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DIVORCES<br />

26. Number of divorces 1935 - 1950<br />

[Unless otherwise noted, data relate to final decrees reported for the specified year. For discussion, see page 36.]<br />

Country Code 1 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942<br />

AFRICA<br />

Egypt 2••••••••••••••••••••••••••••<br />

Union of South Africa.<br />

·.. 56762 53 811 56125 55317 53436 54227 60446 71 109<br />

Europeans•••••••••••••••••••••••• C 1 369 1 611 1 687 1 793 1 980 1 765 1 918 2423<br />

OTHER AREAS<br />

Algeria 3 [Fr.]:<br />

Europeans•••••••••••••••••••••••• ... 670 671 638 671 632 444 613 521<br />

Moslems•••••••••••••••••••••••••• U 6055 6599 6379 7152 6503 7675 7386 7811<br />

Mauritius ex. dep. [U.K.] •••••••••••••• C 23 16 21 32 23 23 27 33<br />

Moroccan Protectorate 3 [Sp.] ••••••.••• U ... ... ... ... .. . ... ... ...<br />

Morocco 3 [Fr.]:<br />

Non-indigenous population••••••••••• ... ... ... ... ·.. 193 181 197 205<br />

St. Helena ex. dep. [U.K.] ••••••••••••• ... - - - - 2 2 3 3<br />

Southern Rhodesia [U.K.].<br />

Europeans•••••••••••••.•••••••••• C 66 87 72 81 77 68 73 112<br />

Tunisia [Fr.]:<br />

Europeans•••••••••••••••••••••••• U ·.. .. . ... ·.. ... 61 54 54<br />

AMERICA, NORTH<br />

Canada 4•••••••••••••••••••••••••• ... 1 431 1 570 1 832 2226 2068 2369 2461 3089<br />

Costa Rica 3........................ ·.. 67 60 60 ... ... ... 73 101<br />

Dominican Republic •••••••••••••••••• C ... 309 305 356 363 318 326 457<br />

EI Salvador•••••••••••••••••.•••.••• ·.. ... ... ... ·.. ... 130 125 164<br />

Guatemala••••••••••••••••••••••••• C 134 122 171 218 207 189 185 218<br />

Mexico •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• C 4357 4732 4472 " 178 4539 4291 5 179 6604<br />

Nicaragua 3•••••••••••••••••••••••• ... 19 18 24 34 36 41 46 38<br />

United States....................... US 218000 236000 249000 244000 251 000 264000 293000 321 000<br />

OTHER AREAS<br />

Alaska 6 [U.S.] •••.••••••.•••••••.••. .. . ., . ... ... .. . ... ... ... ...<br />

Bahama Islands 7 [U.K.] ••.•••••••••••• C 4 3 2 9 1 2 1 1<br />

Bermudas 8 [U.K.] ..••••••.••••••••••. ...<br />

British Honduras..................... ... 1 - - - 1 1 - 1<br />

Canal Zone 7 [U.S.] ••••••••.•••••••••• C 37 35 34 27 35 53 80 125<br />

Jamaica ex. dep. [U.K.] ••.•••••••••••• ... .. . ... 56 62 112 168 132 129<br />

Netherlands Antilles •••••••••••••••••• U ·.. ... ... 55 65 68 77 69<br />

Puerto Rico [U.S.] •••••••••••••••••••• ... ·.. .. . ... 1 938 1 742 2600 2464 2433<br />

Trinidad and Tobago [U.K.] .••.•••••••• C ... ... 23 19 25 45 44 56<br />

Virgin Islands 9 [U.S.] ••••••••••••••••• ... ... " . '"<br />

... ... ... .. . ...<br />

AMERICA, SOUTH<br />

Ecuador 10.......................... ... ·.. ... ... 834 952 851 290 415<br />

Uruguay 3•••••••••••••••••••••••••• ... 454 466 576 597 671 500 822 803<br />

Venezuela.......................... C 126 157 244 350 219 325 305 471<br />

OTHER AREAS<br />

Falkland Islands [U.K.] •••••••••••••••• ... ... .. ,<br />

'"<br />

... ... ... ... ...<br />

Surinam 11 [Neth.]•••••••••••••••••••• ... 36 35 26 26 12 25 23 21<br />

Hindus••••••••••••••••.•••••••• • • .., 2 4<br />

Moslems •••••••••••••••• •••••••• • ... 37 90<br />

1 Data stated to be complete or virtually complete are coded "C"; those<br />

stated to be affected by irregularities in registration or incomplete coverage<br />

are coded lIU...<br />

2 Stotistics based on religious records. Dota for Moslems (about 95 per<br />

cent of total) include revocable divorces and suspended marriages.<br />

a Type and character of data not specified in source.<br />

4 Excluding Yukon, Northwest Territories and Newfoundland.<br />

fi Figures are estimates based on data for a varying number of States.<br />

Reported annulments are included.<br />

6 Including annulments. Figures are estimates.<br />

7 Petitions for divorce entered in courts.<br />

8 No divorce law before 1943.<br />

9 Includes reported annulments.<br />

10 Excluding the Eastern Provinces and the Archipelago of Colon. No information<br />

on character of figures.<br />

11 First series: civil divorces anly. Second and third series: religious divorces<br />

not legally recognized befare 1941.<br />

490

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