214 437 69 Lichfield 1,010 541 661 647 323 335 677 67 Newcastle-under-Lyme 740 348 454 439 263 270 531 72 SouthStaffordshire 719 469 536 543 167 162 484 67 Stafford 703 418 491 488 190 204 428 61 StaffordshireMoorlands 472 264 310 318 149 137 244 52Warwickshire 3,496 2,006 2,381 2,439 1,032 970 2,315 66 MidWarwickshire 801 463 560 553 216 230 432 54 NorthWarwickshire 445 267 318 325 115 110 259 58 NuneatonandBedworth 603 335 401 395 188 185 415 69 Rugby 750 432 505 540 232 199 590 79 SouthWarwickshire 897 509 597 626 281 246 619 69West Midlands (Met County) 9,935 6,391 7,503 7,394 2,244 2,326 6,149 62 Birmingham 3,617 2,521 2,875 2,884 691 672 2,286 63 Coventry 1,384 899 1,054 1,030 307 322 899 65 Dudley 1,225 701 849 820 347 377 820 67 Sandwell 1,010 616 756 720 234 269 624 62 Solihull 909 542 640 655 245 227 567 62 Walsall 924 578 686 662 214 237 479 52 Wolverhampton 866 534 643 623 206 222 474 55

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Worcestershire 3,136 1,789 2,118 2,152 933 892 1,959 62 Bromsgrove 652 397 460 472 179 167 358 55 Droitwich 171 97 119 119 46 46 96 56 Evesham 271 148 176 187 89 78 153 56 Kidderminster 609 362 420 425 169 156 408 67 Malvern 575 329 387 392 169 168 412 72 Pershore 156 71 88 90 63 58 75 48 Redditch 281 148 177 189 100 88 195 69 Tenbury 67 34 44 40 20 24 46 69 Worcester 354 203 247 238 98 107 216 61EAST 29,083 17,118 20,203 20,431 8,212 8,004 19,195 66Luton UA 672 421 495 489 163 171 481 72Peterborough UA 1,020 550 677 672 316 319 738 72Southend-on-Sea UA 665 378 446 456 203 190 466 70Thurrock UA 702 461 518 547 173 139 487 69Bedfordshire 2,090 1,210 1,445 1,441 597 594 1,300 62Cambridgeshire 2,940 1,781 2,065 2,088 811 783 1,778 60 Cambridge 1,540 1,008 1,141 1,155 372 353 962 62 Ely 263 145 176 171 81 88 159 60 Fenland 355 178 222 226 120 111 208 59 Huntingdon 782 450 526 536 238 231 449 57Essex 7,065 4,224 4,972 5,036 1,930 1,887 4,723 67 Braintree 955 584 686 697 249 243 639 67 Brentwood 1,318 797 938 947 350 347 949 72 CastlePointandRochford 590 333 400 388 174 183 368 62 Chelmsford 1,391 867 1,004 1,037 358 331 932 67 Colchester 1,454 781 945 954 466 464 966 66 EppingForest 547 354 402 409 137 124 293 54 Harlow 265 146 182 178 79 81 187 71 Uttlesford 545 362 415 426 117 114 389 71Hertfordshire 5,530 3,555 4,119 4,144 1,310 1,310 3,731 67 Bishop’sStortford 322 198 238 226 74 89 224 70 Broxbourne 404 260 299 300 100 99 307 76 Dacorum 778 477 564 560 198 206 548 70 Hatfield 593 401 449 475 133 113 373 63 HertfordandWare 779 501 588 585 181 188 615 79 HitchinandStevenage 1,108 677 793 800 292 289 760 69 StAlbans 650 442 502 509 138 138 407 63 Watford 896 599 686 689 194 188 497 55Norfolk 4,555 2,426 2,946 2,995 1,486 1,428 2,951 65 Depwade 181 95 116 122 60 54 101 56 Downham 147 76 93 88 46 53 82 56 EastDereham 198 95 119 117 70 75 120 61 Fakenham 182 87 107 115 68 59 109 60 GreatYarmouth 545 251 323 332 199 191 391 72 King’sLynn 638 354 426 415 195 202 402 63 NorthWalsham 374 182 228 225 133 135 214 57 Norwich 1,896 1,088 1,285 1,323 578 532 1,294 68 Wayland 394 198 249 258 137 127 238 60Suffolk 3,844 2,112 2,520 2,563 1,223 1,183 2,540 66 BuryStEdmunds 940 521 623 616 295 296 654 70 Deben 474 253 308 314 153 154 322 68 GippingandHartismere 406 218 263 269 131 122 265 65 Ipswich 959 561 662 666 278 272 630 66 Sudbury 425 222 265 280 148 135 280 66 Waveney 640 337 399 418 218 204 389 61

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LONDON 39,182 27,620 31,362 31,822 7,276 6,864 31,842 81Inner London 18,035 13,039 14,750 15,008 3,057 2,844 15,083 84 Camden 1,183 921 1,017 1,011 155 163 895 76 CityofLondon 257 215 229 229 25 25 70 27 Hackney 1,302 958 1,072 1,097 215 194 1,118 86 HammersmithandFulham 792 583 669 646 116 138 685 86 Haringey 1,599 1,213 1,345 1,381 229 200 1,374 86 Islington 1,115 808 914 931 186 177 971 87 KensingtonandChelsea 1,869 1,247 1,427 1,501 408 347 1,588 85 Lambeth 1,157 796 926 938 217 203 976 84 Lewisham 1,047 734 845 855 190 178 788 75 Newham 1,067 793 907 894 148 161 1,043 98 Southwark 1,422 975 1,125 1,159 276 243 1,130 79 TowerHamlets 968 765 832 845 123 115 852 88 Wandsworth 1,672 1,234 1,393 1,412 266 243 1,519 91 Westminster 2,585 1,797 2,049 2,109 503 457 2,074 80Outer London 21,147 14,581 16,612 16,814 4,219 4,020 16,759 79 BarkingandDagenham 807 572 647 658 150 135 666 83 Barnet 1,600 1,154 1,299 1,304 275 272 1,251 78 Bexley 1,300 742 898 914 370 367 1,073 83 Brent 1,799 1,398 1,535 1,541 243 246 1,586 88 Bromley 1,221 794 923 928 280 272 860 70 Croydon 1,246 834 956 987 273 242 840 67 Ealing 1,286 965 1,082 1,076 184 197 999 78 Enfield 1,353 943 1,084 1,088 261 250 1,177 87 Greenwich 863 585 666 691 189 163 680 79 Harrow 808 588 658 660 134 133 603 75 Havering 1,212 718 864 852 328 336 911 75 Hillingdon 987 675 775 793 196 177 729 74 Hounslow 882 645 720 728 148 136 740 84 KingstonuponThames 514 364 415 420 89 87 382 74 Merton 1,033 693 787 815 231 201 858 83 Redbridge 1,022 721 810 825 199 175 801 78 RichmonduponThames 1,251 861 965 1,005 265 226 1,014 81 Sutton 799 480 570 570 214 213 594 74 WalthamForest 1,164 849 958 959 190 192 995 85SOUTH EAST 44,782 26,461 31,185 31,586 12,558 12,198 30,069 67Bracknell Forest UA 463 295 338 342 116 117 245 53Brighton and Hove UA 1,416 891 1,032 1,068 370 325 1,135 80Isle of Wight UA 765 384 480 487 258 246 500 65Medway UA 1,040 620 737 736 286 288 773 74Milton Keynes UA 1,193 672 808 802 366 371 831 70Portsmouth UA 1,411 746 922 923 458 461 1,097 78Reading UA 800 481 566 580 215 207 630 79Slough UA 566 377 443 436 114 116 412 73Southampton UA 1,143 602 752 725 367 389 874 76West Berkshire UA 854 532 625 624 209 207 543 64Windsor and Maidenhead UA 1,073 633 748 784 303 263 786 73Wokingham UA 640 417 473 483 160 150 385 60Buckinghamshire 2,373 1,462 1,698 1,704 615 602 1,393 59 AylesburyVale 766 446 531 527 215 212 457 60 ChilternHills 1,607 1,016 1,167 1,177 400 390 936 58 East Sussex 2,986 1,695 2,008 2,028 884 873 2,164 72 Crowborough 595 410 461 469 122 116 369 62 Eastbourne 922 488 579 591 307 295 714 77 HastingsandRother 803 417 514 513 258 266 559 70 Lewes 666 380 454 455 197 196 522 78

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Hampshire 6,569 3,813 4,506 4,563 1,916 1,855 4,076 62 Alton 366 237 282 272 79 91 218 60 Andover 334 161 209 200 121 123 213 64 Droxford 313 196 229 227 75 75 180 58 HampshireNorth 835 497 589 586 233 240 562 67 NewForest 1,262 711 848 878 385 349 892 71 NorthEastHampshire 687 409 476 491 193 179 405 59 Petersfield 357 199 235 238 114 113 237 66 Romsey 383 221 258 265 115 106 244 64 SouthEastHampshire 1,039 554 662 668 343 345 541 52 Winchester 993 628 718 738 258 234 584 59Kent 7,930 4,563 5,412 5,493 2,345 2,264 5,459 69Oxfordshire 3,715 2,314 2,693 2,731 939 906 2,450 66Surrey 5,556 3,531 4,061 4,147 1,363 1,298 3,581 64 EastSurrey 1,760 1,105 1,256 1,319 468 408 1,051 60 NorthSurrey 1,973 1,234 1,438 1,448 483 484 1,397 71 WestSurrey 1,823 1,192 1,367 1,380 412 406 1,133 62West Sussex 4,289 2,433 2,883 2,930 1,274 1,260 2,735 64 Chichester 1,296 748 906 893 353 370 848 65 Crawley 679 399 458 477 205 194 443 65 HaywardsHeath 501 313 365 356 121 130 299 60 Horsham 559 338 388 403 160 149 355 64 Worthing 1,254 635 766 801 435 417 790 63SOUTH WEST 28,925 16,158 19,257 19,589 8,945 8,647 19,118 66Bath and North East Somerset UA 1,281 817 940 941 313 321 920 72Bournemouth UA 997 600 696 706 270 264 716 72Bristol, City of UA 1,761 1,061 1,269 1,271 462 461 1,324 75North Somerset UA 886 532 621 629 243 223 522 59Plymouth UA 1,173 605 758 743 400 412 866 74Poole UA 710 370 453 463 235 222 513 72South Gloucestershire UA 1,213 676 814 810 379 378 810 67Swindon UA 913 486 600 601 295 293 658 72Torbay UA 967 491 601 605 338 336 773 80Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 3,591 1,895 2,284 2,339 1,180 1,153 2,438 68 Bodmin 354 194 223 237 115 108 204 58 Camborne-Redruth 222 103 130 131 80 82 142 64 Falmouth 301 166 206 202 85 94 217 72 IslesofScilly 59 21 30 28 24 30 52 88 Kerrier 170 84 109 105 57 62 100 59 Launceston 109 54 63 71 37 34 70 64 Liskeard 225 115 139 148 78 70 115 51 Penzance 530 265 325 336 195 179 383 72 StAustell 590 335 395 401 171 174 400 68 StGermans 338 213 246 247 84 86 236 70 Stratton 144 70 84 87 53 52 110 76 Truro 549 275 334 346 201 182 409 74Devon 4,233 2,308 2,753 2,822 1,367 1,299 2,652 63 EastDevon 660 366 426 443 211 198 381 58 Exeter 679 357 434 442 230 221 533 78 MidDevon 401 240 278 285 117 108 224 56 NorthDevon 590 327 393 394 178 182 345 58 SouthHams 697 396 464 490 215 193 423 61 Teignbridge 619 322 392 406 210 191 396 64 Torridge 272 145 174 173 92 90 164 60 WestDevon 315 155 192 189 114 116 186 59

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Dorset 2,161 1,173 1,419 1,426 688 678 1,305 60 EastDorset 583 331 387 393 177 165 363 62 NorthDorset 450 248 301 303 139 139 253 56 SouthandWestDorset 1,128 594 731 730 372 374 689 61Gloucestershire 3,500 2,049 2,393 2,467 1,037 972 2,242 64 Cheltenham 897 567 647 663 233 215 517 58 Cirencester 570 314 379 383 180 178 414 73 ForestofDean 425 262 302 317 118 104 300 71 Gloucester 773 462 538 542 221 220 461 60 NorthCotswold 343 167 200 225 133 112 268 78 Stroud 492 277 327 337 152 143 282 57Somerset 3,011 1,693 1,976 2,051 955 878 1,856 62 Mendip 631 374 437 445 181 175 357 57 Sedgemoor 574 327 381 395 178 163 342 60 SouthSomerset 873 495 571 591 279 251 544 62 Taunton 651 329 401 418 231 219 441 68 WestSomerset 282 168 186 202 86 70 172 61Wiltshire 2,528 1,402 1,680 1,715 783 757 1,523 60 Chippenham 827 485 568 588 243 225 520 63 DevizesandMarlborough 396 213 253 259 133 124 184 46 Salisbury 659 368 445 455 187 188 395 60 Trowbridge 496 251 313 315 173 171 349 70 Warminster 150 85 101 98 47 49 75 50WALES 14,884 8,660 10,218 10,386 4,356 4,177 9,038 61Isle of Anglesey 355 214 251 250 88 98 200 56Gwynedd 668 387 465 474 190 179 474 71 Ardudwy 176 97 122 121 51 52 155 88 Bangor 85 55 63 68 22 17 55 65 Caernarfon 163 105 122 122 40 41 127 78 DeMeirionnydd 102 45 58 59 41 35 70 69 Dwyfor 122 75 90 90 28 29 58 48 Penllyn 20 10 10 14 8 5 9 45Conwy 523 253 302 325 199 182 338 65 Aberconwy 362 169 201 222 148 128 259 72 Colwyn 161 84 101 103 51 54 79 49Denbighshire 540 310 372 368 158 159 352 65 DenbighshireNorth 302 177 212 207 86 88 189 63 DenbighshireSouth 238 133 160 161 72 71 163 68Flintshire 823 463 546 568 259 233 553 67 FlintshireEast 411 223 264 274 136 124 268 65 FlintshireWest 412 240 282 294 123 109 285 69Wrexham 579 329 390 400 181 164 355 61Powys 774 457 540 544 219 212 480 62 Brecknock 185 106 123 134 58 48 113 61 Hay 71 37 47 47 24 20 59 83 Machynlleth 15 9 11 10 4 5 11 73 MidPowys 121 76 89 89 32 32 73 60 Newtown 114 71 85 77 26 34 56 49 RadnorshireEast 21 12 13 12 7 9 15 71 WelshpoolandLlanfyllin 175 100 119 117 50 50 103 59 Ystradgynlais 72 46 53 58 18 14 50 69Ceredigion 319 189 225 224 84 92 181 57 CardiganshireCentral 74 47 53 57 19 16 35 47 CardiganshireNorth 159 93 108 109 44 48 102 64 CardiganshireSouth 86 49 64 58 21 28 44 51

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WALES- continued

Pembrokeshire 669 350 425 446 229 200 350 52Carmarthenshire 843 496 576 594 247 232 461 55 Carmarthen 459 276 318 323 130 127 224 49 Llanelli 384 220 258 271 117 105 237 62Swansea 1,192 713 844 833 331 333 710 60Neath Port Talbot 616 339 410 418 197 190 359 58Bridgend 697 379 447 470 234 208 448 64The Vale of Glamorgan 627 366 432 439 181 167 350 56Cardiff 1,624 1,054 1,193 1,218 409 387 1,070 66Rhondda, Cynon, Taff 893 555 656 645 222 232 499 56MerthyrTydfil 228 142 165 162 61 62 113 50Caerphilly 812 447 543 539 252 254 459 57 Blaenau Gwent 231 134 150 164 71 60 108 47Torfaen 383 221 263 261 113 111 204 53Monmouthshire 768 441 531 539 221 221 513 67 Monmouth 768 441 531 539 221 221 513 67Newport 720 421 492 505 210 201 461 64

Areaofoccurrence All Civilmarriages Religiousmarriages marriages All Approved All Churchof Roman Methodist Premises Englandand Catholic Churchin Wales

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ENGLAND AND WALES 273,069 184,913 85,154 88,156 62,006 9,850 5,304ENGLAND 258,185 175,875 81,310 82,310 57,910 9,426 5,066NORTH EAST 11,830 7,828 3,188 4,002 2,551 685 514Darlington UA 626 430 201 196 149 26 16Hartlepool UA 394 258 94 136 89 26 5Middlesbrough UA 643 428 23 215 122 58 19Redcar and Cleveland UA 670 389 181 281 226 25 21Stockton-on-Tees UA 726 444 198 282 190 40 28Durham 2,441 1,580 1,071 861 571 119 149 DurhamCentral 1,149 760 603 389 234 71 77 DurhamEastern 369 244 105 125 72 18 32 DurhamWestern 923 576 363 347 265 30 40Northumberland 1,955 1,418 760 537 376 81 38 NorthumberlandCentral 1,019 743 333 276 191 40 15 NorthumberlandNorthFirst 215 162 95 53 38 7 2 NorthumberlandNorthSecond 153 77 43 76 62 10 2 NorthumberlandWest 568 436 289 132 85 24 19Tyne and Wear (Met County) 4,375 2,881 660 1,494 828 310 238 Gateshead 785 450 24 335 196 74 39 NewcastleuponTyne 1,169 906 279 263 144 61 33 NorthTyneside 809 556 85 253 151 56 30 SouthTyneside 579 360 140 219 135 33 35 Sunderland 1,033 609 132 424 202 86 101NORTH WEST 32,206 20,690 9,212 11,516 6,743 2,549 786Blackburn with Darwen UA 604 419 76 185 86 59 7Blackpool UA 701 539 82 162 96 34 13Halton UA 510 320 74 190 114 55 17Warrington UA 832 509 235 323 213 50 37Cheshire 4,377 2,902 1,981 1,475 1,017 167 113 CheshireCentral 1,467 1,004 734 463 358 32 58 CheshireEast 1,666 1,019 751 647 392 75 39 CheshireWest 1,244 879 496 365 267 60 16Cumbria 3,601 2,493 1,509 1,108 850 135 76 Barrow-in-Furness 321 218 84 103 68 15 2 Carlisle 474 300 117 174 132 25 6 Cockermouth 530 334 219 196 156 14 22 Kendal 1,002 810 534 192 147 25 11 Millom 25 6 - 19 17 1 - Penrith 408 290 213 118 103 4 10 Ulverston 394 288 209 106 80 10 15 Whitehaven 331 187 100 144 95 41 7 Wigton 116 60 33 56 52 - 3Greater Manchester (Met County) 10,688 6,916 2,247 3,772 2,097 835 211 Bolton 1,378 1,023 254 355 220 68 24 Bury 713 413 67 300 166 61 12 Manchester 1,778 1,380 323 398 150 134 18 Oldham 853 522 194 331 235 50 19 Rochdale 930 624 500 306 159 67 14 Salford 948 559 165 389 186 77 12 Stockport 1,101 682 196 419 260 83 29 Tameside 720 379 92 341 196 33 17 Trafford 955 576 122 379 202 105 23 WiganandLeigh 1,312 758 334 554 323 157 43Lancashire 5,557 3,388 1,681 2,169 1,209 510 201 BurnleyandPendle 644 360 86 284 156 63 41 Chorley 497 289 139 208 111 43 17 FleetwoodandFylde 656 284 131 372 177 56 35 HyndburnandRossendale 629 407 180 222 121 58 14 Lancaster 839 566 280 273 196 41 16

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436 1,737 110 1,774 4,217 757 1,965 ENGLAND AND WALES

210 1,393 3 1,693 3,905 757 1,947 ENGLAND

3 30 - 67 104 22 26 NORTH EAST

- 1 - - 3 - 1 Darlington UA - 2 - 12 2 - - Hartlepool UA 1 - - 1 4 - 10 Middlesbrough UA 2 1 - - 6 - - Redcar and Cleveland UA - 8 - 3 6 - 7 Stockton-on-Tees UA

- 4 - - 17 - 1 Durham - 2 - - 5 - - DurhamCentral - - - - 3 - - DurhamEastern - 2 - - 9 - 1 DurhamWestern

- 1 - 30 11 - - Northumberland - - - 26 4 - - NorthumberlandCentral - - - 1 5 - - NorthumberlandNorthFirst - - - 2 - - - NorthumberlandNorthSecond - 1 - 1 2 - - NorthumberlandWest

- 13 - 21 55 22 7 Tyne and Wear (Met County) - 2 - 1 2 21 - Gateshead - 6 - 3 13 1 2 NewcastleuponTyne - 1 - 10 5 - - NorthTyneside - 3 - 5 7 - 1 SouthTyneside - 1 - 2 28 - 4 Sunderland

26 89 3 471 655 138 56 NORTH WEST

1 1 - 26 5 - - Blackburn with Darwen UA 1 1 - 11 6 - - Blackpool UA - - - - 4 - - Halton UA - 1 - 10 10 - 2 Warrington UA

2 10 - 29 136 - 1 Cheshire - 4 - 3 8 - - CheshireCentral 2 4 - 17 117 - 1 CheshireEast - 2 - 9 11 - - CheshireWest

2 5 - 14 26 - - Cumbria - 4 - 10 4 - - Barrow-in-Furness 2 - - - 9 - - Carlisle - - - - 4 - - Cockermouth - - - 3 6 - - Kendal - - - - 1 - - Millom

- - - - 1 - - Penrith - 1 - - - - - Ulverston - - - 1 - - - Whitehaven - - - - 1 - - Wigton

13 33 - 157 260 126 40 Greater Manchester (Met County) - - - 10 25 - 8 Bolton - 4 - 13 7 37 - Bury 2 5 - 3 55 13 18 Manchester 5 4 - 4 6 - 8 Oldham - 6 - 49 10 - 1 Rochdale

1 - - 6 47 60 - Salford 2 1 - 26 14 4 - Stockport 3 1 - 37 51 - 3 Tameside - 7 - 6 23 12 1 Trafford - 5 - 3 22 - 1 WiganandLeigh

6 28 - 99 108 - 8 Lancashire - 8 - 1 15 - - BurnleyandPendle - - - 9 28 - - Chorley - 4 - 69 31 - - FleetwoodandFylde - 12 - 3 13 - 1 HyndburnandRossendale 1 3 - 10 6 - - Lancaster

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PrestonandSouthRibble 1,162 722 284 440 207 149 56 RibbleValley 674 514 454 160 121 27 6 WestLancashire 456 246 127 210 120 73 16Merseyside (Met County) 5,336 3,204 1,327 2,132 1,061 704 111 Knowsley 512 340 95 172 95 68 5 Liverpool 1,703 1,105 315 598 270 250 8 SeftonNorth 627 396 252 231 118 58 36 SeftonSouth 456 220 141 236 114 92 9 StHelens 708 385 72 323 172 118 18 Wirral 1,330 758 452 572 292 118 35YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER 24,438 16,558 8,800 7,880 5,683 666 938East Riding of Yorkshire UA 1,700 1,039 854 661 524 31 81Kingston upon Hull, City of UA 1,060 784 164 276 184 24 52North East Lincolnshire UA 774 509 103 265 227 6 12North Lincolnshire UA 746 451 133 295 244 17 22York UA 1,243 951 704 292 191 44 43North Yorkshire 4,247 2,912 2,858 1,335 1,088 79 137South Yorkshire (Met County) 5,620 3,784 1,176 1,836 1,318 121 246 Barnsley 1,054 748 251 306 216 12 69 Doncaster 1,461 990 296 471 327 34 60 Rotherham 1,127 700 216 427 319 28 57 Sheffield 1,978 1,346 413 632 456 47 60West Yorkshire (Met County) 9,048 6,128 2,808 2,920 1,907 344 345 Bradford 1,652 1,152 353 500 276 78 63 Calderdale 1,017 715 367 302 225 29 33 Dewsbury 693 482 480 211 141 22 27 Huddersfield 1,031 667 665 364 250 29 45 Keighley 246 153 48 93 61 13 9 Leeds 2,670 1,707 373 963 609 131 107 Pontefract 767 516 191 251 196 15 31 Wakefield 972 736 331 236 149 27 30EAST MIDLANDS 21,887 14,166 6,552 7,721 5,909 483 496Derby UA 897 559 121 338 192 42 28Leicester UA 1,265 909 95 356 137 46 19Nottingham UA 906 626 81 280 139 51 5Rutland UA 369 286 178 83 73 7 3Derbyshire 4,057 2,551 1,354 1,506 1,147 82 152 AmberValley 605 403 210 202 168 4 20 Ashbourne 158 91 23 67 65 1 1 Bakewell 678 546 378 132 101 7 20 Chesterfield 1,199 668 284 531 392 32 70 Erewash 723 515 296 208 163 9 12 HighPeak 407 227 62 180 96 25 14 SouthDerbyshire 287 101 101 186 162 4 15Leicestershire 3,228 1,987 1,563 1,241 981 76 76Lincolnshire 3,510 2,133 1,722 1,377 1,187 38 93Northamptonshire 3,519 2,378 716 1,141 842 87 55 Corby 328 237 96 91 31 28 1 Daventry 299 190 102 109 87 2 8 Kettering 397 256 63 141 103 6 6 Northampton 1,358 962 250 396 302 38 10 OundleandThrapston 184 107 28 77 73 3 - TowcesterandBrackley 412 260 149 152 132 1 7 Wellingborough 541 366 28 175 114 9 23

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4 1 - 6 10 - 7 PrestonandSouthRibble 1 - - 1 4 - - RibbleValley - - - - 1 - - WestLancashire

1 10 3 125 100 12 5 Merseyside (Met County) - 1 - 3 - - - Knowsley 1 3 3 10 40 12 1 Liverpool - 3 - 6 10 - - SeftonNorth - - - 6 11 - 4 SeftonSouth

- 1 - 10 4 - - StHelens - 2 - 90 35 - - Wirral

12 72 - 122 275 24 88 YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER

1 - - 9 13 1 1 East Riding of Yorkshire UA - - - 2 13 - 1 Kingston upon Hull, City of UA - 5 - 9 6 - - North East Lincolnshire UA - 4 - 3 3 - 2 North Lincolnshire UA - 1 - 1 12 - - York UA

2 4 - 14 10 - 1 North Yorkshire

4 10 - 39 90 1 7 South Yorkshire (Met County) - - - - 9 - - Barnsley 1 2 - 20 22 - 5 Doncaster 2 1 - 11 8 - 1 Rotherham 1 7 - 8 51 1 1 Sheffield

5 48 - 45 128 22 76 West Yorkshire (Met County) 2 3 - 20 30 - 28 Bradford 1 3 - 2 9 - - Calderdale - 4 - 10 7 - - Dewsbury - 5 - 3 16 - 16 Huddersfield - 6 - 1 2 - 1 Keighley

