Divorces Under The Administration Of Muslim Law Act By Age At Marriage Of Male And Female Divorcees, Annual

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DivorcesUnderTheAdministrationOfMuslimLawActByAgeAtMarriageOfMaleAndFemaleDivorceesAnnual.csv (64 rows, 16.5 KB)

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Total Divorcees	1200	1505	1767	1598	1697	1682	1637	1702	1667	1689	1662	1587	1538	1536	1511	1601	1595	1782	1690	1657	1912	1516	1328	1584	1544	1454	1190	1079	971	1052	1224	1002	1021	972	907	893	796	786	738	637	711	536	614	505
Male Divorcees Aged Under 20 Years At Marriage	12	25	32	35	25	43	28	46	46	35	49	50	48	49	65	71	69	95	85	90	85	72	67	81	87	71	77	52	44	64	59	56	54	64	60	59	61	65	76	64	42	24	40	31
Male Divorcees Aged 20-24 Years At Marriage	200	243	345	312	351	373	368	395	391	413	435	429	401	436	459	468	483	549	547	512	608	491	466	507	547	513	409	389	341	409	455	397	430	405	381	383	344	331	306	268	282	220	265	217
Male Divorcees Aged 25-29 Years At Marriage	441	545	629	618	630	613	589	601	581	619	557	527	545	552	515	516	548	625	532	577	622	492	406	487	492	457	360	342	297	343	396	285	313	295	259	259	232	212	194	170	215	156	165	145
Male Divorcees Aged 30-34 Years At Marriage	249	309	344	302	311	303	298	314	289	269	302	258	245	239	213	243	244	226	225	224	292	230	177	237	199	200	185	142	134	128	153	132	112	101	102	89	78	83	57	73	71	67	68	49
Male Divorcees Aged 35-39 Years At Marriage	125	147	182	146	178	124	143	129	142	167	138	149	147	115	125	141	103	140	142	123	132	108	101	140	95	98	88	64	76	40	84	52	44	58	50	36	37	40	36	25	36	25	24	27
Male Divorcees Aged 40 Years & Over At Marriage	173	236	235	185	202	226	211	217	218	186	181	173	152	141	132	162	148	147	159	131	173	123	111	132	124	115	71	90	79	68	77	80	68	49	55	67	44	55	69	37	48	30	36	30
Male Divorcees With Unknown Age At Marriage	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	14	16	6
Female Divorcees Aged Under 20 Years At Marriage	66	114	147	142	136	166	176	185	189	211	234	249	237	248	247	296	326	357	338	350	404	317	311	356	382	354	303	285	236	314	336	310	334	330	317	345	295	289	311	282	266	227	265	229
Male Divorcees Aged Under 20 Years At Marriage	9	17	22	23	20	36	20	34	36	30	38	42	36	41	46	58	52	68	71	66	64	61	61	72	74	60	61	40	35	50	47	43	46	49	47	47	49	48	57	48	33	18	27	25

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_17c77def6a910907167253882432742f"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Divorces Under The Administration Of Muslim Law Act By Age At Marriage Of Male And Female Divorcees, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 27, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_17c77def6a910907167253882432742f/view

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