Divorces Under The Administration Of Muslim Law Act By Age Group, Ethnic Group And Sex Of Divorcees, Annual

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DivorcesUnderTheAdministrationOfMuslimLawActByAgeGroupEthnicGroupAndSexOfDivorceesAnnual.csv (88 rows, 22.6 KB)

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Total Male 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 25 Years	8	18	24	26	29	31	23	40	41	33	40	49	41	47	59	77	90	104	100	111	97	73	71	77	65	56	68	49	34	54	46	50	57	61	42	54	63	78	74	76	70	44	57	41
Male Divorcees Aged 25-29 Years	107	160	193	158	177	179	174	191	162	159	180	172	186	186	202	203	207	236	218	225	236	197	188	224	204	202	165	150	132	185	224	190	201	233	243	241	220	198	192	168	192	115	170	142
Male Divorcees Aged 30-34 Years	231	262	316	331	329	328	275	305	288	293	290	286	256	290	268	307	311	366	341	344	381	269	248	284	317	322	296	267	244	297	308	254	268	269	234	215	171	177	166	145	150	128	144	110
Male Divorcees Aged 35-39 Years	256	284	321	304	274	292	281	284	279	265	310	275	305	292	284	284	276	316	316	339	415	376	260	348	338	339	280	237	210	218	281	189	214	155	167	153	131	130	109	87	106	79	74	68
Male Divorcees Aged 40-44 Years	168	217	271	202	250	244	261	234	249	295	257	265	251	255	249	284	256	312	283	265	339	264	246	281	248	239	166	165	149	131	162	119	130	109	99	83	81	68	54	54	62	56	56	60
Male Divorcees Aged 45-49 Years	128	177	186	204	227	220	204	229	231	229	257	235	201	217	204	195	222	222	206	164	208	157	158	163	165	121	103	94	92	65	77	77	46	49	48	59	51	44	52	42	55	37	43	25
Male Divorcees Aged 50-54 Years	91	142	169	149	185	171	195	191	222	210	172	157	153	123	117	128	121	116	108	106	128	91	77	99	98	80	44	45	43	36	53	52	38	42	28	35	31	42	32	21	18	34	25	25
Male Divorcees Aged 55-59 Years	97	109	121	117	114	124	115	119	94	121	85	87	76	63	67	79	55	74	60	51	50	34	33	36	44	40	27	34	32	31	38	36	26	22	18	22	28	24	24	16	20	13	11	13
Male Divorcees Aged 60 Years & Over	114	136	166	107	112	93	109	109	101	84	71	60	69	59	59	44	57	36	58	52	58	55	47	72	65	55	41	38	35	35	35	35	41	32	28	31	20	25	35	28	21	16	18	15

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_b4d70547507f7a717072278daf8ed1c2"
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. (2023). Divorces Under The Administration Of Muslim Law Act By Age Group, Ethnic Group And Sex Of Divorcees, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 19, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_b4d70547507f7a717072278daf8ed1c2/view

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