- 20 - 6 43 22 25 Leeds 2 - - 1 6 - - Pontefract - 7 - 2 15 - 6 Wakefield

51 166 - 134 295 2 185 EAST MIDLANDS

- 8 - 2 20 - 46 Derby UA 1 15 - 12 35 - 91 Leicester UA 1 21 - 1 24 2 36 Nottingham UA - - - - - - - Rutland UA

39 7 - 26 52 - 1 Derbyshire - 3 - 1 6 - - AmberValley - - - - - - - Ashbourne 1 - - 1 2 - - Bakewell - 2 - 10 24 - 1 Chesterfield - 2 - 10 12 - - Erewash

38 - - 1 6 - - HighPeak - - - 3 2 - - SouthDerbyshire

7 45 - 17 38 - 1 Leicestershire

- 11 - 9 37 - 2 Lincolnshire

2 38 - 53 57 - 7 Northamptonshire - 1 - 2 28 - - Corby - 1 - 9 2 - - Daventry - 7 - 14 3 - 2 Kettering 2 21 - 4 15 - 4 Northampton - 1 - - - - - OundleandThrapston

- 4 - 4 4 - - TowcesterandBrackley - 3 - 20 5 - 1 Wellingborough

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Nottinghamshire 4,136 2,737 722 1,399 1,211 54 65 Basford 1,024 584 223 440 380 14 20 EastRetford 292 189 111 103 86 5 8 Mansfield 930 622 30 308 268 15 12 Newark 565 324 98 241 218 7 10 Rushcliffe 1,005 813 199 192 171 5 9 Worksop 320 205 61 115 88 8 6WEST MIDLANDS 25,852 16,409 5,473 9,443 6,504 969 594Herefordshire, County of UA 1,031 603 223 428 377 27 3 Bromyard 50 14 - 36 35 1 - Hereford 466 289 109 177 139 23 2 Kington 36 21 18 15 15 - - Ledbury 146 97 37 49 49 - - Leominster 159 79 26 80 76 1 1 Ross 174 103 33 71 63 2 -Stoke-on-Trent UA 838 547 85 291 166 38 50Telford and Wrekin UA 782 568 189 214 164 16 10Shropshire 1,925 1,223 785 702 618 32 26 Bridgnorth 367 219 144 148 129 10 6 Clun 77 33 20 44 44 - - Ludlow 180 89 39 91 86 3 2 NorthShropshire 265 152 96 113 98 3 10 Oswestry 234 132 71 102 83 3 7 Shrewsbury 802 598 415 204 178 13 1Staffordshire 4,709 3,045 1,084 1,664 1,307 148 132 CannockChase 433 244 6 189 140 20 17 EastStaffordshire 632 437 119 195 155 15 21 Lichfield 1,010 677 166 333 278 20 14 Newcastle-under-Lyme 740 531 60 209 143 23 33 SouthStaffordshire 719 484 406 235 205 15 12 Stafford 703 428 199 275 234 21 2 StaffordshireMoorlands 472 244 128 228 152 34 33Warwickshire 3,496 2,315 1,112 1,181 925 130 22 MidWarwickshire 801 432 97 369 269 38 5 NorthWarwickshire 445 259 194 186 171 10 4 NuneatonandBedworth 603 415 26 188 138 21 4 Rugby 750 590 377 160 115 25 3 SouthWarwickshire 897 619 418 278 232 36 6West Midlands (Met County) 9,935 6,149 1,205 3,786 1,960 482 325 Birmingham 3,617 2,286 387 1,331 613 253 58 Coventry 1,384 899 158 485 234 73 16 Dudley 1,225 820 182 405 274 17 55 Sandwell 1,010 624 188 386 151 26 66 Solihull 909 567 160 342 239 63 25 Walsall 924 479 92 445 278 24 64 Wolverhampton 866 474 38 392 171 26 41Worcestershire 3,136 1,959 790 1,177 987 96 26 Bromsgrove 652 358 187 294 239 21 6 Droitwich 171 96 51 75 64 7 3 Evesham 271 153 72 118 102 10 2 Kidderminster 609 408 189 201 166 24 5 Malvern 575 412 159 163 142 9 3 Pershore 156 75 - 81 81 - - Redditch 281 195 70 86 73 10 2 Tenbury 67 46 20 21 20 - 1 Worcester 354 216 42 138 100 15 4

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1 21 - 14 32 - 1 Nottinghamshire - 6 - 6 14 - - Basford - 2 - - 2 - - EastRetford - 7 - - 6 - - Mansfield 1 3 - - 2 - - Newark

- 3 - 3 1 - - Rushcliffe - - - 5 7 - 1 Worksop

17 118 - 112 441 2 686 WEST MIDLANDS

- 8 - 4 9 - - Herefordshire, County of UA - - - - - - - Bromyard - 3 - 4 6 - - Hereford - - - - - - - Kington - - - - - - - Ledbury

- - - - 2 - - Leominster - 5 - - 1 - - Ross

5 4 - 9 19 - - Stoke-on-Trent UA - 1 - 2 15 - 6 Telford and Wrekin UA

2 3 - 9 12 - - Shropshire - 1 - 1 1 - - Bridgnorth - - - - - - - Clun - - - - - - - Ludlow - - - 2 - - - NorthShropshire

1 - - 2 6 - - Oswestry 1 2 - 4 5 - - Shrewsbury

5 10 - 10 46 - 6 Staffordshire - 1 - - 8 - 3 CannockChase - - - - 4 - - EastStaffordshire 3 1 - - 15 - 2 Lichfield 2 1 - - 7 - - Newcastle-under-Lyme - - - 2 - - 1 SouthStaffordshire

- 7 - 5 6 - - Stafford - - - 3 6 - - StaffordshireMoorlands

3 16 - 8 22 - 55 Warwickshire 2 - - - 8 - 47 MidWarwickshire 1 - - - - - - NorthWarwickshire - 8 - 2 7 - 8 NuneatonandBedworth - 7 - 4 6 - - Rugby - 1 - 2 1 - - SouthWarwickshire

2 64 - 67 266 2 618 West Midlands (Met County) - 32 - 20 122 2 231 Birmingham - 16 - 14 28 - 104 Coventry 1 3 - 9 35 - 11 Dudley 1 5 - 1 24 - 112 Sandwell - 1 - 3 11 - - Solihull

- - - 13 12 - 54 Walsall - 7 - 7 34 - 106 Wolverhampton

- 12 - 3 52 - 1 Worcestershire - 1 - 1 26 - - Bromsgrove - - - - 1 - - Droitwich - 1 - - 3 - - Evesham - 1 - - 5 - - Kidderminster - 4 - 2 2 - 1 Malvern

- - - - - - - Pershore - 1 - - - - - Redditch - - - - - - - Tenbury - 4 - - 15 - - Worcester

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EAST 29,083 19,195 9,309 9,888 7,613 741 475Luton UA 672 481 25 191 62 67 14Peterborough UA 1,020 738 150 282 216 23 7Southend-on-Sea UA 665 466 116 199 111 27 13Thurrock UA 702 487 259 215 171 14 2Bedfordshire 2,090 1,300 896 790 592 71 65Cambridgeshire 2,940 1,778 609 1,162 936 74 62 Cambridge 1,540 962 286 578 461 48 14 Ely 263 159 13 104 89 5 6 Fenland 355 208 55 147 128 6 8 Huntingdon 782 449 255 333 258 15 34Essex 7,065 4,723 2,269 2,342 1,876 141 80 Braintree 955 639 297 316 270 18 - Brentwood 1,318 949 480 369 261 38 16 CastlePointandRochford 590 368 203 222 169 13 15 Chelmsford 1,391 932 620 459 383 28 7 Colchester 1,454 966 334 488 363 26 37 EppingForest 547 293 59 254 225 9 2 Harlow 265 187 22 78 62 5 1 Uttlesford 545 389 254 156 143 4 2Hertfordshire 5,530 3,731 2,993 1,799 1,220 212 48 Bishop’sStortford 322 224 224 98 79 13 3 Broxbourne 404 307 295 97 66 22 1 Dacorum 778 548 464 230 191 16 6 Hatfield 593 373 337 220 107 13 5 HertfordandWare 779 615 615 164 126 29 2 HitchinandStevenage 1,108 760 607 348 272 22 9 StAlbans 650 407 195 243 161 48 8 Watford 896 497 256 399 218 49 14Norfolk 4,555 2,951 945 1,604 1,345 53 124 Depwade 181 101 52 80 72 - 2 Downham 147 82 8 65 50 1 14 EastDereham 198 120 25 78 66 - 11 Fakenham 182 109 37 73 64 2 6 GreatYarmouth 545 391 101 154 124 7 14 King’sLynn 638 402 132 236 190 6 26 NorthWalsham 374 214 75 160 137 4 15 Norwich 1,896 1,294 474 602 509 29 21 Wayland 394 238 41 156 133 4 15Suffolk 3,844 2,540 1,047 1,304 1,084 59 60 BuryStEdmunds 940 654 174 286 243 11 11 Deben 474 322 225 152 140 3 3 GippingandHartismere 406 265 88 141 129 1 - Ipswich 959 630 228 329 263 24 13 Sudbury 425 280 164 145 120 8 5 Waveney 640 389 168 251 189 12 28LONDON 39,182 31,842 13,057 7,340 3,411 1,532 233Inner London 18,035 15,083 6,843 2,952 1,195 664 57 Camden 1,183 895 123 288 48 123 - CityofLondon 257 70 61 187 175 5 - Hackney 1,302 1,118 675 184 33 16 4 HammersmithandFulham 792 685 58 107 61 33 2 Haringey 1,599 1,374 71 225 36 41 5 Islington 1,115 971 749 144 44 69 9 KensingtonandChelsea 1,869 1,588 561 281 117 76 2 Lambeth 1,157 976 59 181 49 31 7 Lewisham 1,047 788 286 259 159 32 5 Newham 1,067 1,043 24 24 5 3 -

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27 215 - 191 396 57 173 EAST

- 18 - 1 14 - 15 Luton UA - 8 - 7 14 - 7 Peterborough UA - 6 - 17 12 10 3 Southend-on-Sea UA - 5 - 6 12 - 5 Thurrock UA

2 18 - - 23 - 19 Bedfordshire

1 34 - 34 17 1 3 Cambridgeshire 1 20 - 17 13 1 3 Cambridge - 4 - - - - - Ely - 2 - 1 2 - - Fenland - 8 - 16 2 - - Huntingdon

20 58 - 65 90 9 3 Essex 2 11 - 8 7 - - Braintree - 12 - 8 33 - 1 Brentwood 10 6 - 3 6 - - CastlePointandRochford 7 9 - 13 12 - - Chelmsford - 12 - 27 21 - 2 Colchester

1 3 - 2 3 9 - EppingForest - 3 - 1 6 - - Harlow - 2 - 3 2 - - Uttlesford

1 27 - 39 100 37 115 Hertfordshire 1 - - 2 - - - Bishop’sStortford - - - 2 6 - - Broxbourne - 5 - 4 8 - - Dacorum - 2 - 14 39 1 39 Hatfield - 2 - 3 1 - 1 HertfordandWare

- 8 - 8 17 - 12 HitchinandStevenage - 3 - 4 15 1 3 StAlbans - 7 - 2 14 35 60 Watford

2 16 - 4 58 - 2 Norfolk - 1 - 2 2 - 1 Depwade - - - - - - - Downham - 1 - - - - - EastDereham - 1 - - - - - Fakenham - - - - 9 - - GreatYarmouth

- 5 - - 9 - - King’sLynn 1 3 - - - - - NorthWalsham 1 5 - 1 36 - - Norwich - - - 1 2 - 1 Wayland

1 25 - 18 56 - 1 Suffolk - 3 - 3 15 - - BuryStEdmunds - 3 - - 3 - - Deben - 2 - 4 5 - - GippingandHartismere 1 7 - 2 19 - - Ipswich

- 3 - 5 4 - - Sudbury - 7 - 4 10 - 1 Waveney

31 240 - 100 837 492 464 LONDON

14 84 - 20 562 234 122 Inner London - 7 - 4 74 25 7 Camden - - - 1 6 - - CityofLondon - 3 - 3 27 68 30 Hackney - 1 - 2 7 - 1 HammersmithandFulham - 4 - 1 124 3 11 Haringey

7 2 - - 9 - 4 Islington - - - - 63 8 15 KensingtonandChelsea - 30 - 3 49 1 11 Lambeth - 9 - 1 52 - 1 Lewisham - - - - 3 - 13 Newham

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Southwark 1,422 1,130 1,129 292 154 45 18 TowerHamlets 968 852 819 116 54 28 - Wandsworth 1,672 1,519 162 153 58 49 3 Westminster 2,585 2,074 2,066 511 202 113 2Outer London 21,147 16,759 6,214 4,388 2,216 868 176 BarkingandDagenham 807 666 42 141 81 14 3 Barnet 1,600 1,251 511 349 88 38 6 Bexley 1,300 1,073 156 227 154 34 8 Brent 1,799 1,586 538 213 58 62 17 Bromley 1,221 860 743 361 237 52 23 Croydon 1,246 840 204 406 225 67 23 Ealing 1,286 999 651 287 77 83 6 Enfield 1,353 1,177 147 176 87 44 11 Greenwich 863 680 221 183 99 45 6 Harrow 808 603 68 205 73 35 6 Havering 1,212 911 910 301 206 63 12 Hillingdon 987 729 728 258 144 51 15 Hounslow 882 740 66 142 80 27 2 KingstonuponThames 514 382 72 132 72 41 2 Merton 1,033 858 59 175 100 57 1 Redbridge 1,022 801 39 221 91 55 6 RichmonduponThames 1,251 1,014 458 237 169 47 2 Sutton 799 594 589 205 115 36 17 WalthamForest 1,164 995 12 169 60 17 10SOUTH EAST 44,782 30,069 17,551 14,713 11,557 1,242 487Bracknell Forest UA 463 245 102 218 177 20 4Brighton and Hove UA 1,416 1,135 342 281 167 52 22Isle of Wight UA 765 500 155 265 204 13 27Medway UA 1,040 773 556 267 179 31 16Milton Keynes UA 1,193 831 156 362 260 17 13 Portsmouth UA 1,411 1,097 167 314 161 35 6Reading UA 800 630 24 170 81 41 12Slough UA 566 412 42 154 35 33 4Southampton UA 1,143 874 532 269 163 41 8West Berkshire UA 854 543 328 311 265 28 7Windsor and Maidenhead UA 1,073 786 531 287 223 42 8Wokingham UA 640 385 224 255 219 20 5Buckinghamshire 2,373 1,393 750 980 768 89 46 AylesburyVale 766 457 204 309 256 9 28 ChilternHills 1,607 936 546 671 512 80 18East Sussex 2,986 2,164 930 822 654 57 32 Crowborough 595 369 271 226 195 20 2 Eastbourne 922 714 295 208 157 19 1 HastingsandRother 803 559 221 244 180 13 23 Lewes 666 522 143 144 122 5 6Hampshire 6,569 4,076 1,987 2,493 2,150 161 47 Alton 366 218 116 148 132 9 4 Andover 334 213 57 121 106 7 - Droxford 313 180 141 133 128 2 2 HampshireNorth 835 562 267 273 232 21 10 NewForest 1,262 892 647 370 335 15 1 NorthEastHampshire 687 405 138 282 242 21 7 Petersfield 357 237 79 120 109 6 3 Romsey 383 244 107 139 116 5 1 SouthEastHampshire 1,039 541 137 498 405 36 13 Winchester 993 584 298 409 345 39 6

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2 13 - 3 55 - 2 Southwark - 5 - - 12 1 16 TowerHamlets 1 10 - 2 22 3 5 Wandsworth 4 - - - 59 125 6 Westminster

17 156 - 80 275 258 342 Outer London - 3 - 4 8 - 28 BarkingandDagenham - 8 - 5 31 170 3 Barnet - 13 - 2 5 - 11 Bexley - 7 - 2 32 18 17 Brent 7 18 - 15 8 1 - Bromley

2 18 - 11 51 - 9 Croydon - 9 - 1 12 - 99 Ealing - 4 - 5 18 3 4 Enfield - 4 - 1 7 - 21 Greenwich 2 14 - 1 10 30 34 Harrow

- 7 - 2 8 - 3 Havering 1 7 - 1 3 9 27 Hillingdon - 2 - - 10 - 21 Hounslow - 2 - 6 7 2 - KingstonuponThames 1 4 - 3 8 - 1 Merton

- 10 - 2 9 22 26 Redbridge 1 9 - 1 8 - - RichmonduponThames - 7 - 15 10 - 5 Sutton 3 10 - 3 30 3 33 WalthamForest

18 287 - 264 617 13 228 SOUTH EAST

- 5 - - 12 - - Bracknell Forest UA - 4 - 5 21 7 3 Brighton and Hove UA 2 4 - 7 8 - - Isle of Wight UA - 3 - 1 23 - 14 Medway UA - 24 - 30 13 - 5 Milton Keynes UA

- 4 - 3 103 - 2 Portsmouth UA - 9 - 4 21 1 1 Reading UA - 2 - 3 6 - 71 Slough UA - 7 - 5 22 - 23 Southampton UA - 3 - 7 1 - - West Berkshire UA

- 2 - 1 4 3 4 Windsor and Maidenhead UA - 4 - - 7 - - Wokingham UA

- 26 - 8 22 - 21 Buckinghamshire - 5 - 2 4 - 5 AylesburyVale - 21 - 6 18 - 16 ChilternHills

1 20 - 19 34 - 5 East Sussex 1 4 - 1 3 - - Crowborough - 6 - 10 13 - 2 Eastbourne - 6 - 7 12 - 3 HastingsandRother - 4 - 1 6 - - Lewes

- 30 - 42 49 - 14 Hampshire - - - - 1 - 2 Alton - 4 - 1 3 - - Andover - - - - - - 1 Droxford - - - 4 4 - 2 HampshireNorth - 8 - 5 6 - - NewForest

- 4 - 1 4 - 3 NorthEastHampshire - - - 1 1 - - Petersfield - 3 - 12 1 - 1 Romsey - 11 - 14 17 - 2 SouthEastHampshire - - - 4 12 - 3 Winchester

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Kent 7,930 5,459 5,439 2,471 1,968 150 58Oxfordshire 3,715 2,450 1,945 1,265 1,015 109 62Surrey 5,556 3,581 2,240 1,975 1,616 208 38 EastSurrey 1,760 1,051 670 709 579 70 14 NorthSurrey 1,973 1,397 829 576 448 72 12 WestSurrey 1,823 1,133 741 690 589 66 12West Sussex 4,289 2,735 1,101 1,554 1,252 95 72 Chichester 1,296 848 359 448 394 21 4 Crawley 679 443 153 236 186 18 8 HaywardsHeath 501 299 144 202 172 16 7 Horsham 559 355 179 204 165 12 6 Worthing 1,254 790 266 464 335 28 47SOUTH WEST 28,925 19,118 8,168 9,807 7,939 559 543Bath and North East Somerset UA 1,281 920 388 361 273 43 15Bournemouth UA 997 716 301 281 161 33 9Bristol, City of UA 1,761 1,324 315 437 256 61 23North Somerset UA 886 522 257 364 309 19 11Plymouth UA 1,173 866 132 307 211 37 20Poole UA 710 513 163 197 160 12 4South Gloucestershire UA 1,213 810 332 403 345 13 23Swindon UA 913 658 205 255 181 30 18Torbay UA 967 773 208 194 142 12 5Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 3,591 2,438 997 1,153 920 35 148 Bodmin 354 204 61 150 129 2 15 Camborne-Redruth 222 142 31 80 60 1 17 Falmouth 301 217 115 84 60 10 6 IslesofScilly 59 52 9 7 4 - 3 Kerrier 170 100 25 70 58 - 11 Launceston 109 70 18 39 23 1 13 Liskeard 225 115 16 110 94 2 10 Penzance 530 383 167 147 112 4 29 StAustell 590 400 198 190 148 9 17 StGermans 338 236 179 102 90 1 3 Stratton 144 110 53 34 27 - 6 Truro 549 409 125 140 115 5 18Devon 4,233 2,652 1,401 1,581 1,304 55 101 EastDevon 660 381 298 279 221 8 25 Exeter 679 533 162 146 87 18 11 MidDevon 401 224 86 177 159 - 8 NorthDevon 590 345 129 245 211 4 7 SouthHams 697 423 299 274 253 5 6 Teignbridge 619 396 249 223 189 12 7 Torridge 272 164 50 108 75 3 25 WestDevon 315 186 128 129 109 5 12Dorset 2,161 1,305 711 856 742 33 30 EastDorset 583 363 228 220 185 9 7 NorthDorset 450 253 127 197 178 5 8 SouthandWestDorset 1,128 689 356 439 379 19 15Gloucestershire 3,500 2,242 1,099 1,258 1,041 84 49 Cheltenham 897 517 282 380 309 29 9 Cirencester 570 414 253 156 128 9 13 ForestofDean 425 300 201 125 107 - 8 Gloucester 773 461 115 312 255 21 15 NorthCotswold 343 268 156 75 65 7 - Stroud 492 282 92 210 177 18 4

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5 61 - 33 162 - 34 Kent

2 11 - 39 20 - 7 Oxfordshire

6 30 - 24 41 2 10 Surrey - 12 - 14 17 - 3 EastSurrey 6 8 - 8 18 2 2 NorthSurrey - 10 - 2 6 - 5 WestSurrey

2 38 - 33 48 - 14 West Sussex 2 8 - 5 8 - 6 Chichester - 7 - 6 10 - 1 Crawley - 1 - 3 3 - - HaywardsHeath - 5 - 2 7 - 7 Horsham - 17 - 17 20 - - Worthing

25 176 - 232 285 7 41 SOUTH WEST

- 11 - 3 13 - 3 Bath and North East Somerset UA - 6 - 35 28 7 2 Bournemouth UA 5 19 - 17 44 - 12 Bristol, City of UA - 10 - 7 8 - - North Somerset UA - 13 - 13 12 - 1 Plymouth UA

- 2 - 9 10 - - Poole UA 2 7 - 5 8 - - South Gloucestershire UA - 3 - 6 9 - 8 Swindon UA - 14 - 12 9 - - Torbay UA

1 11 - 8 29 - 1 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly - - - - 4 - - Bodmin - - - - 1 - 1 Camborne-Redruth - 6 - - 2 - - Falmouth - - - - - - - IslesofScilly - - - - 1 - - Kerrier

- - - - 2 - - Launceston - - - - 4 - - Liskeard - - - - 2 - - Penzance - 3 - 4 9 - - StAustell 1 2 - 4 1 - - StGermans

- - - - 1 - - Stratton - - - - 2 - - Truro

6 24 - 54 37 - - Devon 2 4 - 11 8 - - EastDevon - 4 - 19 7 - - Exeter 2 - - 5 3 - - MidDevon 1 5 - 9 8 - - NorthDevon 1 6 - 1 2 - - SouthHams

- 5 - 5 5 - - Teignbridge - - - 2 3 - - Torridge - - - 2 1 - - WestDevon

- 13 - 15 21 - 2 Dorset - 2 - 8 8 - 1 EastDorset - - - 2 4 - - NorthDorset - 11 - 5 9 - 1 SouthandWestDorset

9 19 - 18 30 - 8 Gloucestershire 3 5 - 12 13 - - Cheltenham - 3 - 2 1 - - Cirencester - 3 - - 7 - - ForestofDean 2 3 - - 8 - 8 Gloucester

- 2 - - 1 - - NorthCotswold 4 3 - 4 - - - Stroud

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Somerset 3,011 1,856 882 1,155 1,016 40 55 Mendip 631 357 230 274 236 11 17 Sedgemoor 574 342 174 232 214 4 5 SouthSomerset 873 544 248 329 289 10 14 Taunton 651 441 133 210 177 14 12 WestSomerset 282 172 97 110 100 1 7Wiltshire 2,528 1,523 777 1,005 878 52 32 Chippenham 827 520 309 307 263 24 6 DevizesandMarlborough 396 184 125 212 196 6 8 Salisbury 659 395 158 264 228 15 14 Trowbridge 496 349 160 147 121 5 4 Warminster 150 75 25 75 70 2 -WALES 14,884 9,038 3,844 5,846 4,096 424 238Isle of Anglesey 355 200 93 155 122 2 -Gwynedd 668 474 268 194 126 5 2 Ardudwy 176 155 136 21 12 1 - Bangor 85 55 6 30 25 - - Caernarfon 163 127 76 36 19 1 - DeMeirionnydd 102 70 22 32 29 - - Dwyfor 122 58 25 64 38 3 2 Penllyn 20 9 3 11 3 - -Conwy 523 338 120 185 107 16 21 Aberconwy 362 259 101 103 59 7 13 Colwyn 161 79 19 82 48 9 8Denbighshire 540 352 222 188 152 9 5 DenbighshireNorth 302 189 102 113 95 7 4 DenbighshireSouth 238 163 120 75 57 2 1Flintshire 823 553 234 270 221 19 9 FlintshireEast 411 268 34 143 121 8 6 FlintshireWest 412 285 200 127 100 11 3Wrexham 579 355 126 224 181 10 8Powys 774 480 273 294 225 5 8 Brecknock 185 113 62 72 53 3 - Hay 71 59 31 12 9 - - Machynlleth 15 11 3 4 3 - - MidPowys 121 73 41 48 42 2 - Newtown 114 56 19 58 37 - - RadnorshireEast 21 15 15 6 6 - - WelshpoolandLlanfyllin 175 103 59 72 61 - 8 Ystradgynlais 72 50 43 22 14 - -Ceredigion 319 181 66 138 84 6 - CardiganshireCentral 74 35 25 39 26 2 - CardiganshireNorth 159 102 23 57 37 3 - CardiganshireSouth 86 44 18 42 21 1 -Pembrokeshire 669 350 222 319 231 18 11Carmarthenshire 843 461 199 382 260 9 8 Carmarthen 459 224 57 235 163 5 2 Llanelli 384 237 142 147 97 4 6Swansea 1,192 710 212 482 352 42 11Neath Port Talbot 616 359 159 257 169 23 14Bridgend 697 448 149 249 173 20 11The Vale of Glamorgan 627 350 217 277 184 22 32Cardiff 1,624 1,070 469 554 315 106 13Rhondda, Cynon, Taff 893 499 169 394 279 25 13

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1 13 - 9 18 - 3 Somerset - 2 - 4 4 - - Mendip - 3 - 1 5 - - Sedgemoor - 3 - 3 7 - 3 SouthSomerset 1 4 - 1 1 - - Taunton - 1 - - 1 - - WestSomerset

