demographic yearbook annuaire demographique 1951

DIVORCES
26. Number of divorces (continued)
[See headnote on page 490.]
Country Code 1 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942
EUROPE (continued)
United Kingdom:
England and Wales 33•••••••••••••• C 3942 3922 4735 6092 7793 7602 6249 7456
Northern Ireland 34 ••••••••••••••••• ... 31 107 67 117
Scotland 33 ••••••••••••••••••••••• C 494 633 642 783 882 772 757 1010
Yugoslavia 35 ••••••••••••••••••••••• C 4751 4436 5776 5614 6250 ... '" ...
OTHER AREAS
Gibraltar [U.K.] ••••••••••••••••••••• ... 1 1 - 1 1 - - 1
OCEANIA
Australia 36••••••••••••••••••••••••• C 2401 2502 21785 3100 3145 3244 3329 3575
New Zealand ex. Maoris 21 .•••.••••••• C 653 849 917 1050 1032 1059 956 962
OTHER AREAS
Cook Islands 3 [N.Z.] .•.•••.•••••••••• ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Fiji Islands 7 [U.K.].................... C 111 118 79 81 49 79 104 117
Hawaii [U.S.] ••••••••.•••••••••••••• ... ... ... ... ... ...
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Niue [N.Z.] ••.•••••.•.•.•••••••••••• ... 13 11 7 9 12 12 6 10
Tonga [U.K.] ........................ C 6 8 22 7 5 5 1 50
Western Samoa 37 [N.Z.] •••••••••••••
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1 Data stated ta be complete or virtually complete are coded "C"; those
stated to be affected by irregularities in registration or incomplete coverage
are coded "U".
3 Type and character of data not specified in source.
1 Petitions for divorce entered in courts.
21 Including annulments.
33 Beginning 1938, new legislation provided additional grounds for divorce.
34 No divorce law prior to 1 October 1939. Figures relate to petitions for
divorce.
35 1935-1939: excluding territory ceded by Italy in 1947. Data relate to
religious divorces, including some legal separations. Beginning 1947,
data relate to final court decrees and include a small number of annulments.
36 Before 1946: including annulments.
37 Years ending 31 March same year. Type and character of data not
specified in source.
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