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Marriage, Single Mothers, Divorce in South Africa


  • Nearly 80% of South African women between the ages of 20 and
    50 are mothers corresponding to 8.5 million women. (Census 2001)


  • One third of mothers under the age of 50 have one child. Some
    20% have four or more children. (Census 2001)

  • Some three million mothers (a little more than a third) are
    not economically active while a further 2.6 million are unemployed
    according to the official definition. (Census 2001)

  • Around 230,000 South Africans get married every year. 16% are
    below the age of 25 and 8% are older than 50. (AMPS 2005RA)


  • Despite the urban myths regarding the low number of single men
    in Cape Town, 36% of Cape Town men aged between 25 and 50 describe
    themselves as single, while only 28% of Cape Town women of the
    same age describe themselves as single (marriage rates are roughly
    60% for both genders). (AMPS 2005RA)

  • While 7.3% of South Africans live in greater Cape Town, 16%
    of all divorcees live there. (AMPS 2005RA)

  • 41% of those who read Hustler are married. (AMPS 2005RA)

  • 67% of all white people aged 25 - 34 are married or living together.
    The corresponding proportion of black people is 31%. (AMPS 2005RA)


  • 55% of South Africans aged 25 or more are married or living
    together, 4% are divorced or separated and 10% are widowed (AMPS
    2005RA)

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