1 11 - 21 9 - 1 Wiltshire - 5 - 6 3 - - Chippenham - 1 - 1 - - - DevizesandMarlborough - 1 - 4 2 - - Salisbury 1 3 - 8 4 - 1 Trowbridge - 1 - 2 - - - Warminster

226 344 107 81 312 - 18 WALES

13 1 15 - 2 - - Isle of Anglesey

19 1 36 - 5 - - Gwynedd 4 - 4 - - - - Ardudwy 3 - - - 2 - - Bangor 1 1 13 - 1 - - Caernarfon 2 - - - 1 - - DeMeirionnydd 5 - 16 - - - - Dwyfor 4 - 3 - 1 - - Penllyn

6 3 6 1 25 - - Conwy 5 2 1 - 16 - - Aberconwy 1 1 5 1 9 - - Colwyn

1 - 10 - 11 - - Denbighshire - - 2 - 5 - - DenbighshireNorth 1 - 8 - 6 - - DenbighshireSouth

1 1 2 5 12 - - Flintshire - - - 4 4 - - FlintshireEast 1 1 2 1 8 - - FlintshireWest

3 5 - - 17 - - Wrexham

10 20 3 3 20 - - Powys 6 5 1 - 4 - - Brecknock 1 1 - 1 - - - Hay - - 1 - - - - Machynlleth - 2 - - 2 - - MidPowys 1 7 - 2 11 - - Newtown

- - - - - - - RadnorshireEast - 1 - - 2 - - WelshpoolandLlanfyllin 2 4 1 - 1 - - Ystradgynlais

22 6 9 - 11 - - Ceredigion 1 2 2 - 6 - - CardiganshireCentral 8 2 6 - 1 - - CardiganshireNorth 13 2 1 - 4 - - CardiganshireSouth

13 33 2 2 9 - - Pembrokeshire

43 27 12 1 21 - 1 Carmarthenshire 35 13 7 - 9 - 1 Carmarthen 8 14 5 1 12 - - Llanelli

18 18 5 4 30 - 2 Swansea

20 15 4 - 12 - - Neath Port Talbot

7 15 - 8 13 - 2 Bridgend

- 13 - 10 15 - 1 The Vale of Glamorgan

8 40 1 24 37 - 10 Cardiff

17 37 - 2 21 - - Rhondda, Cynon, Taff

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WALES -continued MerthyrTydfil 228 113 32 115 49 18 -Caerphilly 812 459 56 353 276 12 16 Blaenau Gwent 231 108 - 123 67 4 14 Torfaen 383 204 30 179 131 7 15 Monmouthshire 768 513 372 255 214 18 8 Monmouth 768 513 372 255 214 18 8 Newport 720 461 155 259 178 28 19

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1 33 - 8 6 - - MerthyrTydfil

5 21 - 7 16 - - Caerphilly

13 13 2 4 6 - - Blaenau Gwent

4 16 - 2 4 - - Torfaen

- 13 - - 2 - - Monmouthshire - 13 - - 2 - - Monmouth 2 13 - - 17 - 2 Newport

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Year All Withcivilceremonies Withreligiousceremonies marriages All Approved All Church Roman Method- Congregat- Baptist United Jews Others Premises ofEngland Catholic ist ionalist Reformed andChurch Church inWales Numbers 1994 291,069 152,113 .. 138,956 90,703 16,429 14,347 782 3,178 5,449 813 7,2551995 283,012 155,490 2,4961 127,522 83,685 15,181 12,846 717 2,771 4,783 784 6,755

1996 278,975 164,158 15,210 114,817 75,147 13,989 10,919 677 2,564 4,141 815 6,5651997 272,536 165,516 22,052 107,020 70,310 13,125 9,676 585 2,319 3,581 910 6,5141998 267,303 163,072 28,879 104,231 69,494 12,615 8,863 600 2,262 3,220 870 6,3071999 263,515 162,679 37,709 100,836 67,219 12,399 8,248 542 2,173 2,984 905 6,3662000 267,961 170,800 45,792 97,161 65,536 11,312 7,900 503 2,110 2,769 829 6,202

2001 249,227 160,238 50,149 88,989 60,878 10,518 6,391 493 1,832 2,313 780 5,7842002 255,596 169,210 61,749 86,386 58,980 10,044 6,090 440 1,801 2,161 763 6,1072003 270,109 183,124 73,784 86,985 60,385 9,858 5,742 364 1,768 1,959 751 6,1582004 273,069 184,913 85,154 88,156 62,006 9,850 5,304 436 1,737 1,774 757 6,292

Proportions per 1,000 marriages

1994 1,000 523 .. 477 312 56 49 3 11 19 3 251995 1,000 549 91 451 296 54 45 3 10 17 3 24

1996 1,000 588 55 412 269 50 39 2 9 15 3 241997 1,000 607 81 393 258 48 36 2 9 13 3 241998 1,000 610 108 390 260 47 33 2 8 12 3 241999 1,000 617 143 383 255 47 31 2 8 11 3 242000 1,000 637 171 363 245 42 29 2 8 10 3 23

2001 1,000 643 201 357 244 42 26 2 7 9 3 232002 1,000 662 242 338 231 39 24 2 7 8 3 242003 1,000 678 273 322 224 36 21 1 7 7 3 232004 1,000 677 312 323 227 36 19 2 6 6 3 23

Proportions per 1,000 marriages with religious ceremonies

1994 1,000 653 118 103 6 23 39 6 521995 1,000 656 119 101 6 22 38 6 53

1996 1,000 654 122 95 6 22 36 7 571997 1,000 657 123 90 5 22 33 9 611998 1,000 667 121 85 6 22 31 8 611999 1,000 667 123 82 5 22 30 9 632000 1,000 675 116 81 5 22 28 9 64

2001 1,000 684 118 72 6 21 26 9 652002 1,000 683 116 70 5 21 25 9 712003 1,000 694 113 66 4 20 23 9 712004 1,000 703 112 60 5 20 20 9 71

1Datafrom1April1995.ForinformationonmarriagesinApprovedPremises-seesection3.2.

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All ages Total 273,069 163,007 110,062 184,913 94,203 90,710 62,006 50,211 11,795 26,150 18,593 7,557 March 35,022 19,069 15,953 28,736 14,686 14,050 3,881 2,824 1,057 2,405 1,559 846 June 74,980 44,483 30,497 50,389 25,326 25,063 17,295 13,967 3,328 7,296 5,190 2,106 September 113,171 72,057 41,114 67,902 35,617 32,285 32,919 27,395 5,524 12,350 9,045 3,305 December 49,896 27,398 22,498 37,886 18,574 19,312 7,911 6,025 1,886 4,099 2,799 1,300

Under20 Total 6,615 6,223 392 4,921 4,584 337 896 863 33 798 776 22 March 1,487 1,405 82 1,233 1,155 78 108 106 2 146 144 2 June 1,610 1,523 87 1,175 1,101 74 219 211 8 216 211 5 September 2,129 2,004 125 1,396 1,302 94 431 411 20 302 291 11 December 1,389 1,291 98 1,117 1,026 91 138 135 3 134 130 4

20-24 Total 46,014 41,679 4,335 26,767 23,392 3,375 13,585 13,000 585 5,662 5,287 375 March 6,099 5,388 711 4,799 4,173 626 796 743 53 504 472 32 June 12,203 11,102 1,101 6,869 6,046 823 3,799 3,636 163 1,535 1,420 115 September 20,252 18,588 1,664 9,744 8,552 1,192 7,653 7,355 298 2,855 2,681 174 December 7,460 6,601 859 5,355 4,621 734 1,337 1,266 71 768 714 54

25-29 Total 73,072 61,173 11,899 41,774 32,567 9,207 23,294 21,500 1,794 8,004 7,106 898 March 7,852 6,107 1,745 6,060 4,542 1,518 1,176 1,044 132 616 521 95 June 19,973 16,779 3,194 11,287 8,815 2,472 6,455 5,975 480 2,231 1,989 242 September 33,326 28,672 4,654 16,330 13,014 3,316 13,006 12,076 930 3,990 3,582 408 December 11,921 9,615 2,306 8,097 6,196 1,901 2,657 2,405 252 1,167 1,014 153

30-49 Total 128,033 53,293 74,740 95,455 33,154 62,301 22,277 14,760 7,517 10,301 5,379 4,922 March 16,593 6,061 10,532 14,087 4,717 9,370 1,552 927 625 954 417 537 June 35,583 14,900 20,683 26,448 9,227 17,221 6,240 4,117 2,123 2,895 1,556 1,339 September 50,963 22,593 28,370 35,181 12,605 22,576 11,089 7,514 3,575 4,693 2,474 2,219 December 24,894 9,739 15,155 19,739 6,605 13,134 3,396 2,202 1,194 1,759 932 827

50andoverTotal 19,335 639 18,696 15,996 506 15,490 1,954 88 1,866 1,385 45 1,340 March 2,991 108 2,883 2,557 99 2,458 249 4 245 185 5 180 June 5,611 179 5,432 4,610 137 4,473 582 28 554 419 14 405 September 6,501 200 6,301 5,251 144 5,107 740 39 701 510 17 493 December 4,232 152 4,080 3,578 126 3,452 383 17 366 271 9 262

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Maritalstatus All Withcivil Withreligiousceremonies marriages ceremonies All Church Roman Otherdenominations All Approved ofEngland Catholic Premises andChurch Methodist Congre- Baptist United Jews Others inWales gation- Reformed alist Church

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All 273,069 184,913 85,154 88,156 62,006 9,850 5,304 436 1,737 1,774 757 6,292

Singlemanmarrying: Singlewoman 163,007 94,203 46,856 68,804 50,211 9,026 2,310 279 1,112 771 631 4,464 Widow 1,241 891 305 350 237 44 17 6 10 8 2 26 Divorcedwoman 27,708 22,956 9,830 4,752 2,830 247 701 36 172 243 34 489

Widowermarrying: Singlewoman 1,128 738 267 390 252 49 28 - 13 9 3 36 Widow 1,798 1,055 373 743 468 87 60 3 32 21 5 67 Divorcedwoman 3,058 2,510 950 548 302 30 98 7 18 23 6 64

Divorcedmanmarrying: Singlewoman 30,213 23,235 11,317 6,978 4,647 288 940 45 160 315 26 557 Widow 2,807 2,293 813 514 302 15 82 9 20 25 4 57 Divorcedwoman 42,109 37,032 14,443 5,077 2,757 64 1,068 51 200 359 46 532

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Agegroup All Withcivil Withreligiousceremonies marriages ceremonies All Church Roman Otherdenominations All Approved ofEngland Catholic Premises andChurch Method- Congre- Baptist United Jews Others inWales ist gation- Reformed alist Church

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Bridegrooms

All ages 273,069 184,913 85,154 88,156 62,006 9,850 5,304 436 1,737 1,774 757 6,292

Under20 1,737 1,271 296 466 200 123 26 3 10 8 14 8220-24 25,939 15,376 5,587 10,563 7,055 1,009 507 38 301 141 181 1,33125-29 64,701 36,648 18,446 28,053 20,519 3,387 1,028 119 467 357 198 1,97830-34 65,510 41,163 22,388 24,347 18,061 3,127 1,054 111 335 378 189 1,092

35-39 42,618 30,844 14,970 11,774 8,222 1,305 951 59 214 284 68 67140-49 43,235 35,008 14,759 8,227 5,144 620 1,079 62 232 385 59 64650andover 29,329 24,603 8,708 4,726 2,805 279 659 44 178 221 48 492

Brides

All ages 273,069 184,913 85,154 88,156 62,006 9,850 5,304 436 1,737 1,774 757 6,292

Under20 6,615 4,921 1,085 1,694 896 216 97 7 38 31 86 32320-24 46,014 26,767 10,635 19,247 13,585 1,865 882 73 467 270 161 1,94425-29 73,072 41,774 22,737 31,298 23,294 3,865 1,181 148 430 414 245 1,72130-34 57,592 38,621 21,087 18,971 13,740 2,418 1,073 80 301 337 135 887

35-39 35,061 27,074 12,450 7,987 5,295 883 748 46 168 259 54 53440-49 35,380 29,760 11,635 5,620 3,242 399 839 46 204 308 40 54250andover 19,335 15,996 5,525 3,339 1,954 204 484 36 129 155 36 341

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Table3.33 Marriages(numbersandproportions): areaof occurrence, type of ceremony and denomination, 2004

Numbers

ENGLAND AND WALES 273,069 184,913 85,154 88,156 62,006 9,850 5,304

ENGLAND 258,185 175,875 81,310 82,310 57,910 9,426 5,066

NorthEast 11,830 7,828 3,188 4,002 2,551 685 514

NorthWest 32,206 20,690 9,212 11,516 6,743 2,549 786

YorkshireandtheHumber 24,438 16,558 8,800 7,880 5,683 666 938

EastMidlands 21,887 14,166 6,552 7,721 5,909 483 496

WestMidlands 25,852 16,409 5,473 9,443 6,504 969 594

East 29,083 19,195 9,309 9,888 7,613 741 475

London 39,182 31,842 13,057 7,340 3,411 1,532 233

SouthEast 44,782 30,069 17,551 14,713 11,557 1,242 487

SouthWest 28,925 19,118 8,168 9,807 7,939 559 543

WALES 14,884 9,038 3,844 5,846 4,096 424 238

Proportions1

ENGLAND AND WALES 1,000 677 312 1,000 703 112 60

ENGLAND 1,000 681 315 1,000 704 115 62

NorthEast 1,000 662 269 1,000 637 171 128

NorthWest 1,000 642 286 1,000 586 221 68

YorkshireandtheHumber 1,000 678 360 1,000 721 85 119

EastMidlands 1,000 647 299 1,000 765 63 64

WestMidlands 1,000 635 212 1,000 689 103 63

East 1,000 660 320 1,000 770 75 48

London 1,000 813 333 1,000 465 209 32

SouthEast 1,000 671 392 1,000 785 84 33 SouthWest 1,000 661 282 1,000 810 57 55 WALES 1,000 607 258 1,000 701 73 41

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England and Wales, GovernmentOfficeRegions(withinEngland)

436 1,737 110 1,774 4,217 757 1,965 ENGLAND AND WALES

210 1,393 3 1,693 3,905 757 1,947 ENGLAND

3 30 - 67 104 22 26 NorthEast

26 89 3 471 655 138 56 NorthWest

12 72 - 122 275 24 88 YorkshireandtheHumber

51 166 - 134 295 2 185 EastMidlands

17 118 - 112 441 2 686 WestMidlands

27 215 - 191 396 57 173 East

31 240 - 100 837 492 464 London

18 287 - 264 617 13 228 SouthEast

25 176 - 232 285 7 41 SouthWest

226 344 107 81 312 - 18 WALES

5 20 1 20 48 9 22 ENGLAND AND WALES

3 17 0 21 47 9 24 ENGLAND

1 7 - 17 26 5 6 NorthEast

2 8 0 41 57 12 5 NorthWest

2 9 - 15 35 3 11 YorkshireandtheHumber

7 21 - 17 38 0 24 EastMidlands

2 12 - 12 47 0 73 WestMidlands

3 22 - 19 40 6 17 East

4 33 - 14 114 67 63 London 1 20 - 18 42 1 15 SouthEast 3 18 - 24 29 1 4 SouthWest 39 59 18 14 53 - 3 WALES

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Table3.34 Marriages: areaofoccurrence,typeofceremony, denomination and type of preliminaries, 2004Areaofoccurrence All Civilmarriages Marriageswithreligiousceremonies marriages Total Certificate Registrar ChurchofEnglandandChurchinWales General's Licence Total Banns Licence

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Table3.35 Marriagesinregisteredbuildingsofworship: areaofoccurrence, denomination and whether before a Registrar or an Authorised Person, 2004Areaofoccurrence Allmarriagesinregisteredbuildings RomanCatholic Methodist

Total Registrar Authorised Registrar Authorised Registrar Authorised Person Person Person

ENGLAND AND WALES 273,069 184,913 184,576 337 62,006 55,552 3,215

ENGLAND 258,185 175,875 175,556 319 57,910 51,830 2,874

NorthEast 11,830 7,828 7,811 17 2,551 2,289 138

NorthWest 32,206 20,690 20,646 44 6,743 6,024 229

YorkshireandtheHumber 24,438 16,558 16,523 35 5,683 5,304 242

EastMidlands 21,887 14,166 14,138 28 5,909 5,408 228

WestMidlands 25,852 16,409 16,378 31 6,504 5,977 277

East 29,083 19,195 19,165 30 7,613 6,751 391

London 39,182 31,842 31,800 42 3,411 2,932 271

SouthEast 44,782 30,069 30,005 64 11,557 10,249 662

SouthWest 28,925 19,118 19,090 28 7,939 6,896 436 WALES 14,884 9,038 9,020 18 4,096 3,722 341

ENGLAND AND WALES 25,329 2,534 22,795 761 9,088 233 5,071

ENGLAND 23,581 1,844 21,737 553 8,872 210 4,856

NorthEast 1,429 127 1,302 73 612 19 495

NorthWest 4,627 366 4,261 210 2,339 25 761

YorkshireandtheHumber 2,163 166 1,997 30 636 29 909

EastMidlands 1,809 117 1,692 22 461 19 477

WestMidlands 2,930 96 2,834 11 958 8 586

East 2,209 224 1,985 62 679 18 457

London 3,432 269 3,163 22 1,509 - 233

SouthEast 3,130 228 2,902 55 1,187 23 464

SouthWest 1,852 251 1,601 68 491 69 474 WALES 1,748 690 1,058 208 216 23 215

Areaofoccurrence

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England and Wales, GovernmentOfficeRegions(withinEngand)

Congregationalist Baptist UnitedReformedChurch Otherdenominations Areaofoccurrence Registrar Authorised Registrar Authorised Registrar Authorised Registrar Authorised Person Person Person Person

2,226 1,013 26,150 26,149 1 ENGLAND AND WALES

2,201 1,005 24,400 24,399 1 ENGLAND

67 57 1,451 1,451 - NorthEast

187 303 4,773 4,773 - NorthWest

120 17 2,197 2,197 - YorkshireandtheHumber

204 69 1,812 1,812 - EastMidlands

182 68 2,939 2,939 - WestMidlands

381 90 2,275 2,275 - East

184 24 3,929 3,928 1 London

566 80 3,156 3,156 - SouthEast

310 297 1,868 1,868 - SouthWest 25 8 1,750 1,750 - WALES

159 277 246 1,491 73 1,701 1,062 5,167 ENGLAND AND WALES

31 179 128 1,265 61 1,632 861 4,933 ENGLAND

- 3 2 28 8 59 25 105 NorthEast

2 24 6 83 7 464 116 590 NorthWest

5 7 9 63 3 119 90 263 YorkshireandtheHumber

1 50 4 162 3 131 68 411 EastMidlands

2 15 11 107 2 110 62 1,058 WestMidlands

5 22 23 192 6 185 110 450 East

4 27 17 223 6 94 220 1,077 London

2 16 31 256 12 252 105 727 SouthEast

10 15 25 151 14 218 65 252 SouthWest 128 98 118 226 12 69 201 234 WALES

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Table 3.36 Proportions1 of men and women who had ever England and Wales married by certain ages, for birth cohort, 1931-1988 Yearofbirth Exactage(years)

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 32 35 40 45 50

Men

1931 0 2 11 28 75 172 286 408 523 615 686 739 778 809 846 878 901 912 918

1936 0 3 13 38 99 217 343 466 573 656 718 765 800 827 861 889 912 921 9251941 0 5 21 63 138 263 389 506 605 680 734 776 806 830 861 888 908 917 9211946 1 7 28 75 155 285 418 532 623 690 742 779 807 829 858 884 904 914 9181951 1 9 35 98 189 306 416 509 585 643 689 726 756 780 814 845 872 883 8891956 2 10 40 90 162 249 340 426 503 565 615 657 692 720 764 805 838 853

1961 1 6 24 57 107 171 242 315 382 444 498 543 583 615 667 717 7641962 1 5 22 50 95 154 222 291 358 421 475 520 558 593 647 700 7491963 1 4 17 42 81 136 198 264 330 390 443 489 529 565 621 677 7301964 1 3 14 36 71 120 178 244 307 367 419 465 507 544 601 659 7161965 1 3 12 31 62 107 164 227 289 347 399 447 489 527 586 646 706

1966 0 3 11 28 57 102 156 215 274 329 382 429 472 509 569 6321967 1 2 10 25 53 93 144 200 253 308 359 406 448 485 546 6111968 1 3 9 24 49 87 133 183 236 288 338 383 425 463 527 5961969 1 2 8 21 44 78 118 165 214 264 313 358 400 440 507 5781970 0 1 7 19 39 68 105 148 194 241 287 331 374 414 482 560

1971 0 1 6 17 34 61 94 133 174 219 264 309 353 394 4631972 0 1 5 14 29 50 78 112 150 191 235 279 322 361 4331973 0 1 4 12 25 44 69 99 134 174 215 258 299 340 4151974 0 1 4 11 21 38 60 88 122 160 201 243 284 3271975 0 1 3 9 19 34 54 80 111 146 185 225 268 311

1976 0 1 3 9 18 31 49 72 102 135 172 213 2551977 0 1 3 8 16 29 45 68 95 127 166 2071978 0 1 3 7 15 27 44 64 91 124 1611979 0 1 3 7 15 27 42 63 89 1211980 0 0 3 7 14 25 39 59 85

1981 0 0 3 7 14 24 39 591982 0 0 2 6 13 24 381983 0 0 2 6 12 221984 0 0 2 6 111985 0 0 2 5

1986 0 0 21987 0 01988 0

Women

1931 5 28 89 187 315 467 587 679 749 798 832 857 875 889 907 923 936 943 947

1936 6 30 98 221 371 535 653 736 794 833 860 879 894 906 921 934 947 952 9551941 11 51 141 280 424 574 678 753 804 838 863 882 896 907 924 938 949 954 9571946 18 64 152 283 427 573 683 759 810 846 873 892 906 917 931 943 952 957 9591951 20 71 163 306 443 569 661 727 774 808 834 853 869 881 898 913 927 933 9361956 25 78 184 305 415 513 594 660 710 747 776 799 819 836 860 883 901 909

1961 12 43 114 202 293 378 454 521 577 623 662 694 721 743 776 807 8351962 12 40 104 182 267 351 428 496 554 603 643 678 705 728 763 796 8251963 10 34 89 158 238 320 396 465 525 575 617 652 680 706 743 778 8101964 8 27 74 136 212 290 365 425 486 539 583 618 650 677 717 755 7911965 7 23 65 123 193 268 344 413 473 526 568 606 638 665 705 745 783

1966 6 21 59 112 178 255 329 398 458 508 553 591 623 651 693 7351967 5 19 54 102 168 240 313 380 436 488 533 571 604 632 676 7201968 5 18 47 94 155 225 294 354 412 464 509 548 582 612 659 7051969 5 15 44 86 142 206 267 327 383 434 481 521 555 587 638 6871970 4 13 38 76 127 182 240 297 352 401 447 488 524 558 610 665

1971 3 11 34 67 109 161 215 269 321 371 416 459 498 533 5871972 2 10 30 57 96 141 189 238 288 336 382 426 466 501 5591973 2 9 26 51 84 124 168 215 262 311 357 400 439 475 5391974 2 8 23 45 75 111 151 195 242 290 337 381 422 4611975 2 6 20 39 65 97 134 176 221 268 314 357 401 441

1976 2 6 18 37 61 91 126 166 209 253 297 343 3861977 1 5 18 35 58 86 118 157 197 240 285 3311978 1 5 16 32 53 80 111 147 186 231 2761979 1 5 15 30 49 75 104 139 179 2231980 1 4 14 28 48 71 99 134 173

1981 1 4 13 27 44 66 95 1281982 1 4 13 25 41 64 91 1983 1 3 11 22 39 60 1984 1 3 11 22 37 1985 1 3 10 21 1986 1 2 9 1987 1 2 1988 1 Note: Thistableshows,formenandwomenborninagivenyear,theestimatedproportionwhohadevermarriedbyacertainage.Thusforevery1,000men bornin1965,527willhavemarrriedbytheageof30.SeeTable4.8forcorrespondingtablefordivorcesbybirthcohort.1 Estimatedproportionsper1,000.

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Table 3.37 Proportions1 of men and women who had ever England and Wales remarried by certain ages, for birth cohort, 1931-1984 Yearofbirth Exactage(years)

21 25 28 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 42 45 50 55 60 65 70

Men1931 0 1 5 10 12 15 19 22 26 30 34 38 41 46 56 73 99 119 135 146 1541936 0 1 6 13 17 22 27 31 37 42 50 57 64 71 83 104 132 155 170 1811941 0 2 12 23 29 38 46 55 64 72 81 90 99 107 122 143 173 194 2091946 0 3 19 37 46 56 66 76 86 96 105 115 123 132 147 168 196 2171951 0 7 28 49 60 70 81 91 101 110 119 128 136 144 159 178 205

1956 0 8 28 46 56 66 76 85 95 103 112 120 128 135 150 1691957 0 7 26 44 54 63 73 82 91 99 108 116 123 131 145 1641958 0 6 24 42 51 61 69 78 86 95 103 112 119 127 141 1591959 0 5 22 39 48 57 65 74 82 91 99 107 115 123 137 1561960 0 5 21 37 45 53 61 70 78 87 95 103 110 118 132 152

1961 0 5 20 34 40 48 57 65 73 82 90 98 105 113 1261962 0 5 19 31 38 46 54 62 71 79 87 94 102 109 1231963 0 4 17 28 35 42 50 58 66 74 82 90 96 103 1181964 0 4 13 25 31 38 46 53 60 68 75 82 89 961965 0 4 12 23 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 78 84 92

1966 0 3 12 22 28 34 41 47 54 60 67 74 811967 0 3 11 20 26 31 37 44 50 56 63 701968 0 3 10 18 23 29 34 40 46 53 591969 0 2 9 17 22 27 32 38 44 501970 0 2 8 15 20 24 29 35 41

1971 0 2 7 14 18 22 27 321972 0 2 6 12 15 19 231973 0 2 6 10 13 171974 0 1 5 9 121975 0 1 4 8

1976 0 1 41977 0 1 31978 0 11979 0 11980 0 1

1981 01982 01983 01984 0

Women

1931 0 4 12 18 21 24 27 31 34 38 41 44 48 51 60 75 98 113 121 127 1311936 0 5 13 22 26 30 35 39 43 48 55 61 67 73 85 102 125 141 149 1561941 0 7 21 33 40 49 57 65 74 82 90 98 106 113 126 144 170 186 1951946 0 11 36 56 66 75 86 95 104 113 121 129 137 144 157 176 200 2171951 0 19 48 71 81 91 101 109 118 126 134 142 150 156 168 185 209

1956 1 24 55 76 86 96 106 115 124 132 140 147 154 161 175 1921957 1 23 52 73 83 93 103 112 120 129 136 143 150 158 171 1871958 1 21 49 69 80 89 99 107 115 123 131 138 146 153 165 1821959 1 19 45 66 76 85 94 102 110 118 127 134 141 148 161 1781960 1 17 43 62 72 81 90 99 107 116 124 131 139 145 158 176

1961 1 17 42 60 69 78 87 95 104 112 120 128 135 142 1551962 1 15 39 57 66 75 84 92 101 109 117 124 131 138 1511963 1 14 36 52 61 70 78 87 95 103 110 118 125 131 1451964 0 13 32 48 57 66 75 83 91 98 106 113 119 1261965 1 12 31 46 55 63 72 79 87 95 102 109 116 123

1966 1 11 28 43 52 60 67 75 83 90 97 104 1111967 1 10 26 41 49 56 64 71 78 86 93 1001968 0 9 24 38 46 53 61 67 75 82 891969 0 8 23 36 43 50 56 63 70 781970 0 7 21 32 39 45 51 58 66

1971 0 6 18 29 35 41 48 551972 0 6 17 26 31 37 431973 0 6 16 24 29 351974 0 5 13 22 271975 0 5 12 20

1976 0 4 111977 0 4 101978 0 31979 0 31980 0 3

1981 01982 01983 01984 0

Note: Thistableshows,formenandwomenborninagivenyear,theestimatedproportionwhohadeverremarriedbyacertainage.Thusforevery1,000men bornin1965,23willhaveremarrriedbytheageof30.SeeTable4.8forcorrespondingtablefordivorcesbybirthcohort.1 Estimatedproportionsper1,000.

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Allmarriages Civilmarriages Religiousmarriages Total Different Identical Total Different Identical Total Different Identical Numbers

Age of bridegroom

Table3.38 Marriages(numbersandpercentages): sexandage, type of ceremony and whether bride and bridegroom gave identical residential addresses before marriage, 2004

All ages 273,069 56,215 216,854 184,913 23,480 161,433 88,156 32,735 55,421

Under20 1,737 686 1,051 1,271 455 816 466 231 23520-24 25,939 8,491 17,448 15,376 3,418 11,958 10,563 5,073 5,49025-29 64,701 16,688 48,013 36,648 5,513 31,135 28,053 11,175 16,87830-34 65,510 12,602 52,908 41,163 4,210 36,953 24,347 8,392 15,95535-39 42,618 6,683 35,935 30,844 3,016 27,828 11,774 3,667 8,10740-44 26,746 3,791 22,955 21,236 2,190 19,046 5,510 1,601 3,90945-49 16,489 2,311 14,178 13,772 1,492 12,280 2,717 819 1,89850-54 11,341 1,599 9,742 9,733 1,097 8,636 1,608 502 1,10655-59 8,540 1,286 7,254 7,278 879 6,399 1,262 407 85560-64 4,421 744 3,677 3,709 477 3,232 712 267 44565-69 2,495 534 1,961 2,018 308 1,710 477 226 25170-74 1,396 381 1,015 1,036 195 841 360 186 17475andover 1,136 419 717 829 230 599 307 189 118Age of bride

All ages 273,069 56,215 216,854 184,913 23,480 161,433 88,156 32,735 55,421

Under20 6,615 2,379 4,236 4,921 1,488 3,433 1,694 891 80320-24 46,014 13,461 32,553 26,767 4,976 21,791 19,247 8,485 10,76225-29 73,072 16,866 56,206 41,774 5,144 36,630 31,298 11,722 19,57630-34 57,592 9,884 47,708 38,621 3,586 35,035 18,971 6,298 12,67335-39 35,061 5,168 29,893 27,074 2,759 24,315 7,987 2,409 5,57840-44 21,599 3,098 18,501 17,954 2,041 15,913 3,645 1,057 2,58845-49 13,781 1,958 11,823 11,806 1,370 10,436 1,975 588 1,38750-54 8,867 1,232 7,635 7,647 868 6,779 1,220 364 85655-59 5,263 847 4,416 4,379 533 3,846 884 314 57060-64 2,764 569 2,195 2,201 340 1,861 563 229 33465-69 1,301 345 956 994 187 807 307 158 14970-74 670 221 449 461 101 360 209 120 8975andover 470 187 283 314 87 227 156 100 56

Percentages

Age of bridegroom

All ages 100 20.6 79.4 100 12.7 87.3 100 37.1 62.9

Under20 100 39.5 60.5 100 35.8 64.2 100 49.6 50.420-24 100 32.7 67.3 100 22.2 77.8 100 48.0 52.025-29 100 25.8 74.2 100 15.0 85.0 100 39.8 60.230-34 100 19.2 80.8 100 10.2 89.8 100 34.5 65.535-39 100 15.7 84.3 100 9.8 90.2 100 31.1 68.940-44 100 14.2 85.8 100 10.3 89.7 100 29.1 70.945-49 100 14.0 86.0 100 10.8 89.2 100 30.1 69.950-54 100 14.1 85.9 100 11.3 88.7 100 31.2 68.855-59 100 15.1 84.9 100 12.1 87.9 100 32.3 67.760-64 100 16.8 83.2 100 12.9 87.1 100 37.5 62.565-69 100 21.4 78.6 100 15.3 84.7 100 47.4 52.670-74 100 27.3 72.7 100 18.8 81.2 100 51.7 48.375andover 100 36.9 63.1 100 27.7 72.3 100 61.6 38.4

Age of bride

All ages 100 20.6 79.4 100 12.7 87.3 100 37.1 62.9

Under20 100 36.0 64.0 100 30.2 69.8 100 52.6 47.420-24 100 29.3 70.7 100 18.6 81.4 100 44.1 55.925-29 100 23.1 76.9 100 12.3 87.7 100 37.5 62.530-34 100 17.2 82.8 100 9.3 90.7 100 33.2 66.835-39 100 14.7 85.3 100 10.2 89.8 100 30.2 69.840-44 100 14.3 85.7 100 11.4 88.6 100 29.0 71.045-49 100 14.2 85.8 100 11.6 88.4 100 29.8 70.250-54 100 13.9 86.1 100 11.4 88.6 100 29.8 70.255-59 100 16.1 83.9 100 12.2 87.8 100 35.5 64.560-64 100 20.6 79.4 100 15.4 84.6 100 40.7 59.365-69 100 26.5 73.5 100 18.8 81.2 100 51.5 48.570-74 100 33.0 67.0 100 21.9 78.1 100 57.4 42.675andover 100 39.8 60.2 100 27.7 72.3 100 64.1 35.9

England and Wales

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Allmarriages Civilmarriages Civilmarriages-ofwhich Religiousmarriages inApprovedPremises Total Identical Total Identical Total Identical Total Identical

England and WalesTable3.39 Marriages(numbersandpercentages): previousmaritalstatuses1

of bride and bridegroom, type of ceremony and whether bride and bridegroom gave identical residential addresses before marriage, 2004

Numbers

All bridegrooms All brides 273,069 216,854 184,913 161,433 85,154 76,777 88,156 55,421 Singlewomen 194,348 149,082 118,176 102,247 58,440 52,682 76,172 46,835 Divorcedwomen 72,875 63,536 62,498 55,812 25,223 22,882 10,377 7,724 Widows 5,846 4,236 4,239 3,374 1,491 1,213 1,607 862 Single men All brides 191,956 147,171 118,050 101,636 56,991 51,242 73,906 45,535 Singlewomen 163,007 122,669 94,203 80,808 46,856 42,133 68,804 41,861 Divorcedwomen 27,708 23,600 22,956 20,142 9,830 8,863 4,752 3,458 Widows 1,241 902 891 686 305 246 350 216 Divorced men All brides 75,129 65,525 62,560 56,452 26,573 24,303 12,569 9,073 Singlewomen 30,213 25,676 23,235 20,885 11,317 10,345 6,978 4,791 Divorcedwomen 42,109 37,589 37,032 33,640 14,443 13,257 5,077 3,949 Widows 2,807 2,260 2,293 1,927 813 701 514 333 Widowers All brides 5,984 4,158 4,303 3,345 1,590 1,232 1,681 813 Singlewomen 1,128 737 738 554 267 204 390 183 Divorcedwomen 3,058 2,347 2,510 2,030 950 762 548 317 Widows 1,798 1,074 1,055 761 373 266 743 313 Percentages All bridegrooms All brides 100 79.4 100 87.3 100 90.2 100 62.9 Singlewomen 100 76.7 100 86.5 100 90.1 100 61.5 Divorcedwomen 100 87.2 100 89.3 100 90.7 100 74.4 Widows 100 72.5 100 79.6 100 81.4 100 53.6 Single men All brides 100 76.7 100 86.1 100 89.9 100 61.6 Singlewomen 100 75.3 100 85.8 100 89.9 100 60.8 Divorcedwomen 100 85.2 100 87.7 100 90.2 100 72.8 Widows 100 72.7 100 77.0 100 80.7 100 61.7 Divorced men All brides 100 87.2 100 90.2 100 91.5 100 72.2 Singlewomen 100 85.0 100 89.9 100 91.4 100 68.7 Divorcedwomen 100 89.3 100 90.8 100 91.8 100 77.8 Widows 100 80.5 100 84.0 100 86.2 100 64.8 Widowers All brides 100 69.5 100 77.7 100 77.5 100 48.4 Singlewomen 100 65.3 100 75.1 100 76.4 100 46.9 Divorcedwomen 100 76.7 100 80.9 100 80.2 100 57.8 Widows 100 59.7 100 72.1 100 71.3 100 42.1

1 Singlemenandsinglewomenarethosewhohaveneverbeenmarried-seesection3.1.

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Table3.40 Marriages(numbersandpercentages):typeofceremony, denomination and whether bride and bridegroom gave identical residential addresses before marriage, 2004 Typeofceremony Total Different Identical

England and Wales

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Numbers

All marriages 273,069 56,215 216,854

All civil marriages 184,913 23,480 161,433

RegisterOfficeandother 99,759 15,103 84,656 ApprovedPremises 85,154 8,377 76,777

All religious marriages 88,156 32,735 55,421

ChurchofEngland 57,934 21,609 36,325 ChurchinWales 4,072 1,997 2,075 RomanCatholic 9,850 2,317 7,533 Methodist 5,304 1,191 4,113 UnitedReformedChurch 1,774 364 1,410

Congregationalist(Independent) 436 117 319 Baptist 1,737 810 927 Presbyterian 182 43 139 CalvinisticMethodist 110 36 74 SocietyofFriends(Quakers) 61 9 52

Jews 757 471 286 SalvationArmy 179 79 100 Brethren 176 114 62 Jehovah’sWitness 656 607 49 Unitarian 466 67 399

Muslim 219 130 89 Sikh 1,173 1,095 78 OtherChristianbody(includingMormon) 2,497 1,297 1,200 Otherunattachedbody 571 382 189 Notcivilmarriageandnotstated 2 - 2

Percentages

All marriages 100 20.6 79.4

All civil marriages 100 12.7 87.3

RegisterOfficeandother 100 15.1 84.9 ApprovedPremises 100 9.8 90.2

All religious marriages 100 37.1 62.9

ChurchofEngland 100 37.3 62.7 ChurchinWales 100 49.0 51.0 RomanCatholic 100 23.5 76.5 Methodist 100 22.5 77.5 UnitedReformedChurch 100 20.5 79.5

Congregationalist(Independent) 100 26.8 73.2 Baptist 100 46.6 53.4 Presbyterian 100 23.6 76.4 CalvinisticMethodist 100 32.7 67.3 SocietyofFriends(Quakers) 100 14.8 85.2

Jews 100 62.2 37.8 SalvationArmy 100 44.1 55.9 Brethren 100 64.8 35.2 Jehovah’sWitness 100 92.5 7.5 Unitarian 100 14.4 85.6

Muslim 100 59.4 40.6 Sikh 100 93.4 6.6 OtherChristianbody(includingMormon) 100 51.9 48.1 Otherunattachedbody 100 66.9 33.1 Notcivilmarriageandnotstated 100 - 100.0

England and Wales

Identical Total Monthofoccurrence residential addresses January February March April May June July August September October November December before marriage

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Table3.41 Marriages(numbersandpercentages): typeofceremony and whether bride and bridegroom gave identical residential addresses before marriage, and month of occurrence, 2004

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All Total 273,069 8,977 13,256 12,789 19,086 27,518 28,376 39,738 40,138 33,295 22,947 12,566 14,383marriages No 56,215 1,816 2,412 2,476 3,901 5,310 5,969 8,970 8,669 7,005 4,462 2,362 2,863 Yes 216,854 7,161 10,844 10,313 15,185 22,208 22,407 30,768 31,469 26,290 18,485 10,204 11,520

Allcivil Total 184,913 7,537 10,770 10,429 14,101 18,116 18,172 23,220 23,913 20,769 16,709 10,108 11,069marriages No 23,480 1,199 1,498 1,535 1,905 1,969 2,268 2,824 2,736 2,414 2,101 1,420 1,611 Yes 161,433 6,338 9,272 8,894 12,196 16,147 15,904 20,396 21,177 18,355 14,608 8,688 9,458

All Total 88,156 1,440 2,486 2,360 4,985 9,402 10,204 16,518 16,225 12,526 6,238 2,458 3,314religious No 32,735 617 914 941 1,996 3,341 3,701 6,146 5,933 4,591 2,361 942 1,252marriages Yes 55,421 823 1,572 1,419 2,989 6,061 6,503 10,372 10,292 7,935 3,877 1,516 2,062

Percentages

All Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0marriages No 20.6 20.2 18.2 19.4 20.4 19.3 21.0 22.6 21.6 21.0 19.4 18.8 19.9 Yes 79.4 79.8 81.8 80.6 79.6 80.7 79.0 77.4 78.4 79.0 80.6 81.2 80.1

Allcivil Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0marriages No 12.7 15.9 13.9 14.7 13.5 10.9 12.5 12.2 11.4 11.6 12.6 14.0 14.6 Yes 87.3 84.1 86.1 85.3 86.5 89.1 87.5 87.8 88.6 88.4 87.4 86.0 85.4

All Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0religious No 37.1 42.8 36.8 39.9 40.0 35.5 36.3 37.2 36.6 36.7 37.8 38.3 37.8marriages Yes 62.9 57.2 63.2 60.1 60.0 64.5 63.7 62.8 63.4 63.3 62.2 61.7 62.2

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Table3.42 Certifiedplacesofworship: areaoflocationasat30June2004,anddenomination

Area All Roman Methodist Congregat- Baptist United Calvinistic Brethren denominations Catholic ionalist Reformed Methodist (excluding Church Church of England and Church in Wales)

Brethren Salvation Unitarian Jehovah's Other Muslim Sikh Other Area Army Witness Christian bodies

Area All Churchof Roman Methodist Congregat- Baptist United Calvinistic denominations Englandand Catholic ionalist Reformed Methodist Churchin Church Wales

Table3.43 Buildingsofworshipinwhichmarriagesmaybesolomnised: area of location as at 30 June 2004, and denomination

ENGLAND AND WALES 29,828 3,704 7,412 1,369 3,315 1,710 1,174 941 ENGLAND 25,453 3,459 6,939 576 2,485 1,578 61 881 NorthEast 1,315 260 376 4 55 99 1 55 NorthWest 3,864 742 982 73 205 254 30 98 YorkshireandtheHumber 2,827 346 1,148 46 119 137 1 45 EastMidlands 2,289 201 899 55 242 104 1 38 WestMidlands 2,593 297 716 45 201 135 10 76 East 2,519 271 683 69 378 192 - 95 London 3,060 418 273 54 378 163 12 114 SouthEast 3,634 600 668 109 537 283 4 136 SouthWest 3,354 324 1,194 121 370 211 2 224 WALES 4,375 245 473 793 830 132 1,113 60

ENGLAND AND WALES 40,542 16,447 3,337 6,508 1,251 3,092 1,638 1,076 ENGLAND 35,195 15,012 3,106 6,102 463 2,342 1,506 57 NorthEast 2,292 1,239 180 365 6 57 95 1 NorthWest 4,540 1,539 613 886 35 228 241 29 YorkshireandtheHumber 3,607 1,374 334 996 30 113 137 1 EastMidlands 3,676 1,771 181 773 49 237 100 1 WestMidlands 3,582 1,587 283 609 40 193 121 8 East 4,959 2,926 243 587 55 351 186 - London 3,113 961 359 254 45 345 158 12 SouthEast 4,159 1,090 626 594 100 491 270 4 SouthWest 5,267 2,525 287 1,038 103 327 198 1 WALES 5,347 1,435 231 406 788 750 132 1,019

Note:ItisnotnecessaryforbuildingstoberegisteredforthesolomnisationofmarriageaccordingtotheSocietyofFriendsorofJews-seesection3.2.

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Salvation Unitarian Society Jehovah's Other Jews Muslim Sikh Other AreaArmy of Witness Christian Friends bodies

England and Wales, GovernmentOfficeRegions(withinEngland)

Brethren Salvation Unitarian Jehovah's Other Muslim Sikh Other Area Army Witness Christian bodies

Area All Churchof Roman Methodist Congregat- Baptist United Calvinistic denominations Englandand Catholic ionalist Reformed Methodist Churchin Church Wales

England and Wales, GovernmentOfficeRegions(withinEngland)

920 180 368 929 6,094 367 708 190 447 ENGLAND AND WALES 844 156 357 849 5,586 361 691 187 443 ENGLAND 73 3 26 45 275 10 17 6 10 NorthEast 112 49 36 125 873 63 151 11 60 NorthWest 93 17 52 96 511 15 173 25 33 YorkshireandtheHumber

74 16 15 83 446 5 47 17 46 EastMidlands 56 12 35 91 644 9 158 51 57 WestMidlands 110 10 41 84 525 6 10 14 31 East 120 14 35 76 936 209 112 33 113 London 111 14 68 140 789 34 46 24 71 SouthEast 95 21 49 109 587 10 7 6 22 SouthWest 76 24 11 80 508 6 17 3 4 WALES

740 733 164 827 4,215 141 152 224 ENGLAND AND WALES

687 682 141 760 3,840 139 149 220 ENGLAND

35 77 4 51 159 4 6 12 NorthEast

81 82 45 96 611 14 11 29 NorthWest

35 76 14 79 355 28 19 18 YorkshireandtheHumber

26 61 15 78 339 9 18 20 EastMidlands

66 49 12 83 439 33 39 27 WestMidlands

82 70 9 70 355 5 11 11 East

91 94 12 73 605 32 23 51 London

92 99 13 128 578 12 17 41 SouthEast

179 74 17 102 399 2 5 11 SouthWest

53 51 23 67 375 2 3 4 WALES

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Table4.1Divorces(numbersandrates): sexandageatdivorce,1994-2004

Yearof Ageatdateofdivorce divorce All ages Under 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-59 60and Not Mean Median 20 over stated

Husbands

Numbers

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1994 158,175 31 4,646 23,559 34,558 29,307 23,611 19,785 17,063 5,608 7 39.3 37.61995 155,499 28 3,973 22,018 34,082 29,319 22,971 19,718 17,589 5,791 10 39.6 37.9 1996 157,107 22 3,425 21,186 34,228 30,446 23,296 19,948 18,489 6,058 9 39.8 38.11997 146,689 14 2,706 18,110 31,825 29,121 22,244 18,042 18,771 5,844 12 40.2 38.41998 145,214 21 2,354 16,720 30,666 29,776 22,740 17,785 19,255 5,889 8 40.4 38.71999 144,556 14 2,030 14,768 29,612 30,268 23,584 17,521 20,576 6,174 9 40.9 39.22000 141,135 15 1,781 12,788 27,615 30,278 23,943 17,742 20,564 6,403 6 41.3 39.7 2001 143,818 11 1,607 11,713 27,480 31,322 25,470 18,048 21,585 6,580 2 41.5 40.02002 147,735 13 1,695 10,916 26,792 31,937 26,989 19,601 22,852 6,940 - 41.9 40.42003 153,490 13 1,764 10,312 25,890 32,755 29,437 21,062 24,724 7,531 2 42.3 40.92004 153,399 13 1,782 9,671 24,274 32,059 29,832 22,039 25,549 8,180 - 42.7 41.4

Rates per 1,000 married population

1994 13.8 5.1 29.0 31.5 29.9 24.3 19.1 14.2 7.8 1.7 1995 13.7 4.7 29.0 31.5 29.6 24.1 19.0 14.2 7.9 1.7 1996 13.9 3.7 29.4 32.6 30.2 24.8 19.4 14.5 8.2 1.8 1997 13.1 2.3 27.5 30.4 28.7 23.6 18.6 14.0 8.0 1.7 1998 13.0 3.4 27.4 30.7 28.4 24.0 18.9 14.4 8.0 1.7 1999 13.0 2.2 25.9 29.7 28.4 24.2 19.5 14.5 8.5 1.8 2000 12.7 2.5 23.9 27.9 27.4 24.1 19.5 15.0 8.4 1.9 2001 13.0 2.0 21.6 27.9 28.3 25.0 20.5 15.3 8.7 1.9 2002 13.4 3.0 24.4 29.4 29.1 25.9 21.5 16.7 9.2 2.0 2003 14.0 3.4 25.7 30.6 29.8 27.1 23.3 17.9 10.0 2.1 2004 14.1 4.5 26.4 30.4 29.9 27.2 23.5 18.7 10.4 2.3 Wives Numbers 1994 158,175 220 10,736 32,608 35,848 27,195 20,765 16,073 11,526 3,197 7 36.7 34.91995 155,499 172 9,611 30,563 35,538 27,550 20,739 16,098 12,095 3,123 10 37.0 35.3 1996 157,107 159 8,456 30,075 36,274 28,727 20,774 16,546 12,850 3,237 9 37.3 35.61997 146,689 158 6,713 26,435 33,967 27,715 20,125 15,053 13,303 3,208 12 37.7 36.01998 145,214 154 6,144 24,586 33,446 28,605 20,521 14,783 13,677 3,290 8 37.9 36.31999 144,556 130 5,188 22,173 32,837 29,663 21,325 14,924 14,841 3,466 9 38.4 36.92000 141,135 130 4,709 19,650 31,420 29,820 21,469 15,105 15,232 3,594 6 38.8 37.3 2001 143,818 97 4,546 18,231 31,489 31,164 23,190 15,501 15,905 3,693 2 39.1 37.72002 147,735 87 4,721 17,227 30,982 32,282 25,017 16,591 16,915 3,913 - 39.4 38.22003 153,490 94 4,773 16,539 30,345 33,519 27,610 18,225 18,127 4,256 2 39.8 38.72004 153,399 93 4,565 15,867 28,368 33,013 28,558 19,195 19,160 4,580 - 40.2 39.2

Rates per 1,000 married population

1994 13.6 10.2 31.1 31.9 26.8 21.0 16.1 11.4 5.4 1.2 1995 13.5 8.3 32.0 31.7 26.7 21.1 16.5 11.4 5.6 1.1 1996 13.7 7.7 32.6 33.2 27.6 21.8 16.6 11.8 5.9 1.2 1997 12.9 7.8 29.8 31.3 26.3 20.8 16.1 11.4 5.8 1.2 1998 12.9 7.6 30.6 31.4 26.6 21.3 16.4 11.7 5.8 1.2 1999 12.9 6.6 27.6 30.6 26.9 21.9 16.9 12.0 6.2 1.2 2000 12.6 7.4 26.2 29.0 26.6 21.9 16.8 12.4 6.3 1.3

2001 12.9 6.0 25.5 29.2 27.6 23.0 17.9 12.8 6.5 1.3 2002 13.3 6.7 28.4 30.4 28.3 24.0 19.1 13.8 6.8 1.4 2003 14.0 8.0 29.7 31.6 29.1 25.5 20.9 15.0 7.3 1.4 2004 14.0 8.8 29.2 32.0 28.8 25.7 21.5 15.8 7.8 1.5

Note: Themean/medianagesshowninthistableareunstandardisedandthereforetakenoaccountofthestructureofthepopulationbyage,maritalstatusor parity.

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England and WalesTable4.2 Divorces: agesatdivorceofhusbandandwifeincombination,2004

All ages 153,399 13 1,782 9,671 24,274 32,059 29,832 22,039 25,549 8,180 Under20 93 6 51 21 5 1 5 3 1 -20-24 4,565 6 1,088 1,995 1,009 308 99 36 21 325-29 15,867 1 417 5,143 6,649 2,488 763 227 151 2830-34 28,368 - 151 1,734 11,624 10,053 3,307 982 456 6135-39 33,013 - 50 534 3,571 14,115 10,112 2,959 1,459 213 40-44 28,558 - 19 173 984 3,792 12,036 7,828 3,306 42045-49 19,195 - 4 49 298 910 2,591 7,901 6,756 68650-59 19,160 - 2 19 123 365 867 1,992 12,489 3,30360andover 4,580 - - 3 11 27 52 111 910 3,466

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Agelast All All All All Singlemenwhodivorced Widowerswhodivorced Divorcedmenwhodivorcedbirthday bride- single widow- divorced grooms men ers men Single Widows Divorced Single Widows Divorced Single Widows Divorced women women women women women women

England and WalesTable4.3 Mendivorcing: ageatdivorceandprevious marital statuses of husband and wife, 2004

All ages 153,399 121,142 1,084 31,173 106,220 437 14,485 318 143 623 15,218 576 15,379 18 2 2 - - 2 - - - - - - - -19 11 11 - - 10 - 1 - - - - - -Under 20 13 13 - - 12 - 1 - - - - - - 20 52 52 - - 50 - 2 - - - - - -21 125 125 - - 118 - 7 - - - - - -22 269 269 - - 254 1 14 - - - - - -23 506 504 - 2 475 1 28 - - - - - 224 830 826 - 4 769 3 54 - - - 3 - 120-24 1,782 1,776 - 6 1,666 5 105 - - - 3 - 3 25 1,123 1,108 1 14 1,032 2 74 1 - - 7 - 726 1,382 1,366 - 16 1,265 3 98 - - - 13 1 227 1,868 1,851 2 15 1,731 2 118 2 - - 10 - 528 2,361 2,328 - 33 2,120 8 200 - - - 25 - 829 2,937 2,876 - 61 2,645 7 224 - - - 39 - 2225-29 9,671 9,529 3 139 8,793 22 714 3 - - 94 1 44 30 3,600 3,504 - 96 3,193 8 303 - - - 62 - 3431 4,286 4,108 4 174 3,682 5 421 3 - 1 127 3 4432 5,012 4,747 2 263 4,223 9 515 1 - 1 177 1 8533 5,520 5,198 5 317 4,631 15 552 3 - 2 212 1 10434 5,856 5,394 3 459 4,753 20 621 1 - 2 311 3 14530-34 24,274 22,951 14 1,309 20,482 57 2,412 8 - 6 889 8 412 35 6,215 5,604 2 609 4,904 18 682 2 - - 395 3 21136 6,316 5,635 2 679 4,875 16 744 2 - - 437 5 23737 6,637 5,802 10 825 5,006 13 783 5 - 5 500 3 32238 6,458 5,495 6 957 4,720 22 753 5 - 1 588 7 36239 6,433 5,420 10 1,003 4,617 15 788 7 - 3 591 10 40235-39 32,059 27,956 30 4,073 24,122 84 3,750 21 - 9 2,511 28 1,534 40 6,401 5,227 13 1,161 4,484 20 723 7 - 6 656 13 49241 6,235 5,016 14 1,205 4,327 14 675 5 1 8 671 3 53142 5,981 4,652 16 1,313 3,966 17 669 9 - 7 657 23 63343 5,750 4,377 17 1,356 3,808 6 563 7 - 10 706 8 64244 5,465 4,108 18 1,339 3,526 18 564 10 - 8 700 7 63240-44 29,832 23,380 78 6,374 20,111 75 3,194 38 1 39 3,390 54 2,930 45 5,093 3,763 18 1,312 3,255 19 489 10 1 7 680 29 60346 4,752 3,425 34 1,293 2,961 13 451 20 - 14 636 18 63947 4,350 3,056 25 1,269 2,646 7 403 9 - 16 624 17 62848 4,044 2,822 18 1,204 2,435 10 377 7 2 9 574 22 60849 3,800 2,575 24 1,201 2,247 14 314 8 1 15 572 13 61645-49 22,039 15,641 119 6,279 13,544 63 2,034 54 4 61 3,086 99 3,094 50 3,565 2,407 32 1,126 2,082 4 321 14 1 17 541 15 57051 3,374 2,193 20 1,161 1,878 10 305 6 - 14 522 15 62452 2,939 1,891 26 1,022 1,683 8 200 7 1 18 455 20 54753 2,795 1,774 26 995 1,542 10 222 10 1 15 399 27 56954 2,572 1,550 31 991 1,352 6 192 10 3 18 428 22 54150-54 15,245 9,815 135 5,295 8,537 38 1,240 47 6 82 2,345 99 2,851

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Agelast All All All All Singlemenwhodivorced Widowerswhodivorced Divorcedmenwhodivorcedbirthday bride- single widow- divorced grooms men ers men Single Widows Divorced Single Widows Divorced Single Widows Divorced women women women women women women

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55 2,467 1,450 26 991 1,270 15 165 8 1 17 415 20 55656 2,495 1,450 43 1,002 1,274 10 166 9 2 32 412 19 57157 2,234 1,279 45 910 1,141 9 129 12 5 28 376 17 51758 1,676 957 34 685 823 6 128 9 3 22 255 18 41259 1,432 789 29 614 703 4 82 9 1 19 242 17 35555-59 10,304 5,925 177 4,202 5,211 44 670 47 12 118 1,700 91 2,411 60 1,303 729 29 545 656 6 67 9 2 18 207 17 32161 1,094 599 33 462 535 11 53 6 1 26 150 13 29962 880 492 33 355 430 4 58 6 3 24 127 13 21563 726 377 31 318 349 1 27 8 6 17 113 15 19064 700 350 34 316 319 4 27 6 5 23 113 17 18660-64 4,703 2,547 160 1,996 2,289 26 232 35 17 108 710 75 1,211 65 586 298 33 255 264 2 32 5 6 22 86 15 15466 499 231 28 240 205 3 23 7 6 15 84 9 14767 411 208 27 176 188 3 17 7 3 17 52 11 11368 337 157 28 152 145 3 9 4 6 18 49 10 9369 275 123 23 129 112 - 11 6 7 10 49 10 7065-69 2,108 1,017 139 952 914 11 92 29 28 82 320 55 577 70 224 96 21 107 88 2 6 3 5 13 39 5 6371 196 94 22 80 89 - 5 4 7 11 23 10 4772 176 77 17 82 68 3 6 2 3 12 18 10 5473 127 62 20 45 58 1 3 1 4 15 14 6 2574 144 67 26 51 60 2 5 5 8 13 23 7 2170-74 867 396 106 365 363 8 25 15 27 64 117 38 210 75 98 43 17 38 40 - 3 4 5 8 18 3 1776 71 30 12 29 25 4 1 1 4 7 9 1 1977 64 26 14 24 24 - 2 3 3 8 8 5 1178 54 21 11 22 19 - 2 2 3 6 4 6 1279 47 19 13 15 17 - 2 3 4 6 5 4 675-79 334 139 67 128 125 4 10 13 19 35 44 19 65 80 34 11 10 13 9 - 2 4 4 2 1 1 1181 33 10 8 15 10 - - - 6 2 6 1 882 22 9 6 7 9 - - 1 4 1 - 3 483 22 9 9 4 8 - 1 1 3 5 1 - 384 12 6 3 3 4 - 2 - 1 2 - 1 280-84 123 45 36 42 40 - 5 6 18 12 8 6 28 85 7 1 4 2 1 - - - 3 1 - 1 186 7 2 2 3 2 - - - - 2 - - 387 5 1 2 2 1 - - - - 2 1 1 -88 7 - 5 2 - - - - 4 1 - - 289 4 1 2 1 1 - - - 1 1 - - 185-89 30 5 15 10 5 - - - 8 7 1 2 7 90andover 15 7 5 3 6 - 1 2 3 - - 1 2

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Agelast All All All All Singlewomenwhodivorced Widowswhodivorced Divorcedwomenwhodivorcedbirthday brides single widows divorced women women Single Widow- Divorced Single Widow- Divorced Single Widow- Divorced men ers men men ers men men ers men

All ages 153,399 121,756 1,156 30,487 106,220 318 15,218 437 143 576 14,485 623 15,379 17 1 1 - - 1 - - - - - - - -18 19 19 - - 17 - 2 - - - - - -19 73 73 - - 63 - 10 - - - - - -Under 20 93 93 - - 81 - 12 - - - - - - 20 233 231 - 2 218 1 12 - - - 2 - -21 459 458 - 1 430 - 28 - - - 1 - -22 796 792 - 4 739 3 50 - - - 2 - 223 1,336 1,331 - 5 1,237 - 94 - - - 3 - 224 1,741 1,723 - 18 1,587 3 133 - - - 13 - 520-24 4,565 4,535 - 30 4,211 7 317 - - - 21 - 9 25 2,283 2,257 2 24 2,071 4 182 1 - 1 15 - 926 2,577 2,527 - 50 2,286 4 237 - - - 32 - 1827 3,155 3,070 1 84 2,742 4 324 1 - - 56 1 2728 3,686 3,565 3 118 3,202 5 358 2 - 1 84 - 3429 4,166 3,976 5 185 3,589 3 384 4 - 1 120 - 6525-29 15,867 15,395 11 461 13,890 20 1,485 8 - 3 307 1 153 30 4,750 4,468 1 281 3,960 3 505 1 - - 184 - 9731 5,174 4,803 5 366 4,251 10 542 2 - 3 255 2 10932 5,804 5,303 11 490 4,644 7 652 9 - 2 323 2 16533 6,404 5,786 8 610 5,074 11 701 5 - 3 399 1 21034 6,236 5,540 14 682 4,805 15 720 9 - 5 421 4 25730-34 28,368 25,900 39 2,429 22,734 46 3,120 26 - 13 1,582 9 838 35 6,483 5,600 20 863 4,870 17 713 14 - 6 520 6 33736 6,520 5,503 20 997 4,669 15 819 13 1 6 563 5 42937 6,767 5,587 20 1,160 4,729 11 847 14 - 6 681 7 47238 6,698 5,428 26 1,244 4,652 24 752 15 - 11 694 5 54539 6,545 5,119 23 1,403 4,371 7 741 14 1 8 739 3 66135-39 33,013 27,237 109 5,667 23,291 74 3,872 70 2 37 3,197 26 2,444 40 6,185 4,792 24 1,369 4,059 17 716 16 1 7 734 12 62341 5,959 4,466 27 1,466 3,784 11 671 16 1 10 759 17 69042 5,783 4,256 29 1,498 3,616 13 627 13 - 16 732 22 74443 5,578 4,037 38 1,503 3,413 12 612 23 2 13 754 18 73144 5,053 3,592 24 1,437 3,060 11 521 12 - 12 670 26 74140-44 28,558 21,143 142 7,273 17,932 64 3,147 80 4 58 3,649 95 3,529 45 4,572 3,257 32 1,283 2,780 8 469 17 - 15 618 20 64546 4,197 2,858 47 1,292 2,420 10 428 25 2 20 597 19 67647 3,940 2,657 40 1,243 2,291 6 360 17 1 22 550 17 67648 3,407 2,268 31 1,108 1,978 5 285 9 3 19 457 27 62449 3,079 2,006 38 1,035 1,750 6 250 14 3 21 404 26 60545-49 19,195 13,046 188 5,961 11,219 35 1,792 82 9 97 2,626 109 3,226 50 2,890 1,886 36 968 1,627 6 253 10 - 26 378 22 56851 2,649 1,701 35 913 1,458 14 229 12 1 22 361 23 52952 2,416 1,543 31 842 1,359 2 182 8 - 23 351 29 46253 2,150 1,340 28 782 1,210 6 124 10 1 17 293 16 47354 1,952 1,190 34 728 1,064 10 116 14 1 19 274 25 42950-54 12,057 7,660 164 4,233 6,718 38 904 54 3 107 1,657 115 2,461

England and WalesTable4.4 Womendivorcing: ageatdivorceandprevious marital statuses of husband and wife, 2004

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55 1,718 1,031 30 657 918 5 108 12 1 17 240 29 38856 1,681 1,021 35 625 910 2 109 11 3 21 215 36 37457 1,519 902 41 576 797 6 99 8 4 29 206 16 35458 1,151 689 24 438 627 1 61 5 4 15 131 20 28759 1,034 600 34 400 554 2 44 16 3 15 118 17 26555-59 7,103 4,243 164 2,696 3,806 16 421 52 15 97 910 118 1,668 60 949 557 32 360 512 3 42 8 7 17 115 23 22261 644 369 28 247 340 - 29 6 6 16 84 14 14962 495 279 19 197 263 2 14 3 6 10 74 11 11263 409 226 22 161 213 3 10 6 2 14 47 14 10064 347 178 15 154 169 1 8 2 5 8 43 15 9660-64 2,844 1,609 116 1,119 1,497 9 103 25 26 65 363 77 679 65 328 182 21 125 173 - 9 3 5 13 33 14 7866 286 150 17 119 141 - 9 6 3 8 38 12 6967 187 95 25 67 90 2 3 4 5 16 18 8 4168 183 105 17 61 98 1 6 1 11 5 18 7 3669 122 61 11 50 59 - 2 2 4 5 9 6 3565-69 1,106 593 91 422 561 3 29 16 28 47 116 47 259 70 101 53 11 37 48 1 4 3 4 4 10 4 2371 92 44 11 37 43 - 1 3 4 4 13 2 2272 71 39 9 23 37 - 2 2 3 4 5 3 1573 64 29 14 21 27 - 2 6 4 4 6 4 1174 50 22 15 13 21 1 - 3 4 8 6 2 570-74 378 187 60 131 176 2 9 17 19 24 40 15 76 75 52 20 12 20 16 1 3 1 4 7 6 4 1076 39 19 10 10 18 1 - 2 5 3 - 3 777 28 13 4 11 13 - - - 4 - 5 1 578 22 11 6 5 9 1 1 - 4 2 1 2 279 27 13 9 5 13 - - 1 5 3 1 - 475-79 168 76 41 51 69 3 4 4 22 15 13 10 28 80 19 5 12 2 4 - 1 2 4 6 1 - 181 20 11 5 4 10 - 1 1 4 - 2 - 282 13 6 3 4 6 - - - 1 2 - - 483 10 5 4 1 5 - - - 3 1 - - 184 9 3 4 2 2 - 1 - 1 3 - 1 180-84 71 30 28 13 27 - 3 3 13 12 3 1 9 85 1 1 - - 1 - - - - - - - -86 3 1 2 - - 1 - - 1 1 - - -87 4 2 1 1 2 - - - 1 - 1 - -88 1 1 - - 1 - - - - - - - -85-89 9 5 3 1 4 1 - - 2 1 1 - - 90andover 4 4 - - 4 - - - - - - - -

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Table4.5 Divorces: sexandageatmarriage,1994-2004

Yearofdivorce Ageatmarriage

All ages Under20 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50andover

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England and WalesTable4.6 Divorces: agesatmarriageofhusbandandwifeincombination,2004

Ageofwife Ageofhusbandatmarriageatmarriage All ages Under20 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50andover

All ages 153,399 5,401 47,946 48,235 25,614 12,629 6,581 3,501 3,492 Under20 18,709 3,750 10,783 3,092 750 207 76 33 1820-24 59,548 1,324 29,298 20,575 5,779 1,701 571 187 11325-29 39,575 230 5,964 18,230 9,810 3,441 1,208 443 24930-34 18,545 72 1,374 4,558 6,282 3,602 1,617 626 414 35-39 8,912 19 373 1,226 2,117 2,405 1,535 750 48740-44 4,274 4 108 393 605 857 1,027 677 60345-49 2,207 2 31 118 198 315 390 536 61750andover 1,629 - 15 43 73 101 157 249 991

Husbands 1994 158,175 10,414 68,934 42,335 17,640 8,792 4,893 2,562 2,6051995 155,499 9,316 65,899 43,075 17,905 8,928 5,039 2,683 2,654 1996 157,107 8,931 64,611 44,409 19,132 9,293 5,031 2,834 2,8661997 146,689 7,419 58,730 42,911 18,486 8,802 4,875 2,809 2,6571998 145,214 7,176 56,192 43,068 19,214 9,215 4,970 2,804 2,5751999 144,556 6,477 54,364 43,540 20,120 9,220 5,042 3,049 2,7442000 141,135 6,163 51,219 42,935 20,168 9,813 5,131 2,938 2,768 2001 143,818 5,893 50,348 44,709 21,394 10,305 5,276 2,930 2,9632002 147,735 5,572 50,028 45,913 23,042 11,038 5,897 3,165 3,0802003 153,490 5,785 50,145 47,499 25,040 11,920 6,319 3,523 3,2592004 153,399 5,401 47,946 48,235 25,614 12,629 6,581 3,501 3,492 Wives 1994 158,175 34,069 73,291 28,360 11,007 5,615 3,064 1,520 1,2491995 155,499 31,322 71,360 29,441 11,585 5,800 3,121 1,580 1,290 1996 157,107 29,927 71,123 31,396 12,335 6,051 3,254 1,686 1,3351997 146,689 25,579 66,167 31,022 12,094 5,767 3,156 1,667 1,2371998 145,214 24,276 64,453 31,533 12,788 6,153 3,135 1,661 1,2151999 144,556 22,486 62,853 32,867 13,507 6,432 3,331 1,791 1,2892000 141,135 20,930 59,874 33,282 13,972 6,562 3,378 1,861 1,276 2001 143,818 20,218 60,211 34,759 14,890 6,956 3,559 1,850 1,3752002 147,735 19,828 60,353 36,387 16,339 7,623 3,841 1,971 1,3932003 153,490 20,063 61,057 38,722 17,567 8,249 4,154 2,092 1,5862004 153,399 18,709 59,548 39,575 18,545 8,912 4,274 2,207 1,629

Yearof Ageofhusbandatmarriage Ageofhusbandatmarriagemarriageandageofwifeat All Under 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-44 45and All Under 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-44 45andmarriage ages 20 over ages 20 over

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England and WalesTable4.7 Divorces: yearofmarriage,agesatmarriage of husband and wife in combination, 2004

2002-2004 1995 All ages 6,269 109 1,015 1,714 1,417 1,388 626 7,240 110 1,563 2,610 1,485 1,079 393Under20 386 68 165 88 41 19 5 454 68 227 114 33 9 320-24 1,607 26 566 615 240 136 24 2,361 36 923 982 279 128 1325-29 1,762 11 185 700 521 301 44 2,299 4 303 1,124 573 249 4630-34 1,088 3 60 202 388 365 70 1,100 1 80 276 402 282 5935-44 1,042 1 36 95 203 476 231 787 - 24 102 177 343 14145andover 384 - 3 14 24 91 252 239 1 6 12 21 68 131 2001 1994 All ages 7,416 130 1,327 2,232 1,723 1,377 627 6,825 118 1,621 2,430 1,289 960 407Under20 490 70 249 119 33 18 1 390 61 208 83 25 9 420-24 2,075 43 751 826 308 122 25 2,342 36 997 963 247 87 1225-29 2,144 10 217 913 664 296 44 2,155 15 310 1,016 536 241 3730-34 1,310 6 77 263 485 391 88 1,012 5 83 258 317 280 6935-44 1,017 1 31 95 201 473 216 704 1 21 101 148 282 15145andover 380 - 2 16 32 77 253 222 - 2 9 16 61 134 2000 1993 All ages 8,919 171 1,550 2,839 1,986 1,677 696 6,326 96 1,615 2,275 1,177 860 303Under20 617 101 290 153 43 26 4 381 52 199 94 24 9 320-24 2,514 48 838 1,058 364 178 28 2,325 32 1,044 894 257 87 1125-29 2,693 13 282 1,159 769 412 58 1,981 9 283 968 463 210 4830-34 1,496 4 90 323 552 438 89 909 3 61 250 299 247 4935-44 1,211 5 45 132 231 548 250 573 - 27 65 120 265 9645andover 388 - 5 14 27 75 267 157 - 1 4 14 42 96 1999 1992 All ages 8,882 198 1,536 3,002 1,904 1,609 633 6,041 101 1,635 2,113 1,161 767 264Under20 677 114 318 175 41 25 4 404 54 218 84 34 9 520-24 2,458 55 832 1,022 363 169 17 2,317 35 1,031 851 277 112 1125-29 2,648 15 279 1,282 692 335 45 1,870 10 300 877 456 201 2630-34 1,524 12 80 368 526 448 90 787 1 64 224 271 202 2535-44 1,203 2 23 134 254 538 252 521 1 19 71 114 201 11545andover 372 - 4 21 28 94 225 142 - 3 6 9 42 82 1998 1991 All ages 8,607 163 1,519 2,880 1,953 1,489 603 5,424 117 1,656 1,889 866 664 232Under20 624 106 299 148 45 20 6 430 76 239 79 27 9 -20-24 2,420 41 807 1,049 360 137 26 2,173 30 1,084 780 198 75 625-29 2,622 10 302 1,186 753 312 59 1,600 9 270 773 350 165 3330-34 1,478 5 75 338 516 450 94 691 2 53 194 207 201 3435-44 1,134 1 33 138 256 488 218 411 - 8 62 71 182 8845andover 329 - 3 21 23 82 200 119 - 2 1 13 32 71 1997 1990 All ages 8,188 125 1,594 2,771 1,824 1,351 523 5,390 136 1,714 1,875 821 637 207Under20 558 71 297 138 39 13 - 460 73 268 94 17 7 120-24 2,361 37 869 974 348 115 18 2,294 48 1,104 844 207 82 925-29 2,571 10 301 1,184 712 322 42 1,548 12 273 728 347 171 1730-34 1,409 5 87 328 503 388 98 593 2 43 157 180 176 3535-44 985 2 38 138 202 436 169 396 1 23 46 66 177 8345andover 304 - 2 9 20 77 196 99 - 3 6 4 24 62 1996 Pre 1990 All ages 7,872 119 1,537 2,732 1,713 1,282 489 60,000 3,708 28,064 16,873 6,295 4,070 990Under20 477 63 226 131 38 16 3 12,361 2,773 7,580 1,592 310 94 1220-24 2,332 43 857 967 324 119 22 29,969 814 17,595 8,750 2,007 725 7825-29 2,511 9 322 1,159 676 290 55 11,171 93 2,337 5,161 2,298 1,144 13830-34 1,363 1 101 353 458 375 75 3,785 22 420 1,024 1,178 976 16535-44 908 3 26 111 201 400 167 2,294 5 127 329 478 1,015 34045andover 281 - 5 11 16 82 167 420 1 5 17 24 116 257

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All years 1970-1974 All ages 153,399 5,401 47,946 48,235 25,614 19,210 6,993 6,426 681 3,766 1,460 356 141 22Under20 18,709 3,750 10,783 3,092 750 283 51 2,056 545 1,274 200 28 7 220-24 59,548 1,324 29,298 20,575 5,779 2,272 300 3,340 120 2,239 801 135 45 -25-29 39,575 230 5,964 18,230 9,810 4,649 692 774 11 219 385 123 33 330-34 18,545 72 1,374 4,558 6,282 5,219 1,040 173 4 28 59 49 30 335-44 13,186 23 481 1,619 2,722 5,824 2,517 70 1 6 15 21 23 445andover 3,836 2 46 161 271 963 2,393 13 - - - - 3 10 2000-2004 1965-1969 All ages 22,604 410 3,892 6,785 5,126 4,442 1,949 3,120 366 1,987 584 132 43 8Under20 1,493 239 704 360 117 63 10 1,011 293 636 68 13 1 -20-24 6,196 117 2,155 2,499 912 436 77 1,762 67 1,259 365 63 7 125-29 6,599 34 684 2,772 1,954 1,009 146 266 4 83 126 42 11 -30-34 3,894 13 227 788 1,425 1,194 247 58 2 9 21 12 11 335-44 3,270 7 112 322 635 1,497 697 19 - - 4 2 12 145andover 1,152 - 10 44 83 243 772 4 - - - - 1 3 1995-1999 1960-1964 All ages 40,789 715 7,749 13,995 8,879 6,810 2,641 1,117 137 678 230 61 9 2Under20 2,790 422 1,367 706 196 83 16 431 117 269 41 4 - -20-24 11,932 212 4,288 4,994 1,674 668 96 573 19 381 137 34 2 -25-29 12,651 48 1,507 5,935 3,406 1,508 247 75 1 19 42 10 3 -30-34 6,874 24 423 1,663 2,405 1,943 416 26 - 7 7 9 3 -35-44 5,017 8 144 623 1,090 2,205 947 9 - 2 3 4 - -45andover 1,525 1 20 74 108 403 919 3 - - - - 1 2 1990-1994 1955-1959 All ages 30,006 568 8,241 10,582 5,314 3,888 1,413 375 44 225 89 15 2 -Under20 2,065 316 1,132 434 127 43 13 121 30 79 8 4 - -20-24 11,451 181 5,260 4,332 1,186 443 49 211 12 136 59 4 - -25-29 9,154 55 1,436 4,362 2,152 988 161 35 2 9 18 5 1 -30-34 3,992 13 304 1,083 1,274 1,106 212 6 - 1 3 2 - -35-44 2,605 3 98 345 519 1,107 533 2 - - 1 - 1 -45andover 739 - 11 26 56 201 445 - - - - - - - 1985-1989 1950-1954 All ages 22,485 699 8,596 7,282 2,984 2,283 641 107 7 71 27 2 - -Under20 2,665 448 1,614 459 97 41 6 38 5 26 7 - - -20-24 10,734 207 5,644 3,626 847 368 42 50 1 38 10 1 - -25-29 5,482 37 1,056 2,502 1,147 651 89 16 1 6 8 1 - -30-34 1,984 5 201 509 615 550 104 3 - 1 2 - - -35-44 1,357 2 78 172 264 602 239 - - - - - - -45andover 263 - 3 14 14 71 161 - - - - - - - 1980-1984 1945-1949 All ages 16,022 892 7,420 4,485 1,846 1,142 237 36 4 24 7 1 - -Under20 3,106 649 1,907 422 97 28 3 13 3 8 1 1 - -20-24 8,197 215 4,765 2,361 620 206 30 20 1 14 5 - - -25-29 2,985 17 598 1,355 658 319 38 2 - 1 1 - - -30-34 1,036 9 123 261 330 271 42 1 - 1 - - - -35-44 611 1 27 85 133 291 74 - - - - - - -45andover 87 1 - 1 8 27 50 - - - - - - - 1975-1979 Before 1945 All ages 10,302 876 5,290 2,708 898 450 80 10 2 7 1 - - -Under20 2,918 683 1,766 385 66 17 1 2 - 1 1 - - -20-24 5,076 171 3,114 1,386 303 97 5 6 1 5 - - - -25-29 1,534 19 345 724 312 126 8 2 1 1 - - - -30-34 498 2 49 162 161 111 13 - - - - - - -35-44 226 1 14 49 54 86 22 - - - - - - -45andover 50 - 2 2 2 13 31 - - - - - - -

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Table 4.8 Proportions1 of men and women who had ever divorced England and Wales by certain ages, for birth cohort, 1936-1984

Yearof Exactage(years)birth 21 23 25 28 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 42 45 50 55 60 65

Men

1936 0 0 2 11 20 26 32 38 45 53 60 71 81 90 100 119 144 177 196 207 2131941 0 1 4 19 36 46 60 72 85 97 109 121 133 144 154 174 197 227 246 257 1946 0 1 8 39 67 81 96 110 123 137 150 161 173 183 192 209 232 262 280 1951 0 4 19 62 95 111 127 141 154 166 177 188 198 207 217 234 256 283 1956 0 6 25 69 101 116 130 144 157 169 182 194 205 216 225 242 263 1957 0 6 24 67 99 114 129 143 156 169 182 194 205 216 225 242 263 1958 1 6 23 67 98 113 127 141 154 168 181 193 204 214 223 240 262 1959 0 6 22 66 96 111 126 140 154 168 180 192 203 212 222 239 263 1960 0 6 21 65 93 108 122 137 151 164 176 188 198 208 218 235 260 1961 1 5 23 62 90 105 120 134 148 161 173 184 195 204 214 232 1962 0 5 24 60 89 104 119 133 147 159 171 182 192 203 212 232 1963 0 7 22 57 85 100 115 129 142 154 166 177 187 197 207 227 1964 0 7 21 54 81 96 109 123 135 147 159 170 181 191 202 1965 1 7 19 51 78 92 106 119 131 143 154 166 177 188 198 1966 1 6 18 49 74 88 101 114 126 137 149 160 172 183 1967 1 6 17 47 72 84 97 109 121 132 144 156 167 1968 1 5 16 44 67 80 91 103 115 128 139 151 1969 1 5 15 41 63 75 86 98 110 122 134 1970 1 4 14 38 59 70 81 93 106 118 1971 1 4 12 35 53 64 75 86 98 1972 0 3 11 30 47 57 68 80 1973 0 3 10 27 43 53 64 1974 0 3 8 24 40 50 1975 0 2 7 22 37 1976 0 2 7 21 1977 0 2 6 19 1978 0 2 6 1979 0 2 5 1980 0 2 5 1981 0 1 1982 0 1 1983 0 1984 0 Women 1936 0 2 7 20 31 37 43 48 54 60 67 77 86 94 103 120 142 168 182 189 1931941 0 3 12 33 50 60 73 84 96 107 119 129 140 150 159 176 196 220 234 241 1946 1 6 20 62 94 110 124 137 150 162 173 184 193 202 210 225 244 267 281 1951 1 13 39 88 120 134 148 161 172 183 192 202 211 219 226 241 260 282 1956 2 21 55 108 138 151 164 176 188 198 209 219 229 237 245 260 277 1957 3 22 56 106 137 151 164 176 187 198 209 219 229 237 246 259 277 1958 3 22 54 105 135 148 161 174 186 197 208 218 227 236 243 257 276 1959 3 21 52 102 132 146 159 172 184 196 206 216 225 233 241 255 275 1960 3 21 50 101 131 145 159 172 185 196 207 217 225 234 242 257 278 1961 3 20 51 99 128 143 157 171 183 194 205 214 223 232 240 255 1962 3 19 50 96 126 141 155 168 180 192 202 212 221 229 238 254 1963 3 21 48 92 122 137 151 164 176 187 197 207 216 225 233 250 1964 2 21 45 89 120 135 148 161 172 183 193 203 212 222 231 1965 5 20 43 86 116 130 144 156 167 179 189 199 210 219 229 1966 4 18 40 83 112 127 140 152 164 175 185 196 207 217 1967 3 16 38 81 109 123 135 147 159 170 181 192 203 1968 3 15 37 78 106 119 132 144 156 167 179 190 1969 3 15 36 75 102 114 126 138 150 162 174 1970 2 13 32 69 95 107 120 132 144 156 1971 3 12 29 64 88 100 113 125 138 1972 2 11 27 58 81 93 105 117 1973 2 10 24 52 75 87 99 1974 2 10 22 48 71 82 1975 2 8 19 44 66 1976 1 8 18 42 1977 1 7 16 40 1978 1 6 15 1979 1 5 14 1980 1 5 14 1981 1 5 1982 1 5 1983 1 1984 1

Note:Thistableshowsformenandwomenborninagivenyeartheestimatedproportionthathadeverdivorcedbyacertainage.Thusforevery1,000men bornin1960,164haddivorcedbytheageof35. 1Estimatedproportionsper1,000.

Year All Durationofmarriage(completedyears) of durations divorce 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

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All ages 1994 158,175 81 4,895 8,865 10,400 11,454 10,836 9,896 8,881 7,900 7,256 6,567 6,003 5,461 5,174 1995 155,499 95 4,944 8,976 10,209 10,283 10,447 9,812 8,822 7,965 7,258 6,461 5,803 5,405 4,911 1996 157,107 76 5,010 8,935 10,467 10,436 10,042 9,850 9,092 8,171 7,454 6,456 5,941 5,376 4,985 1997 146,689 61 4,369 8,166 9,410 9,761 9,326 8,580 8,324 7,935 7,095 6,542 5,698 5,149 4,574 1998 145,214 68 4,191 7,988 9,270 9,619 9,180 8,497 7,785 7,757 7,020 6,412 5,877 5,196 4,779 1999 144,556 49 3,813 7,488 8,833 9,124 8,958 8,521 7,861 7,338 6,998 6,631 6,040 5,539 4,755 2000 141,135 52 3,494 6,892 8,296 8,740 8,506 8,148 7,778 7,183 6,591 6,539 5,993 5,493 4,996 2001 143,818 36 3,413 6,741 8,206 8,591 8,632 8,329 7,909 7,463 6,746 6,329 6,232 5,792 5,135 2002 147,735 31 3,326 6,882 8,325 8,780 8,823 8,370 8,020 7,564 6,953 6,263 6,012 5,855 5,419 2003 153,490 44 3,288 6,984 8,288 8,907 8,983 8,671 8,249 7,698 6,998 6,676 6,206 5,775 5,732 2004 153,399 42 3,353 6,734 8,340 8,920 8,862 8,389 7,921 7,705 6,902 6,599 6,135 5,767 5,232 Age of wifeat marriage,2004 Under20 18,709 3 201 424 559 662 669 582 498 485 397 388 407 416 43720-24 59,548 7 857 1,805 2,366 2,497 2,489 2,364 2,327 2,400 2,274 2,393 2,306 2,246 2,19425-29 39,575 8 948 1,922 2,488 2,652 2,676 2,595 2,522 2,442 2,212 2,073 1,884 1,746 1,53130-34 18,545 4 576 1,214 1,383 1,550 1,518 1,432 1,371 1,267 1,020 948 843 760 596 35-39 8,912 7 352 629 793 804 792 759 617 586 497 422 368 286 24340-44 4,274 4 197 378 371 380 375 329 299 262 267 188 187 172 13345-49 2,207 3 103 179 192 204 190 186 173 170 152 122 88 89 7050andover 1,629 6 119 183 188 171 153 142 114 93 83 65 52 52 28 Age of husbandat marriage,2004 Under20 5,401 - 52 126 146 187 185 136 127 120 111 99 113 111 11220-24 47,946 7 553 1,121 1,479 1,540 1,578 1,542 1,545 1,595 1,525 1,659 1,630 1,667 1,68325-29 48,235 7 884 1,984 2,576 2,982 2,992 2,815 2,703 2,706 2,489 2,363 2,172 1,981 1,83130-34 25,614 7 770 1,554 1,915 1,917 1,944 1,883 1,761 1,613 1,356 1,263 1,122 1,037 792 35-39 12,629 8 461 874 1,018 1,099 1,041 943 812 812 684 558 515 440 38240-44 6,581 4 280 480 542 529 527 480 455 430 330 322 294 280 23045-49 3,501 2 146 257 304 309 276 290 275 225 226 179 153 117 10950andover 3,492 7 207 338 360 357 319 300 243 204 181 156 136 134 93

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4,868 4,528 3,963 3,688 3,497 3,524 44,769 28,073 19,200 14,891 8,801 6,739 7 9.8 1994 All ages 4,785 4,492 4,099 3,712 3,462 3,178 44,304 27,365 18,943 14,483 8,925 6,962 10 9.9 1995 4,574 4,470 4,222 3,888 3,479 3,262 44,609 27,332 19,321 14,236 9,511 7,165 9 9.9 1996 4,252 4,015 3,802 3,679 3,427 3,104 41,260 26,215 18,027 13,148 9,058 7,202 12 10.0 1997 4,434 3,977 3,675 3,609 3,513 3,160 40,239 26,698 17,934 12,675 9,056 7,468 8 10.2 1998 4,419 4,192 3,776 3,461 3,412 3,231 39,676 27,384 18,072 12,888 9,349 7,871 9 10.5 1999 4,438 4,093 3,722 3,436 3,343 3,276 38,206 27,459 17,870 12,907 9,017 8,196 6 10.7 2000 4,688 4,334 3,949 3,615 3,433 3,272 39,079 28,176 18,603 13,318 8,986 8,667 2 10.9 2001 5,043 4,681 4,226 3,945 3,654 3,278 39,730 28,592 19,784 13,989 9,106 9,190 - 11.1 2002 5,442 4,822 4,591 4,102 3,874 3,534 40,599 29,831 20,923 15,028 9,662 9,934 2 11.3 2003 5,353 4,983 4,721 4,350 3,865 3,672 39,779 29,086 21,591 15,472 9,754 10,328 - 11.5 2004 Age of wife at marriage, 2004 487 519 530 517 589 587 2,631 2,135 2,742 3,115 2,820 3,417 - Under20 2,369 2,213 2,242 2,145 1,922 1,869 11,854 11,508 10,391 7,913 4,819 5,531 - 20-24 1,471 1,288 1,181 1,063 828 744 12,447 8,705 5,104 2,829 1,432 1,040 - 25-29 551 513 444 341 285 272 6,608 3,698 1,855 981 441 235 - 30-34 251 266 168 178 149 119 3,251 1,570 880 405 150 71 - 35-39 140 100 102 65 51 53 1,532 820 371 156 49 16 - 40-44 52 56 35 28 19 15 871 421 153 42 25 14 - 45-49 32 28 19 13 22 13 585 229 95 31 18 4 - 50andover Age of husband at marriage, 2004 163 134 138 134 143 161 679 598 710 897 851 1,155 - Under20 1,745 1,744 1,767 1,751 1,618 1,559 7,785 8,384 8,439 7,249 5,103 6,286 - 20-24 1,855 1,647 1,579 1,358 1,186 1,149 13,705 10,202 6,919 4,264 2,529 2,183 - 25-29 787 709 596 581 482 427 8,557 5,001 2,795 1,778 817 503 - 30-34 399 336 328 291 238 214 4,292 2,294 1,407 778 278 120 - 35-39 212 230 170 133 105 97 2,222 1,338 735 289 110 52 - 40-44 112 105 76 61 56 33 1,292 670 331 135 38 17 - 45-49 80 78 67 41 37 32 1,247 599 255 82 28 12 - 50andover

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Table 4.10 Couples, and children of divorced couples (numbersandproportions): ageofchild,1994-2004

Yearofdivorce Alldivorced Oneormorechildrenaged Withchildrenaged16or Nochild under16 over stated

Numberof Numberofchildrenaged Numberof Numberofchildrenaged Numberof Numberof Numberof couples couples couples children couples 16orover under16 16orover under16 (16orover)

Numbers1994 158,175 66,840 164,834 88,491 19,668 164,834 21,398 47,172 48,2861995 155,499 65,802 160,563 85,867 19,344 160,563 21,072 46,458 48,560 1996 157,107 66,004 162,498 86,933 19,519 162,498 21,374 46,485 48,8001997 146,689 62,408 150,309 80,670 18,165 150,309 20,463 44,243 45,5561998 145,214 60,394 150,129 80,476 18,361 150,129 19,668 42,033 45,0701999 144,556 59,333 147,721 79,298 17,829 147,721 19,568 41,504 45,6902000 141,135 57,591 142,457 76,776 17,584 142,457 19,049 40,007 45,310 2001 143,818 56,684 146,914 79,277 18,649 146,914 18,392 38,035 46,1492002 147,735 60,033 149,335 80,997 20,320 149,335 19,069 39,713 47,6692003 153,490 65,145 153,527 83,809 22,306 153,527 20,508 42,839 49,1732004 153,399 67,282 149,275 82,017 23,334 149,275 21,195 43,948 50,187 Proportions per 1,000 divorced couples

1994 1,000 559 135 3051995 1,000 552 136 312 1996 1,000 553 136 3111997 1,000 550 139 3111998 1,000 554 135 3101999 1,000 549 135 3162000 1,000 544 135 321 2001 1,000 551 128 3212002 1,000 548 129 3232003 1,000 546 134 3202004 1,000 535 138 327 Average number of children per divorced couples

1994 1.46 0.42 1.04 0.22 1.86 2.201995 1.45 0.42 1.03 0.23 1.87 2.20 1996 1.45 0.42 1.03 0.22 1.87 2.171997 1.45 0.43 1.02 0.23 1.86 2.16 1998 1.45 0.42 1.03 0.23 1.87 2.141999 1.43 0.41 1.02 0.22 1.86 2.122000 1.42 0.41 1.01 0.23 1.86 2.10 2001 1.41 0.39 1.02 0.24 1.85 2.072002 1.42 0.41 1.01 0.25 1.84 2.082003 1.42 0.42 1.00 0.27 1.83 2.092004 1.41 0.44 0.97 0.28 1.82 2.07

Note:Fordefinitionofchildrenandrecordingoftheirages-seesection4.8.

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England and WalesTable 4.12 Couples, and children of divorced couples where there isatleastonechildagedunder16: agesofyoungest and eldest children and number of children by age, 2004

Numberofchildren Ageof Numberofcouplesbyageofeldestchild Total-all Totalnumberofchildrenunder16(percouple) youngest coupleswith child 0-4 5-10 11-15 16andover children Under16 16andover under16

Yearof Numberofcouplesbynumberofchildrenunder16 Numberofchildrenunder16,byagegroupdivorce Total 1 2 3 4 5ormore Total 0-4 5-10 11-15

Numbers

1994 88,491 34,423 37,254 12,556 3,344 914 164,834 50,210 70,935 43,6891995 85,867 33,001 36,331 12,384 3,278 873 160,563 46,953 69,631 43,979 1996 86,933 33,501 36,715 12,514 3,288 915 162,498 46,029 71,620 44,8491997 80,670 31,339 33,996 11,482 3,018 835 150,309 41,524 67,085 41,7001998 80,476 30,967 34,207 11,523 2,980 799 150,129 39,538 67,545 43,0461999 79,298 30,745 33,550 11,238 2,953 812 147,721 37,706 66,442 43,5732000 76,776 29,883 32,633 10,757 2,759 744 142,457 35,095 64,072 43,290 2001 79,277 30,996 33,596 11,076 2,803 806 146,914 34,783 65,522 46,6092002 80,997 31,941 34,381 11,111 2,750 814 149,335 33,682 66,351 49,3022003 83,809 33,588 35,355 11,265 2,821 780 153,527 33,049 67,654 52,8242004 82,017 33,211 34,651 10,833 2,577 745 149,275 30,868 65,273 53,134 Proportions per 1,000 1994 1,000 389 421 142 38 10 1,000 305 430 2651995 1,000 384 423 144 38 10 1,000 292 434 274 1996 1,000 385 422 144 38 11 1,000 283 441 2761997 1,000 388 421 142 37 10 1,000 276 446 2771998 1,000 385 425 143 37 10 1,000 263 450 2871999 1,000 388 423 142 37 10 1,000 255 450 2952000 1,000 389 425 140 36 10 1,000 246 450 304 2001 1,000 391 424 140 35 10 1,000 237 446 3172002 1,000 394 424 137 34 10 1,000 226 444 3302003 1,000 401 422 134 34 9 1,000 215 441 3442004 1,000 405 422 132 31 9 1,000 207 437 356

1 0-4 8,432 - - 252 8,684 8,684 383 5-10 - 9,050 - 1,664 10,714 10,714 2,585 11-15 - - 5,752 8,061 13,813 13,813 11,834 Total 8,432 9,050 5,752 9,977 33,211 33,211 14,802 2 0-4 2,822 6,904 710 381 10,817 21,634 544 5-10 - 7,575 7,924 2,102 17,601 35,202 2,920 11-15 - - 4,559 1,674 6,233 12,466 2,395 Total 2,822 14,479 13,193 4,157 34,651 69,302 5,859 3 0-4 169 2,601 1,317 263 4,350 13,050 384 5-10 - 827 4,165 861 5,853 17,559 1,252 11-15 - - 445 185 630 1,890 285 Total 169 3,428 5,927 1,309 10,833 32,499 1,921 4ormore 0-4 8 613 1,046 226 1,893 8,277 337 5-10 - 72 1,071 253 1,396 5,848 396 11-15 - - 22 11 33 138 19 Total 8 685 2,139 490 3,322 14,263 752 Total 0-4 11,431 10,118 3,073 1,122 25,744 51,645 1,648 5-10 - 17,524 13,160 4,880 35,564 69,323 7,153 11-15 - - 10,778 9,931 20,709 28,307 14,533 Total 11,431 27,642 27,011 15,933 82,017 149,275 23,334

Note:Fordefinitionofchildrenandrecordingoftheirages-seesection4.8.

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Ageofwifeat Numberof Numberofchildrenbyagegroup Numberofcoupleswithchildrenunder16dateofdivorce children under16 0-4 5-10 11-15 Total 16and Agesofchildren All ages (percouple) under16 over allunder mixedages- 16 under16and 16andover

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All ages 1 8,684 10,714 13,813 33,211 14,802 23,234 9,977 33,211 2 13,669 32,567 23,066 69,302 5,859 30,494 4,157 34,651 3 5,707 15,378 11,414 32,499 1,921 9,524 1,309 10,833 4 or more 2,808 6,614 4,841 14,263 752 2,832 490 3,322 Total 30,868 65,273 53,134 149,275 23,334 66,084 15,933 82,017 Under25 1 1,157 112 19 1,288 13 1,278 10 1,288 2 1,125 257 22 1,404 10 696 6 702 3 292 123 20 435 4 142 3 145 4ormore 61 32 15 108 2 24 1 25 Total 2,635 524 76 3,235 29 2,140 20 2,160 25-34 1 5,128 3,704 729 9,561 251 9,359 202 9,561 2 7,756 11,552 2,712 22,020 262 10,810 200 11,010 3 3,132 6,088 2,282 11,502 117 3,741 93 3,834 4ormore 1,569 3,033 1,464 6,066 51 1,368 44 1,412 Total 17,585 24,377 7,187 49,149 681 25,278 539 25,817 35-44 1 2,231 5,558 8,080 15,869 8,546 9,825 6,044 15,869 2 4,592 18,867 16,429 39,888 4,093 16,913 3,031 19,944 3 2,169 8,412 8,058 18,639 1,472 5,186 1,027 6,213 4ormore 1,111 3,289 3,064 7,464 585 1,343 395 1,738 Total 10,103 36,126 35,631 81,860 14,696 33,267 10,497 43,764 45andover 1 168 1,340 4,985 6,493 5,992 2,772 3,721 6,493 2 196 1,891 3,903 5,990 1,494 2,075 920 2,995 3 114 755 1,054 1,923 328 455 186 641 4ormore 67 260 298 625 114 97 50 147 Total 545 4,246 10,240 15,031 7,928 5,399 4,877 10,276 Note:Fordefinitionofchildrenandrecordingoftheirages-seesection4.8.1Forthe21,195couples,allofwhosechildrenwereaged16andover,thenumberofcouplesandnumberofchildrenbyageofwifeatdateofdivorcewere:

Ageofwifeatdateofdivorce Under25 25-34 35-44 45andover Allages Numberofcouples 8 123 4,240 16,824 21,195Numberofchildrenaged16andover 16 190 7,590 36,152 43,948

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Table 4.14 Couples, and children1ofdivorcedcouples: ageofwifeatmarriage, number of children aged under 16 (per couple) and children by age, 2004

Ageofwife Numberof Numberofchildrenbyagegroup Numberofatmarriage children coupleswith under16 0-4 5-10 11-15 Total 16andover children (percouple) under 16 under16

All ages 1 8,684 10,714 13,813 33,211 14,802 33,211 2 13,669 32,567 23,066 69,302 5,859 34,651 3 5,707 15,378 11,414 32,499 1,921 10,833 4 1,945 4,836 3,527 10,308 519 2,577 5 and over 863 1,778 1,314 3,955 233 745 Total 30,868 65,273 53,134 149,275 23,334 82,017 Under20 1 1,009 910 2,073 3,992 2,920 3,992 2 1,581 2,954 2,689 7,224 1,041 3,612 3 744 1,901 1,534 4,179 353 1,393 4 275 703 546 1,524 75 381 5andover 138 334 232 704 59 132 Total 3,747 6,802 7,074 17,623 4,448 9,510 20-24 1 3,399 3,887 5,558 12,844 6,298 12,844 2 5,845 14,819 10,534 31,198 2,315 15,599 3 2,496 7,094 4,915 14,505 598 4,835 4 815 2,095 1,354 4,264 165 1,066 5andover 302 631 403 1,336 59 251 Total 12,857 28,526 22,764 64,147 9,435 34,595 25-29 1 2,739 3,334 3,026 9,099 2,714 9,099 2 4,310 10,004 5,716 20,030 1,134 10,015 3 1,600 4,187 2,883 8,670 426 2,890 4 536 1,355 953 2,844 110 711 5andover 238 493 351 1,082 45 203 Total 9,423 19,373 12,929 41,725 4,429 22,918 30-34 1 1,096 1,648 1,775 4,519 1,569 4,519 2 1,492 3,592 2,662 7,746 768 3,873 3 674 1,698 1,507 3,879 353 1,293 4 238 502 484 1,224 95 306 5andover 160 263 268 691 58 132 Total 3,660 7,703 6,696 18,059 2,843 10,123 35-39 1 359 715 928 2,002 975 2,002 2 400 999 1,101 2,500 434 1,250 3 171 414 453 1,038 156 346 4 75 165 160 400 58 100 5andover 21 51 49 121 11 23 Total 1,026 2,344 2,691 6,061 1,634 3,721 40-44 1 73 175 340 588 270 588 2 33 172 293 498 137 249 3 19 72 95 186 27 62 4 3 14 23 40 14 10 5andover 0 5 10 15 1 3 Total 128 438 761 1,327 449 912 45andover 1 9 45 113 167 56 167 2 8 27 71 106 30 53 3 3 12 27 42 8 14 4 3 2 7 12 2 3 5andover 4 1 1 6 - 1 Total 27 87 219 333 96 238

Note:Fordefinitionofchildrenandrecordingoftheirages-seesection4.8. 1Forthe21,195couples,allofwhosechildrenwereaged16andover,thenumberofcouplesandnumberofchildrenbyageofwifeatmarriagewere: Ageofwifeatmarriage Under20 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45andover Allages Numberofcouples 5,052 9,256 3,344 1,630 1,068 536 309 21,195Numberofchildren aged16andover 11,305 19,134 6,570 3,058 2,048 1,100 733 43,948

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Table4.15 Couples,andchildrenofdivorcedcouples: ageofwifeatmarriage, number of children aged under 16 (per couple) and duration of marriage, 2004

Ageofwife Numberofchildren Durationofmarriage(completeyears)atmarriage under16(percouple) All 0–21 3 4 5 6 7 durations

All ages 02 71,382 6,365 4,776 4,827 4,282 3,851 3,288 1 33,211 1,906 1,838 2,006 2,173 1,993 1,911 2 34,651 1,259 1,163 1,400 1,662 1,821 1,875 3 10,833 425 393 504 564 524 660 4 2,577 118 124 146 141 148 141 5 and over 745 56 46 37 40 52 46 Total couples 153,399 10,129 8,340 8,920 8,862 8,389 7,921 With children under 16 82,017 3,764 3,564 4,093 4,580 4,538 4,633 Total children under 16 149,275 6,467 6,081 7,096 7,966 8,079 8,441 Under20 02 9,199 383 278 304 279 227 160 1 3,992 180 186 201 188 149 134 2 3,612 58 82 129 155 149 143 3 1,393 6 10 25 38 49 50 4 381 1 3 3 7 7 9 5andover 132 - - - 2 1 2 Total couples 18,709 628 559 662 669 582 498 Withchildrenunder16 9,510 245 281 358 390 355 338 Totalchildrenunder16 17,623 318 392 546 652 627 616 20-24 02 24,953 1,777 1,375 1,398 1,187 1,061 867 1 12,844 530 578 594 625 533 539 2 15,599 287 302 365 493 579 622 3 4,835 62 91 97 152 132 234 4 1,066 13 12 37 27 47 52 5andover 251 - 8 6 5 12 13 Total couples 59,548 2,669 2,366 2,497 2,489 2,364 2,327 Withchildrenunder16 34,595 892 991 1,099 1,302 1,303 1,460 Totalchildrenunder16 64,147 1,342 1,544 1,796 2,202 2,339 2,759 25-29 02 16,657 1,855 1,460 1,435 1,270 1,065 906 1 9,099 500 484 562 654 664 658 2 10,015 347 340 422 494 618 660 3 2,890 125 134 181 183 163 233 4 711 34 54 42 63 60 48 5andover 203 17 16 10 12 25 17 Total couples 39,575 2,878 2,488 2,652 2,676 2,595 2,522 Withchildrenunder16 22,918 1,023 1,028 1,217 1,406 1,530 1,616 Totalchildrenunder16 41,725 1,795 1,866 2,169 2,509 2,764 2,958 30-34 02 8,422 929 689 678 588 551 535 1 4,519 321 285 362 409 380 350 2 3,873 319 267 300 330 330 337 3 1,293 150 97 144 139 132 115 4 306 48 29 47 33 28 21 5andover 132 27 16 19 19 11 13 Total couples 18,545 1,794 1,383 1,550 1,518 1,432 1,371 Withchildrenunder16 10,123 865 694 872 930 881 836 Totalchildrenunder16 18,059 1,744 1,311 1,681 1,716 1,607 1,519 35-39 02 5,191 500 377 394 368 396 324 1 2,002 216 202 211 208 195 174 2 1,250 176 140 140 155 121 85 3 346 65 46 42 50 40 24 4 100 21 22 15 10 5 9 5andover 23 10 6 2 1 2 1 Total couples 8,912 988 793 804 792 759 617 Withchildrenunder16 3,721 488 416 410 424 363 293 Totalchildrenunder16 6,061 900 740 687 713 588 457 40-44 02 3,362 384 257 272 271 236 231 1 588 123 69 62 70 63 39 2 249 56 27 33 31 22 24 3 62 13 14 13 1 7 3 4 10 1 4 - 1 1 2 5andover 3 2 - - 1 - - Total couples 4,274 579 371 380 375 329 299 Withchildrenunder16 912 195 114 108 104 93 68 Totalchildrenunder16 1,327 288 181 167 144 132 104 45andover 02 3,598 537 340 346 319 315 265 1 167 36 34 14 19 9 17 2 53 16 5 11 4 2 4 3 14 4 1 2 1 1 1 4 3 - - 2 - - - 5andover 1 - - - - 1 - Total couples 3,836 593 380 375 343 328 287 Withchildrenunder16 238 56 40 29 24 13 22 Totalchildrenunder16 333 80 47 50 30 22 28

Note:Fordefinitionofchildrenandrecordingoftheirages-seesection4.8. 1Seesection4.2forinformationontimebarstodivorce. 2Includesfamilieswhereallchildrenwereaged16yearsandover.

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Ageofwife Numberofchildren atmarriage under16(percouple)8 9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30and Not over stated

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2,880 2,468 8,099 5,130 7,652 7,836 9,928 - All ages 02

1,841 1,539 6,243 5,203 4,771 1,460 327 - 1 2,154 2,063 10,615 7,868 2,338 374 59 - 2 606 621 3,190 2,697 579 63 7 - 3 169 159 764 545 103 13 6 - 4 55 52 175 148 29 8 1 - 5 and over 7,705 6,902 29,086 21,591 15,472 9,754 10,328 - Total couples 4,825 4,434 20,987 16,461 7,820 1,918 400 - With children under 16 8,937 8,439 41,028 31,994 11,758 2,493 496 - Total children under 16 139 98 311 311 1,329 2,137 3,243 - Under20 02

116 76 355 660 1,100 503 144 - 1 164 157 870 1,044 497 143 21 - 2 48 53 421 517 147 24 5 - 3 11 11 136 150 30 9 4 - 4 7 2 42 60 12 4 - - 5andover 485 397 2,135 2,742 3,115 2,820 3,417 - Total couples 346 299 1,824 2,431 1,786 683 174 - Withchildrenunder16 668 603 4,121 5,222 2,722 919 217 - Totalchildrenunder16 723 634 2,110 1,427 3,275 3,794 5,325 - 20-24 02

595 490 2,258 2,419 2,730 788 165 - 1 767 818 5,045 4,607 1,480 197 37 - 2 236 251 1,614 1,575 356 33 2 - 3 61 62 395 295 60 4 1 - 4 18 19 86 68 12 3 1 - 5andover 2,400 2,274 11,508 10,391 7,913 4,819 5,531 - Total couples 1,677 1,640 9,398 8,964 4,638 1,025 206 - Withchildrenunder16 3,179 3,228 19,229 17,894 7,066 1,314 255 - Totalchildrenunder16 773 631 2,013 1,307 1,666 1,253 1,023 - 25-29 02

600 526 2,135 1,397 761 143 15 - 1 775 757 3,474 1,781 317 29 1 - 2 205 211 862 517 70 6 - - 3 65 61 189 83 11 - 1 - 4 24 26 32 19 4 1 - - 5andover 2,442 2,212 8,705 5,104 2,829 1,432 1,040 - Total couples 1,669 1,581 6,692 3,797 1,163 179 17 - Withchildrenunder16 3,153 3,055 12,598 6,942 1,671 224 21 - Totalchildrenunder16 465 377 1,327 858 777 416 232 - 30-34 02

345 284 1,057 543 159 21 3 - 1 339 251 1,001 356 39 4 - - 2 85 88 258 81 4 - - - 3 27 15 41 16 1 - - - 4 6 5 14 1 1 - - - 5andover 1,267 1,020 3,698 1,855 981 441 235 - Total couples 802 643 2,371 997 204 25 3 - Withchildrenunder16 1,418 1,136 4,070 1,567 258 29 3 - Totalchildrenunder16 317 279 992 646 382 145 71 - 35-39 02

145 128 342 159 18 4 - - 1 93 64 203 69 3 1 - - 2 27 17 29 5 1 - - - 3 4 9 3 1 1 - - - 4 - - 1 - - - - - 5andover 586 497 1,570 880 405 150 71 - Total couples 269 218 578 234 23 5 - - Withchildrenunder16 428 343 852 316 31 6 - - Totalchildrenunder16 220 223 715 338 150 49 16 - 40-44 02

25 30 81 23 3 - - - 1 14 12 18 10 2 - - - 2 3 1 6 - 1 - - - 3 - 1 - - - - - - 4 - - - - - - - - 5andover 262 267 820 371 156 49 16 - Total couples 42 44 105 33 6 - - - Withchildrenunder16 62 61 135 43 10 - - - Totalchildrenunder16 243 226 631 243 73 42 18 - 45andover 02

15 5 15 2 - 1 - - 1 2 4 4 1 - - - - 2 2 - - 2 - - - - 3 1 - - - - - - - 4 - - - - - - - - 5andover 263 235 650 248 73 43 18 - Total couples 20 9 19 5 - 1 - - Withchildrenunder16 29 13 23 10 - 1 - - Totalchildrenunder16

England and WalesTable4.16 Divorces: maritalstatusesbeforemarriageofhusbandandwife,1994-2004

Yearof Total Husband'spreviousmarital Wife'spreviousmarital Combinationofhusband'sandwife'sdivorce status status previousmaritalstatus

Single Widowed Divorced Single Widowed Divorced First Oneparty Both Others marriage previously parties ofboth divorced previously parties divorced

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1994 158,175 127,513 1,356 29,306 128,889 1,421 27,865 114,174 28,641 14,265 1,0951995 155,499 125,068 1,307 29,124 126,011 1,482 28,006 111,485 28,708 14,211 1,095 1996 157,107 125,827 1,374 29,906 126,919 1,421 28,767 111,977 29,413 14,630 1,0871997 146,689 117,272 1,242 28,175 118,329 1,294 27,066 104,205 27,653 13,794 1,0371998 145,214 115,972 1,122 28,120 116,756 1,227 27,231 102,677 27,859 13,746 9321999 144,556 115,108 1,174 28,274 115,426 1,213 27,917 101,548 27,915 14,138 9552000 141,135 112,068 1,129 27,938 112,605 1,097 27,433 98,824 27,595 13,888 828 2001 143,818 114,311 1,057 28,450 114,631 1,131 28,056 100,541 28,306 14,100 8712002 147,735 116,913 1,113 29,709 117,533 1,146 29,056 102,774 29,389 14,688 8842003 153,490 121,395 994 31,101 121,896 1,203 30,391 106,444 30,960 15,266 8202004 153,399 121,142 1,084 31,173 121,756 1,156 30,487 106,220 30,902 15,379 898

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Wife'sage Wife'spreviousmaritalstatus Husband'spreviousmaritalstatusatmarriage Total Single Widowed Divorced

England and WalesTable4.17 Divorces: ageofwifeatmarriage,andmarital statuses before marriage of husband and wife, 2004

All ages Total 153,399 121,142 1,084 31,173 Single 121,756 106,220 318 15,218 Widowed 1,156 437 143 576 Divorced 30,487 14,485 623 15,379 Under20 Total 18,709 17,797 30 882 Single 18,680 17,773 30 877 Widowed 3 3 - - Divorced 26 21 - 5 20-24 Total 59,548 53,681 97 5,770 Single 57,508 52,257 92 5,159 Widowed 31 27 - 4 Divorced 2,009 1,397 5 607 25-29 Total 39,575 31,305 137 8,133 Single 31,948 26,583 90 5,275 Widowed 155 104 3 48 Divorced 7,472 4,618 44 2,810 30-34 Total 18,545 11,698 133 6,714 Single 9,886 7,261 51 2,574 Widowed 183 107 7 69 Divorced 8,476 4,330 75 4,071 35-39 Total 8,912 4,216 149 4,547 Single 2,687 1,736 22 929 Widowed 185 74 5 106 Divorced 6,040 2,406 122 3,512 40-44 Total 4,274 1,480 141 2,653 Single 677 396 14 267 Widowed 167 57 7 103 Divorced 3,430 1,027 120 2,283 45-49 Total 2,207 622 112 1,473 Single 251 142 11 98 Widowed 127 27 13 87 Divorced 1,829 453 88 1,288 50andover Total 1,629 343 285 1,001 Single 119 72 8 39 Widowed 305 38 108 159 Divorced 1,205 233 169 803

Yearof Ageofhusbandatmarriagemarriage All ages Under20 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50andover

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England and WalesTable4.18 Divorces: sex,maritalstatusbeforemarriage, year of marriage and age at marriage, 2004

Single bridegrooms All years 121,142 5,397 47,269 43,096 17,400 5,346 1,702 555 377 2004 4 - 2 1 - 1 - - -2003 610 11 140 215 143 66 19 9 72002 3,951 98 859 1,410 967 390 152 41 342001 5,586 130 1,311 2,112 1,339 466 150 41 372000 6,756 171 1,531 2,668 1,529 566 193 62 36 1999 6,730 198 1,526 2,810 1,441 516 157 48 341998 6,477 161 1,501 2,675 1,447 464 137 51 411997 6,087 125 1,575 2,534 1,295 374 122 37 251996 5,830 119 1,512 2,479 1,189 332 130 45 241995 5,501 110 1,545 2,380 1,029 285 96 33 23 1994 5,182 118 1,595 2,197 892 261 68 35 161993 4,821 95 1,589 2,034 784 199 81 24 151992 4,569 101 1,604 1,877 719 178 68 9 131991 4,216 117 1,632 1,673 565 158 44 19 81990 4,224 136 1,688 1,659 523 158 43 10 7 1989 4,062 156 1,725 1,523 455 135 42 20 61988 3,836 136 1,761 1,386 382 111 41 11 81987 3,654 137 1,750 1,316 305 106 25 7 81986 3,214 130 1,609 1,056 301 78 28 7 51985 3,062 140 1,609 978 253 63 12 4 3 1984 3,020 183 1,539 976 228 71 16 5 21983 2,653 150 1,454 768 203 53 12 8 51982 2,609 182 1,461 730 183 43 2 5 31981 2,489 188 1,377 675 171 56 15 4 31980 2,470 189 1,457 598 180 33 7 4 2 1979 2,141 177 1,196 590 136 31 7 2 21978 1,910 179 1,105 478 112 30 5 1 -1977 1,686 179 976 397 96 24 7 6 11976 1,608 184 946 394 66 15 3 - -1975 1,562 157 976 346 69 10 1 2 1 1974 1,452 164 877 330 67 10 2 1 11973 1,309 159 775 309 50 10 4 2 -1972 1,173 131 735 248 46 8 2 1 21971 1,086 124 712 206 32 9 2 - 11970 961 102 638 172 37 9 3 - - 1969 782 72 532 136 35 5 2 - -1968 713 85 463 134 25 3 1 1 11967 621 93 394 109 16 7 1 - 11966 485 58 315 98 10 2 1 - 11965 423 58 276 75 12 1 1 - - Before1965 1,617 194 1,001 344 68 9 - - 1 2000-2004 16,907 410 3,843 6,406 3,978 1,489 514 153 114 1995-1999 30,625 713 7,659 12,878 6,401 1,971 642 214 1471990-1994 23,012 567 8,108 9,440 3,483 954 304 97 591985-1989 17,828 699 8,454 6,259 1,696 493 148 49 301980-1984 13,241 892 7,288 3,747 965 256 52 26 151975-1979 8,907 876 5,199 2,205 479 110 23 11 4 1970-1974 5,981 680 3,737 1,265 232 46 13 4 41965-1969 3,024 366 1,980 552 98 18 6 1 31960-1964 1,096 137 675 222 53 8 - - 11955-1959 370 44 224 88 13 1 - - -1950-1954 105 7 71 26 1 - - - - Before1950 46 6 31 8 1 - - - -

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Yearof Ageofwifeatmarriagemarriage All ages Under20 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50andover

Table 4.18 - continued

Single brides All years 121,756 18,680 57,508 31,948 9,886 2,687 677 251 119 2004 2 - 1 - - 1 - - -2003 611 56 213 200 92 35 10 2 32002 3,946 328 1,360 1,345 611 199 69 22 122001 5,620 489 2,033 1,910 846 247 61 21 132000 6,770 617 2,442 2,360 961 284 71 25 10 1999 6,690 673 2,391 2,310 932 275 61 32 161998 6,419 623 2,341 2,260 847 260 64 14 101997 6,100 555 2,290 2,164 824 199 42 20 61996 5,786 477 2,255 2,066 729 188 49 19 31995 5,438 453 2,279 1,903 575 171 35 18 4 1994 5,121 388 2,267 1,762 502 137 42 11 121993 4,840 381 2,253 1,609 456 104 25 6 61992 4,645 404 2,231 1,478 389 99 27 13 41991 4,262 430 2,110 1,285 340 70 14 10 31990 4,240 460 2,219 1,190 279 61 20 9 2 1989 4,054 483 2,225 1,047 220 57 13 7 21988 3,867 566 2,138 912 187 46 14 4 -1987 3,723 515 2,150 849 161 37 8 2 11986 3,312 509 1,934 704 123 36 4 1 11985 3,136 585 1,846 552 119 22 9 - 3 1984 3,049 616 1,795 521 83 26 8 - -1983 2,734 582 1,596 436 98 16 3 2 11982 2,640 601 1,537 432 52 15 3 - -1981 2,530 638 1,461 333 72 19 6 - 11980 2,519 669 1,427 334 71 13 5 - - 1979 2,178 646 1,195 269 56 4 4 3 11978 1,945 594 1,054 238 45 11 1 2 -1977 1,734 566 924 198 36 9 1 - -1976 1,634 554 854 181 35 10 - - -1975 1,581 556 831 165 17 8 1 1 2 1974 1,476 494 784 169 23 3 2 - 11973 1,306 448 682 148 23 3 1 - 11972 1,186 407 651 117 6 2 - 3 -1971 1,074 378 592 93 8 3 - - -1970 953 327 543 71 6 5 1 - - 1969 785 228 483 63 10 1 - - -1968 706 240 407 47 9 2 1 - -1967 621 217 352 43 7 - 1 - 11966 493 159 284 42 5 2 - 1 -1965 420 165 223 26 4 1 1 - - Before1965 1,610 603 855 116 27 6 - 3 - 2000-2004 16,949 1,490 6,049 5,815 2,510 766 211 70 38 1995-1999 30,433 2,781 11,556 10,703 3,907 1,093 251 103 391990-1994 23,108 2,063 11,080 7,324 1,966 471 128 49 271985-1989 18,092 2,658 10,293 4,064 810 198 48 14 71980-1984 13,472 3,106 7,816 2,056 376 89 25 2 21975-1979 9,072 2,916 4,858 1,051 189 42 7 6 3 1970-1974 5,995 2,054 3,252 598 66 16 4 3 21965-1969 3,025 1,009 1,749 221 35 6 3 1 11960-1964 1,092 429 569 66 20 5 - 3 -1955-1959 368 121 211 31 4 1 - - -1950-1954 105 38 50 15 2 - - - - Before1950 45 15 25 4 1 - - - -

Yearof Ageofhusbandatmarriagemarriage All ages Under20 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50andover

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Table 4.18 - continued

Widowed bridegrooms All years 1,084 - 9 60 87 135 148 165 480 2004 - - - - - - - - -2003 12 - - - - - 3 1 82002 63 - - 2 - 5 5 6 452001 72 - 1 1 1 5 10 11 432000 76 - - 4 5 6 6 10 45 1999 80 - - 2 6 9 6 10 471998 64 - - - 1 10 17 6 301997 54 - - 1 2 5 10 9 271996 65 - 2 - 8 8 8 8 311995 59 - 1 4 6 7 6 10 25 1994 54 - 1 2 4 5 4 10 281993 46 - - 1 1 6 7 9 221992 55 - - 4 5 8 7 9 221991 60 - - 3 7 5 8 11 261990 40 - - 2 3 6 4 10 15 1989 46 - 1 1 4 5 10 11 141988 28 - - 1 2 2 9 4 101987 33 - - 4 5 7 3 6 81986 21 - - 1 - 6 6 3 51985 10 - - - 2 2 3 - 3 1984 16 - - 2 2 4 2 1 51983 11 - - 3 1 2 2 1 21982 8 - - 1 1 2 1 1 21981 13 - - 1 4 1 1 3 31980 13 - - 3 1 3 - 2 4 1979 18 - - 2 5 3 1 5 21978 10 - 1 2 - 3 2 1 11977 6 - - 1 1 - 2 - 21976 8 - - 2 1 2 1 1 11975 8 - - 2 - 4 - - 2 1974 2 - - - 1 1 - - -1973 4 - - 1 2 - - 1 -1972 4 - - - 1 - - 2 11971 3 - - - 1 1 - 1 -1970 4 - 1 - 1 1 1 - - 1969 4 - - 2 1 - - 1 -1968 3 - - 2 - - 1 - -1967 1966 5 - 1 1 2 1 - - -1965 2 - - - - - 1 1 - Before1965 4 - - 2 - - 1 - 1 2000-2004 223 - 1 7 6 16 24 28 141 1995-1999 322 - 3 7 23 39 47 43 1601990-1994 255 - 1 12 20 30 30 49 1131985-1989 138 - 1 7 13 22 31 24 401980-1984 61 - - 10 9 12 6 8 161975-1979 50 - 1 9 7 12 6 7 8 1970-1974 17 - 1 1 6 3 1 4 11965-1969 14 - 1 5 3 1 2 2 -1960-1964 3 - - 2 - - - - 11955-1959 1 - - - - - 1 - -1950-1954 - - - - - - - - - Before1950 - - - - - - - - -

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Yearof Ageofwifeatmarriagemarriage All ages Under20 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50andover

Table 4.18 - continued

Widowed brides All years 1,156 3 31 155 183 185 167 127 305 2004 1 - - - - - - - 12003 15 - - - 2 1 3 2 72002 58 - - 1 10 6 9 6 262001 77 - - 7 9 16 8 7 302000 82 - 2 4 10 10 14 11 31 1999 78 - 2 5 13 12 13 8 251998 73 - 1 5 13 19 11 8 161997 72 1 - 10 8 10 12 10 211996 67 - 1 3 14 15 9 8 171995 57 - 1 10 6 8 13 10 9 1994 70 - 1 8 6 15 12 11 171993 55 - - 6 9 5 10 9 161992 41 - 2 6 8 2 7 7 91991 55 - 3 7 11 9 4 6 151990 46 - 1 11 5 6 6 6 11 1989 39 - - 5 4 9 7 6 81988 28 - - 4 7 6 2 2 71987 27 - 1 7 6 5 2 3 31986 25 - 1 6 3 7 - 1 71985 12 - 1 3 2 1 2 - 3 1984 18 - 1 3 - 2 4 - 81983 11 - - 4 4 - 1 - 21982 12 - 1 4 1 1 3 1 11981 20 - - 2 6 2 3 1 61980 7 - 1 1 1 3 1 - - 1979 22 - 4 5 3 3 3 1 31978 20 - 1 5 7 2 2 1 21977 10 - - - 4 2 1 1 21976 7 - - 3 2 1 - - 11975 8 - - 4 1 1 2 - - 1974 2 - 1 - 1 - - - -1973 10 - - 6 2 1 1 - -1972 5 - 1 1 - - 2 - 11971 5 - 2 - 1 1 - 1 -1970 1969 2 - - - 1 1 - - -1968 2 - - 2 - - - - -1967 3 1 - 2 - - - - -1966 1 - - 1 - - - - -1965 Before1965 13 1 2 4 3 3 - - - 2000-2004 233 - 2 12 31 33 34 26 95 1995-1999 347 1 5 33 54 64 58 44 881990-1994 267 - 7 38 39 37 39 39 681985-1989 131 - 3 25 22 28 13 12 281980-1984 68 - 3 14 12 8 12 2 171975-1979 67 - 5 17 17 9 8 3 8 1970-1974 22 - 4 7 4 2 3 1 11965-1969 8 1 - 5 1 1 - - -1960-1964 9 1 2 2 1 3 - - -1955-1959 3 - - 2 1 - - - -1950-1954 1 - - - 1 - - - - Before1950 - - - - - - - - -

Yearof Ageofhusbandatmarriagemarriage All ages Under20 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50andover

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Table 4.18 - continued

Divorced bridegrooms All years 31,173 4 668 5,079 8,127 7,148 4,731 2,781 2,635 2004 4 - - - 1 1 1 - 12003 239 - - 8 45 54 48 40 442002 1,386 - 14 78 261 345 298 155 2352001 1,758 - 15 119 383 428 318 235 2602000 2,087 - 19 167 452 540 366 252 291 1999 2,072 - 10 190 457 569 352 233 2611998 2,066 2 18 205 505 518 343 239 2361997 2,047 - 19 236 527 492 348 206 2191996 1,977 - 23 253 516 485 319 207 1741995 1,680 - 17 226 450 431 254 173 129 1994 1,589 - 25 231 393 382 240 175 1431993 1,459 1 26 240 392 320 247 140 931992 1,417 - 31 232 437 288 218 109 1021991 1,148 - 24 213 294 256 193 86 821990 1,126 - 26 214 295 240 186 92 73 1989 1,052 - 20 220 286 226 155 83 621988 1,022 - 36 219 277 210 157 68 551987 908 - 32 205 273 188 119 60 311986 825 - 28 203 226 194 97 44 331985 712 - 25 169 213 162 81 41 21 1984 673 - 36 183 180 151 72 25 261983 595 - 19 137 197 147 58 28 91982 552 - 31 144 183 126 37 19 121981 482 - 22 133 176 73 46 20 121980 418 - 24 131 136 66 40 12 9 1979 390 - 22 124 125 61 39 13 61978 328 - 21 123 100 52 21 3 81977 257 - 18 90 92 35 13 7 21976 204 - 16 88 46 30 16 6 21975 166 - 13 69 49 20 12 2 1 1974 139 - 10 55 41 17 13 3 -1973 115 - 7 58 29 16 2 2 11972 82 1 7 39 22 5 8 - -1971 55 - 2 25 20 6 2 - -1970 37 - 2 17 6 5 4 3 - 1969 32 - 3 10 11 5 1 - 21968 16 - 1 6 6 2 1 - -1967 17 - 1 5 6 1 4 - -1966 12 - - 5 6 1 - - -1965 5 - 1 1 2 - 1 - - Before1965 24 - 4 8 11 - 1 - - 2000-2004 5,474 - 48 372 1,142 1,368 1,031 682 831 1995-1999 9,842 2 87 1,110 2,455 2,495 1,616 1,058 1,0191990-1994 6,739 1 132 1,130 1,811 1,486 1,084 602 4931985-1989 4,519 - 141 1,016 1,275 980 609 296 2021980-1984 2,720 - 132 728 872 563 253 104 681975-1979 1,345 - 90 494 412 198 101 31 19 1970-1974 428 1 28 194 118 49 29 8 11965-1969 82 - 6 27 31 9 7 - 21960-1964 18 - 3 6 8 - 1 - -1955-1959 4 - 1 1 2 - - - -1950-1954 2 - - 1 1 - - - - Before1950 - - - - - - - - -

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Yearof Ageofwifeatmarriagemarriage All ages Under20 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50andover

Table 4.18 - continued

Divorced brides All years 30,487 26 2,009 7,472 8,476 6,040 3,430 1,829 1,205 2004 5 - - 2 - 1 - - 22003 235 2 5 27 49 57 41 27 272002 1,396 - 28 187 324 347 263 120 1272001 1,719 1 42 227 455 401 284 164 1452000 2,067 - 70 329 525 539 293 160 151 1999 2,114 4 65 333 579 531 311 166 1251998 2,115 1 78 357 618 512 268 163 1181997 2,016 2 71 397 577 461 261 145 1021996 2,019 - 76 442 620 420 227 146 881995 1,745 1 81 386 519 358 202 137 61 1994 1,634 2 74 385 504 305 193 118 531993 1,431 - 72 366 444 275 154 86 341992 1,355 - 84 386 390 237 149 74 351991 1,107 - 60 308 340 198 116 63 221990 1,104 - 74 347 309 175 128 47 24 1989 1,067 - 97 321 306 180 100 45 181988 991 2 85 323 264 184 82 37 141987 845 3 87 292 227 122 77 25 121986 723 2 83 228 196 130 52 20 121985 636 - 86 229 159 94 49 14 5 1984 642 - 64 230 183 101 39 17 81983 514 - 76 189 128 75 32 9 51982 517 - 79 195 151 68 16 6 21981 434 - 78 170 94 60 22 8 21980 375 - 81 131 92 45 19 4 3 1979 349 2 58 134 92 43 11 7 21978 283 - 54 107 79 26 10 4 31977 205 - 33 93 47 18 9 4 11976 179 - 35 76 46 12 5 3 21975 147 - 33 56 28 18 8 4 - 1974 115 2 21 47 27 14 3 - 11973 112 - 24 47 28 9 2 1 11972 68 - 13 29 18 6 2 - -1971 65 - 11 28 20 5 - 1 -1970 49 - 15 18 10 4 - 2 - 1969 31 - 6 17 6 1 - 1 -1968 24 1 1 11 8 3 - - -1967 14 - - 5 6 2 1 - -1966 8 - 2 3 1 1 1 - -1965 10 - 4 4 1 - - 1 - Before1965 22 1 3 10 6 2 - - - 2000-2004 5,422 3 145 772 1,353 1,345 881 471 452 1995-1999 10,009 8 371 1,915 2,913 2,282 1,269 757 4941990-1994 6,631 2 364 1,792 1,987 1,190 740 388 1681985-1989 4,262 7 438 1,393 1,152 710 360 141 611980-1984 2,482 - 378 915 648 349 128 44 201975-1979 1,163 2 213 466 292 117 43 22 8 1970-1974 409 2 84 169 103 38 7 4 21965-1969 87 1 13 40 22 7 2 2 -1960-1964 16 1 2 7 5 1 - - -1955-1959 4 - - 2 1 1 - - -1950-1954 1 - - 1 - - - - - Before1950 1 - 1 - - - - - -

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England and WalesTable4.19 Divorcerates:sex,maritalstatusbeforemarriage, year of marriage and age at marriage, 2004 Yearofmarriage Ageofhusbandatmarriage Ageofwifeatmarriage

All Under 20-24 25-29 30-34 35and All Under 20-24 25-29 30-34 35and ages 20 over ages 20 over

Single bridegrooms Single brides All years1 7.0 5.7 5.8 8.3 9.7 6.3 6.9 5.1 6.5 10.2 9.9 4.4 2000-04 23.1 53.2 37.8 24.5 18.7 15.5 23.0 52.3 33.3 21.1 15.6 12.0 1995-99 32.2 63.5 43.7 32.4 27.0 23.1 32.0 61.1 39.8 28.5 23.7 19.61990-94 20.8 27.9 23.8 20.3 18.6 14.9 20.7 26.6 22.6 19.4 16.8 12.71985-89 14.0 15.6 15.5 13.7 12.0 8.9 14.0 16.0 14.9 13.1 10.4 6.21980-84 10.3 10.6 11.2 10.1 8.5 5.0 10.3 10.7 10.9 9.6 6.7 3.11975-79 6.4 6.7 7.1 6.2 4.6 2.1 6.5 6.9 7.0 5.5 3.8 1.3 1970-74 3.6 4.0 4.0 3.3 2.6 0.8 3.6 3.9 3.8 3.1 1.5 0.41965-69 1.8 2.3 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.3 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.4 0.8 0.21960-64 0.7 1.2 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.11955-59 0.2 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.01950-54 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 - 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 - Before19502 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - Widowed bridegrooms Widowed brides All years1 1.0 - 2.1 2.6 2.0 1.0 1.2 4.6 1.4 2.7 2.5 1.0 2000-04 9.1 - 66.7 48.3 12.0 8.8 10.0 - 25.0 29.8 27.7 8.7 1995-99 8.8 - 76.9 24.9 25.8 8.2 10.0 250.0 37.6 40.4 29.2 8.01990-94 5.7 - 14.5 26.3 18.9 5.1 6.3 - 26.4 31.7 17.9 4.71985-89 2.5 - 10.0 11.9 10.1 2.2 2.4 - 6.8 14.9 8.3 1.61980-84 0.9 - - 10.1 4.9 0.7 1.0 - 3.9 6.9 3.8 0.71975-79 0.6 - 3.4 6.9 3.1 0.4 0.8 - 4.3 6.0 4.3 0.4 1970-74 0.2 - 2.6 0.7 2.7 0.1 0.2 - 2.8 2.2 1.0 0.11965-69 0.1 - 1.4 2.3 1.2 0.1 0.1 10.4 - 1.7 0.3 0.01960-64 0.0 - - 1.4 - 0.0 0.1 18.5 1.7 0.7 0.2 0.01955-59 0.0 - - - - 0.0 0.0 - - 0.6 0.2 -1950-54 - - - - - - 0.0 - - - 0.1 - Before19502 - - - - - - - - - - - - Divorced bridegrooms Divorced brides All years1 11.1 17.8 11.4 12.4 13.4 9.9 11.3 12.9 10.7 12.8 13.8 9.5 2000-04 19.0 - 43.4 34.5 27.5 16.7 19.2 11.5 37.0 34.0 24.2 15.8 1995-99 26.0 25.3 33.6 40.8 34.3 22.3 26.5 16.8 42.4 38.4 33.0 20.81990-94 17.4 35.7 30.1 26.1 22.3 14.2 17.4 9.6 23.8 25.2 22.2 12.11985-89 10.9 - 16.5 16.8 14.5 8.1 10.7 19.0 16.2 16.1 13.2 6.41980-84 6.8 - 12.2 10.6 9.1 4.4 6.5 - 11.2 10.2 7.3 3.21975-79 3.7 - 7.0 6.8 4.9 1.8 3.3 6.1 5.7 5.1 3.6 1.3 1970-74 1.6 125.0 3.1 3.7 2.2 0.6 1.6 12.5 3.1 2.5 2.0 0.51965-69 0.6 - 1.5 1.1 1.0 0.2 0.7 18.9 1.0 1.2 0.8 0.21960-64 0.2 - 1.6 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.2 29.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.01955-59 0.0 - 0.7 0.1 0.1 - 0.0 - - 0.1 0.0 0.01950-54 0.0 - - 0.1 0.0 - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - Before19502 - - - - - - 0.0 - 0.1 - - -

Note:Ratesshowninthistablearedivorcesper1,000relatedmarriagesinEnglandandWalesbyyearofmarriage,sex,ageandpreviousmaritalstatus- seesection4.11. 1 Denominatorsusedaretotalmarriagesfrom1940to2003.2 Denominatorsusedaretotalmarriagesfrom1940to1949.

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Factproven Partytowhomgranted

Total Husband Wife Both1

Table4.20 Decreesawarded: type,factproven at divorce and party granted divorce, 2004

England and Wales

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Factprovenagainsthusband Total Adultery Behaviour Desertion Separation Separation Others (2years (5years) andconsent)

Total Divorces (dissolution & annulment) 153,399 47,725 105,507 167 Annulments 200 74 126 - Dissolutions granted 153,199 47,651 105,381 167Forpetitionsfiledbefore1Jan1971 - - - -Forpetitionsfiledonorafter1Jan1971 153,199 47,651 105,381 167 Adultery 11,800 20,235Behaviour 14,376 54,483Desertion 230 424 Anytwoorallthreeofadultery,behaviouranddesertion 2 4Separation(2yearsandconsent) 15,014 22,529Separation(5years) 6,228 7,705 Separation(2yearswithconsent)withanyadultery,behaviourordesertion - -Separation(5years)withanyadultery,behaviour,desertionorpresumeddead 1 -Others - 1

1Thesearedivorcesgrantedtobothhusbandandwife.Thefactprovenforthesedivorceswere:

Total 167 36 128 - 1 2 - Adultery 39 15 23 - - 1 -Behaviour 127 21 105 - - 1 -Desertion - - - - - - -Separation(2yearsandconsent) 1 - - - 1 - -Separation(5years) - - - - - - -Others - - - - - - -

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England and WalesTable4.21 Divorcesgrantedtoasoleparty(numbersandproportions): age of party at divorce and fact proven at divorce, 2004

Ageatdate Partytowhom Factprovenofdecree grantedabsolute Total Adultery Behaviour Desertion Separation Separation Others (2yearsand (5years) consent)

Numbers All ages Husband 47,651 11,800 14,376 230 15,014 6,228 3 Wife 105,381 20,235 54,483 424 22,529 7,705 5 Under20 Husband 4 1 3 - - - - Wife 55 4 50 - 1 - - 20-24 Husband 457 145 245 4 57 6 - Wife 3,075 478 2,197 12 373 15 - 25-29 Husband 2,903 805 1,253 23 744 78 - Wife 10,865 1,751 6,702 62 2,092 257 1 30-34 Husband 7,343 2,006 2,650 42 2,264 381 - Wife 19,835 3,742 10,871 79 4,324 819 - 35-39 Husband 9,708 2,601 3,011 42 3,178 874 2 Wife 23,229 4,553 12,100 58 5,156 1,362 - 40-44 Husband 8,996 2,474 2,635 30 2,823 1,033 1 Wife 19,717 4,007 9,763 73 4,380 1,491 3 45-49 Husband 7,081 1,760 1,876 28 2,346 1,071 - Wife 12,976 2,622 6,060 54 2,945 1,295 - 50-54 Husband 4,976 1,039 1,202 25 1,714 996 - Wife 7,900 1,675 3,338 40 1,816 1,030 1 55-59 Husband 3,372 617 779 17 1,120 839 - Wife 4,731 935 2,038 28 939 791 - 60andover Husband 2,811 352 722 19 768 950 - Wife 2,998 468 1,364 18 503 645 - Proportions per 1,000 by fact proven All ages Husband 1,000 248 302 5 315 131 0 Wife 1,000 192 517 4 214 73 0 Under20 Husband 1,000 250 750 - - - - Wife 1,000 73 909 - 18 - - 20-24 Husband 1,000 317 536 9 125 13 - Wife 1,000 155 714 4 121 5 - 25-29 Husband 1,000 277 432 8 256 27 - Wife 1,000 161 617 6 193 24 0 30-34 Husband 1,000 273 361 6 308 52 - Wife 1,000 189 548 4 218 41 - 35-39 Husband 1,000 268 310 4 327 90 0 Wife 1,000 196 521 2 222 59 - 40-44 Husband 1,000 275 293 3 314 115 0 Wife 1,000 203 495 4 222 76 0 45-49 Husband 1,000 249 265 4 331 151 - Wife 1,000 202 467 4 227 100 - 50-54 Husband 1,000 209 242 5 344 200 - Wife 1,000 212 423 5 230 130 0 55-59 Husband 1,000 183 231 5 332 249 - Wife 1,000 198 431 6 198 167 - 60andover Husband 1,000 125 257 7 273 338 - Wife 1,000 156 455 6 168 215 - Proportions per 1,000 by party All ages Husband 311 368 209 352 400 447 375 Wife 689 632 791 648 600 553 625

Note:Thistableexcludes167divorcesgrantedtobothpartiesjointlyand200annulments.

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England and WalesTable4.22 Decreesawarded: type,factprovenat divorce, couples with children aged under 16, and interval between petition and divorce, 2004

Factproven Interval

Total Under 6mthsand 1yearand 18mthsand 2yearsand 3years 6mths under1year under18mths under2years under3years orlonger

All divorces 153,232 60,907 52,408 19,594 9,125 6,763 4,435 couples with children under 16 81,912 27,624 29,452 12,085 5,840 4,415 2,496 other couples 71,320 33,283 22,956 7,509 3,285 2,348 1,939 Annulments 200 50 91 26 12 8 13coupleswithchildrenunder16 15 3 6 3 1 1 1othercouples 185 47 85 23 11 7 12 Dissolutions 153,032 60,857 52,317 19,568 9,113 6,755 4,422 couples with children under 16 81,897 27,621 29,446 12,082 5,839 4,414 2,495 other couples 71,135 33,236 22,871 7,486 3,274 2,341 1,927

Adultery: 32,035 12,518 10,964 4,217 1,918 1,494 924coupleswithchildrenunder16 18,475 6,306 6,566 2,717 1,293 1,036 557othercouples 13,560 6,212 4,398 1,500 625 458 367 Behaviour: 68,859 21,542 25,617 10,619 5,138 3,714 2,229coupleswithchildrenunder16 41,958 11,446 15,910 7,069 3,529 2,592 1,412othercouples 26,901 10,096 9,707 3,550 1,609 1,122 817 Desertion: 654 253 213 84 33 33 38coupleswithchildrenunder16 181 57 70 30 8 12 4othercouples 473 196 143 54 25 21 34 Separation-2yearsandconsent: 37,543 20,041 11,108 3,172 1,375 1,047 800coupleswithchildrenunder16 16,824 8,017 5,367 1,708 765 593 374othercouples 20,719 12,024 5,741 1,464 610 454 426 Separation-5years: 13,933 6,500 4,411 1,476 649 467 430coupleswithchildrenunder16 4,457 1,794 1,532 558 244 181 148othercouples 9,476 4,706 2,879 918 405 286 282 Others(andnotstated): 8 3 4 - - - 1coupleswithchildrenunder16 2 1 1 - - - -othercouples 6 2 3 - - - 1

Notes: Thistableexcludes167divorcesgrantedtobothpartiesjointly. Someofthetimeperiodslistedunderintervalbetweenpertitionanddivorcechangedslightlyfromthe2000volumeonwards.Thetableistherefore notcomparablewiththoseinFM2annualvolumespriorto2000.

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1994 12,654 2,088 8,697 774 10,664 3,209 8,883 8721995 13,813 1,893 9,022 694 13,743 3,173 10,524 902 1996 13,875 1,577 8,616 846 18,715 3,711 13,477 1,2751997 12,539 1,365 7,036 611 21,265 3,381 13,774 1,3301998 10,825 1,118 5,764 543 21,642 2,803 13,593 1,1351999 10,547 1,308 5,580 532 24,659 3,405 15,084 1,3682000 7,904 977 3,919 465 29,405 3,978 15,996 1,645 2001 6,721 811 2,895 435 42,555 6,407 21,889 2,2682002 5,612 477 2,102 236 50,861 8,202 24,396 2,5272003 4,614 388 1,761 191 57,594 8,937 26,292 2,7542004 3,469 245 1,127 182 61,622 9,063 26,927 3,463

1 Section8ordersandotherpart11ApplicationsmadeundertheChildrenAct1989(coversordersmadeinboththeHighCourtandCountyCourts; seeJudicialStatisticsforfurtherdetails).Source:HerMajesty’sCourtService

Table4.23 Matrimonialsuits: typeofpetitionfiledanddecreenisigranted,1994-2004 EnglandandWales

Yearofpetition Petitions1filedfor: Yearofaward Decreenisi Decrees granted Divorce Nullity Judicial Divorce Nullity Judicial (dissolution separation (dissolution separation ofmarriage) ofmarriage)

Table 4.24 Orders1concerningcustodyofchildreninfamilyproceedings: EnglandandWales type of order by whether within divorce, 1994-2004 Yearoforder Ordersmade

Withindivorce Other

Contact Prohibited Residence Specific Contact Prohibited Residence Specific steps issue steps issue

1994 175,510 822 1,930 1994 154,241 705 1,0411995 173,966 881 1,694 1995 155,739 425 9791996 177,970 702 1,584 1996 157,588 332 9151997 163,769 485 1,078 1997 148,310 248 5891998 165,870 505 916 1998 144,231 281 5191999 162,137 549 882 1999 143,446 495 6962000 157,809 452 650 2000 143,729 274 5402001 172,341 492 1078 2001 163,146 160 6222002 177,223 443 1001 2002 170,966 216 5602003 173,240 463 826 2003 167,992 204 4672004 167,193 492 742 2004 166,042 308 419

1SeriesrevisedfollowingtheintroductionofHMCourtService’sManagementInformationSystem(MIS)-seesections1.3and4.5.Source:HerMajesty’sCourtService

England and WalesAge Widowers Widows Age Widowers Widows

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All ages 65,235 129,826 55 718 1,528 56 793 1,832Agenotstated 2,220 4,119 57 878 2,167 58 807 1,873Allstatedages 63,015 125,707 59 931 2,146

15 - - 60 960 2,23216 - - 61 965 2,46217 1 1 62 988 2,48218 2 4 63 1,020 2,43719 1 3 64 1,140 2,816

20 3 3 65 1,260 3,09321 3 11 66 1,314 3,26322 6 14 67 1,388 3,43823 8 27 68 1,423 3,56724 8 35 69 1,637 3,865

25 12 40 70 1,674 3,95226 18 47 71 1,717 4,14427 20 62 72 1,842 4,40928 16 70 73 1,920 4,60929 29 79 74 2,091 4,559

30 37 87 75 2,116 4,53131 43 109 76 2,207 4,49432 57 146 77 2,359 4,59933 68 156 78 2,359 4,58334 72 164 79 2,445 4,429

35 76 197 80 2,457 4,22136 95 174 81 2,337 3,98237 107 255 82 2,395 3,97538 134 276 83 2,385 3,75039 132 315 84 2,221 3,247

40 160 356 85 1,398 1,99641 181 378 86 1,176 1,55442 199 427 87 1,207 1,37743 185 497 88 1,072 1,26544 213 509 89 952 1,026

45 232 591 90andover 2,792 2,32746 282 66647 286 69648 295 74249 333 788

50 392 96251 432 95652 485 1,14153 495 1,15754 553 1,336

Note:Thistablerelatesonlytocaseswherethemaritalconditionofthedeceasedwasknown.

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Table 5.2 Widowers: ageincombinationwithageofdeceased,2004 EnglandandWales

Deceased Newwidower’sagewife’sage Total Under 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85 Not 25 and stated over

Table 5.3 Widows: ageincombinationwithageofdeceased,2004 EnglandandWales

Deceased Newwidow’sagehusband’sage Total Under 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85 Not 25 and stated over

All ages 65,235 32 95 277 544 938 1,428 2,357 4,127 5,073 7,022 9,244 11,486 11,795 8,597 2,220

Under20 6 5 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - -20-24 61 15 22 14 4 1 - - - - - - - - - 525-29 126 3 43 47 14 2 1 3 - - - - - - - 1330-34 339 3 12 136 111 37 7 2 2 - 1 1 - 1 - 2635-39 662 2 7 37 217 230 68 29 11 6 1 1 - - - 53

40-44 1,182 2 1 19 129 408 331 130 51 18 7 5 1 - - 8045-49 1,885 - 3 12 39 170 657 584 205 71 19 10 3 - 1 11150-54 2,901 - - 4 17 54 219 1,045 1,055 258 84 33 6 1 1 12455-59 4,927 - 2 4 6 20 80 382 2,020 1,583 461 123 38 13 2 19360-64 5,982 1 1 - 5 11 45 101 521 2,298 2,090 537 137 39 11 185

65-69 7,817 1 - 1 2 3 11 41 170 541 3,226 2,817 591 141 30 24270-74 9,805 - - 1 - 1 3 20 57 177 787 4,219 3,408 740 114 27875-79 11,299 - 2 1 - 1 6 14 24 86 225 1,062 5,351 3,603 624 30080-84 10,831 - 1 - - - - 4 8 23 91 321 1,518 5,853 2,703 30985andover 7,412 - - 1 - - - 2 3 12 30 115 433 1,404 5,111 301

All ages 129,826 98 298 662 1,217 2,167 3,483 5,552 9,546 12,429 17,226 21,673 22,636 19,175 9,545 4,119 Under20 5 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 320-24 33 14 7 2 - - - 2 - - - - - - - 825-29 159 34 66 20 2 1 3 - - - - - - 1 - 3230-34 439 23 102 181 45 23 5 1 - - - - - 1 - 5835-39 844 8 55 229 319 102 23 8 2 - - - - - - 98 40-44 1,385 5 22 102 366 554 150 42 18 1 - - - - - 12545-49 2,221 3 14 39 180 658 889 222 50 16 2 - - - - 14850-54 3,855 4 8 30 139 326 1,124 1,571 344 61 11 4 2 1 - 23055-59 6,847 1 9 23 80 239 596 1,948 3,024 511 89 24 5 3 2 29360-64 9,505 - 5 15 30 118 309 854 3,240 3,778 653 131 30 10 3 329 65-69 14,438 1 4 10 27 69 184 442 1,543 4,739 5,713 990 181 50 11 47470-74 19,854 1 3 7 14 41 95 253 694 1,939 6,987 7,798 1,244 229 54 49575-79 24,773 1 2 2 8 18 59 124 398 869 2,511 8,755 9,280 1,838 246 66280-84 25,499 - 1 - 6 12 30 56 167 368 914 3,074 9,156 9,799 1,295 62185andover 19,969 1 - 2 1 6 16 29 66 147 346 897 2,738 7,243 7,934 543

Note:Thesetablesrelateonlytocaseswherethemaritalconditionofthedeceasedwasknown.

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1995 5,797 2,880 2,917 2,140 1,012 1,128 3,597 1,843 1,754 60 1996 5,962 2,988 2,974 2,303 1,115 1,188 3,605 1,850 1,755 541997 5,307 2,610 2,697 1,965 954 1,011 3,257 1,617 1,640 8519981 4,386 2,214 2,172 1,441 730 711 2,945 1,484 1,461 -1999 4,317 2,115 2,202 1,012 505 507 2,451 1,190 1,261 8542000 4,940 2,452 2,488 1,400 676 724 3,433 1,723 1,710 107 2001 5,981 3,011 2,970 1,507 758 749 4,204 2,138 2,066 2702002 5,680 2,871 2,809 1,320 645 675 4,113 2,120 1,993 2472003 4,818 2,339 2,479 1,066 494 572 3,488 1,738 1,750 2642004 5,571 2,782 2,789 1,187 596 591 4,146 2,083 2,063 2382005 5,582 2,804 2,778 1,084 551 533 4,240 2,145 2,095 258

1Wheremissing,maritalstatushasbeenimputed-seesection5.4.

Year All children Childrenbornwithinmarriage Childrenbornoutsidemarriage Marital statusnot Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females stated

England and WalesTable6.1a AdoptionordersbydateofentryinAdoptedChildrenRegister: sex, and whether adopted child born within/outside marriage, 1995-2005

1995 5,840 2,912 2,928 2,172 1,042 1,130 3,609 1,845 1,764 59

1996 5,741 2,887 2,854 2,200 1,070 1,130 3,480 1,792 1,688 611997 5,212 2,554 2,658 1,917 936 981 3,206 1,575 1,631 8919981 4,617 2,314 2,303 1,490 749 741 3,127 1,565 1,562 -1999 4,987 2,454 2,533 1,341 662 679 3,303 1,611 1,692 3432000 5,086 2,548 2,538 1,393 677 716 3,530 1,804 1,726 163

2001 5,386 2,689 2,697 1,293 649 644 3,852 1,929 1,923 2412002 5,486 2,773 2,713 1,295 628 667 3,947 2,036 1,911 2442003 5,363 2,631 2,732 1,163 556 607 3,951 1,977 1,974 2492004 5,376 2,679 2,697 1,133 557 576 3,999 2,017 1,982 2442005 5,294 2,635 2,659 1,019 517 502 4,034 2,018 2,016 241

1Wheremissing,maritalstatushasbeenimputed-seesection5.4.

Year All children Childrenbornwithinmarriage Childrenbornoutsidemarriage Marital statusnot Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females stated

England and WalesTable6.1b Adoptionordersbydateofcourtorder: sex,andwhether adopted child born within/outside marriage, 1995-2005

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Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage NumberPercentage

Table 6.2a Adoptions by date of entry in Adopted Children Register(numbersandpercentages):sexandage,1995-2005

Total 1995 5,797 100 322 6 1,493 26 2,215 38 1,435 25 332 6 1996 5,962 100 253 4 1,598 27 2,310 39 1,435 24 366 61997 5,307 100 225 4 1,606 30 1,914 36 1,265 24 297 61998 4,386 100 195 4 1,489 34 1,545 35 937 21 220 51999 4,317 100 196 5 1,627 38 1,477 34 803 19 214 52000 4,940 100 251 5 2,019 41 1,549 31 906 19 215 4 20011 5,981 100 246 4 2,648 44 1,845 31 983 16 257 42002 5,680 100 287 5 2,532 45 1,748 31 900 16 213 42003 4,818 100 183 4 2,260 47 1,503 31 683 14 189 42004 5,571 100 254 5 2,633 47 1,653 30 786 14 245 42005 5,582 100 223 4 2,915 52 1,561 28 684 12 199 4 Males 1995 2,880 100 166 6 791 27 1,075 37 696 24 152 5 1996 2,988 100 143 5 822 28 1,184 40 674 23 165 61997 2,610 100 122 5 824 32 917 35 619 24 128 51998 2,214 100 100 5 775 35 755 34 489 22 95 41999 2,115 100 96 5 816 39 712 34 390 18 101 52000 2,452 100 127 5 1,022 42 759 31 434 18 110 4 20012 3,011 100 124 4 1,370 45 904 30 494 16 118 42002 2,871 100 160 6 1,324 46 846 29 443 15 98 32003 2,339 100 91 4 1,115 48 737 32 301 13 95 42004 2,782 100 132 5 1,330 48 833 30 373 13 114 42005 2,804 100 112 4 1,468 52 813 29 321 11 90 3 Females 1995 2,917 100 156 5 702 24 1,140 39 739 25 180 6 1996 2,974 100 110 4 776 26 1,126 38 761 26 201 71997 2,697 100 103 4 782 29 997 37 646 24 169 61998 2,172 100 95 4 714 33 790 36 448 21 125 61999 2,202 100 100 5 811 37 765 35 413 19 113 52000 2,488 100 124 5 997 40 790 32 472 19 105 4 20012 2,970 100 122 4 1,278 43 941 32 489 16 140 52002 2,809 100 127 5 1,208 43 902 32 457 16 115 42003 2,479 100 92 4 1,145 46 766 31 382 15 94 42004 2,789 100 122 4 1,303 47 820 29 413 15 131 52005 2,778 100 111 4 1,447 52 748 27 363 13 109 4

1Includestwocaseswhereagewasgreaterthan17. 2Includesonecasewhereagewasgreaterthan17.

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Total 1995 5,840 100 319 5 1,521 26 2,221 38 1,438 25 341 6 1996 5,741 100 231 4 1,559 27 2,210 38 1,383 24 358 61997 5,212 100 227 4 1,604 31 1,854 36 1,239 24 288 61998 4,617 100 214 5 1,574 34 1,640 36 963 21 226 51999 4,987 100 212 4 1,940 39 1,671 34 925 19 239 520001 5,086 100 268 5 2,101 41 1,595 31 900 18 221 4 20011 5,386 100 223 4 2,421 45 1,654 31 866 16 221 42002 5,486 100 272 5 2,466 45 1,657 30 877 16 214 42003 5,363 100 216 4 2,487 46 1,693 32 750 14 216 42004 5,376 100 245 5 2,641 49 1,554 29 715 13 221 42005 5,294 100 195 4 2,717 51 1,481 28 676 13 205 4 Males 1995 2,912 100 165 6 790 27 1,094 38 705 24 158 5 1996 2,887 100 131 5 800 28 1,139 39 656 23 161 61997 2,554 100 122 5 831 33 876 34 604 24 121 51998 2,314 100 112 5 816 35 790 34 495 21 101 41999 2,454 100 110 4 957 39 818 33 451 18 118 52000 2,548 100 140 5 1,072 42 791 31 440 17 105 4 20011 2,689 100 105 4 1,273 47 789 29 417 16 104 42002 2,773 100 149 5 1,274 46 816 29 441 16 93 32003 2,631 100 109 4 1,236 47 832 32 342 13 112 42004 2,679 100 127 5 1,328 50 795 30 328 12 101 42005 2,635 100 94 4 1,363 52 761 29 314 12 103 4 Females 1995 2,928 100 154 5 731 25 1,127 38 733 25 183 6 1996 2,854 100 100 4 759 27 1,071 38 727 25 197 71997 2,658 100 105 4 773 29 978 37 635 24 167 61998 2,303 100 102 4 758 33 850 37 468 20 125 51999 2,533 100 102 4 983 39 853 34 474 19 121 520001 2,538 100 128 5 1,029 41 804 32 460 18 116 5 2001 2,697 100 118 4 1,148 43 865 32 449 17 117 42002 2,713 100 123 5 1,192 44 841 31 436 16 121 42003 2,732 100 107 4 1,249 46 863 32 407 15 106 42004 2,697 100 118 4 1,313 49 759 28 387 14 120 42005 2,659 100 101 4 1,363 51 727 27 366 14 102 4

1Includesonecasewhereagewasgreaterthan17.

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Year All ages Under1 1-4 5-9 10-14 15-17

Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage NumberPercentage

Table 6.2b Adoptions by date of court order (numbersandpercentages): sexandage,1995-2005

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Table 6.3 Adoption applications and orders granted, 1995-2005 England and Wales

Yearofapplication/ Numberofchildren:order Applicationsforadoption Adoptionordersgranted Total Step-parent Other All orders Contested Uncontested

Total Step-parent Other Total Step-parent Other

1995 4,723 2,503 2,220 4,634 1,190 463 727 3,444 1,844 1,600 19961 4,699 2,410 2,289 4,287 835 328 507 3,452 1,883 1,5691997 3,595 1,604 1,991 3,571 769 221 548 2,802 1,391 1,41119981 3,943 1,696 2,247 3,693 854 277 577 2,839 1,409 1,43019992 3,313 1,139 2,174 2,982 880 183 697 2,102 915 1,18720001 3,159 995 2,164 2,889 743 152 591 2,146 708 1,438 20011 3,471 808 2,663 3,286 728 112 616 2,558 685 1,8732002 3,262 631 2,631 3,171 708 81 627 2,463 548 1,9152003 3,377 584 2,793 3,467 933 99 834 2,534 502 2,0322004 3,464 544 2,920 3,288 712 85 627 2,576 462 2,1142005 3,111 440 2,671 2,692 582 88 494 2,110 328 1,782

Note:FiguresdonotincludeinformationfromFamilyProceedingsCourts-seesection1.3.ThereforethenumbersofadoptionordersshowninthistabledonotagreewiththoseinTables6.1a,6.1b,6.2aand6.2bwhichwerederivedfromtheappropriatenumbersofadoptionordersforwardedtotheGeneralRegisterOffice.Theyareshownherebecausetheyallowacomparisonwiththecorrespondingnumbersofadoptionapplications,obtainedfromthesamedatasource.1Revisedfiguresduetonotificationofamendments.2Revisedfiguresduetomiscalculationinoriginalfigures-comparedwiththosepublishedinJudicialStatistics.Source:HerMajesty’sCourtService

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112

Appendix B Form used by the courts to record a divorce decree absolute (Form D 105)

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Appendix D Form of entry in the Adopted Children Register (England)

SPEC

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Appendix E Form of entry in the Adopted Children Register (Wales)

SPEC

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Appendix F Form used to report on the number of counselling interviews and indicate the intentions of the adopted person (Form CA7).

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