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| Units | Years | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust. |
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Crude marriage rate (marriages per 1,000 mean population) | no. | 1993 | 6.7 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 6.4 |
Median age of men at first marriage | years | 1993 | 27.2 | 27.0 | 26.6 | 26.8 | 27.1 | 26.5 | 28.7 | 27.1 | 27.0 |
Median age of women at first marriage | years | 1993 | 24.9 | 25.2 | 24.4 | 24.6 | 24.8 | 24.3 | 25.7 | 25.1 | 24.8 |
Crude divorce rate (divorces per 1,000 mean population) | no. | 1993 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 2.7 |
Median duration of marriage to separation | years | 1993 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 6.9 | 8.2 | 7.6 |
Divorces involving children (of all divorces) | % | 1993 | 50.6 | 53.7 | 55.6 | 49.4 | 53.6 | 61.7 | 58.5 | 56.8 | 52.6 |
Total fertility rate (per woman) | no. | 1993 | 1.91 | 1.78 | 1.91 | 1.78 | 1.88 | 1.93 | 2.31 | 1.69 | 1.87 |
Median age of mothers at nuptial first confinement | years | 1993 | 28.2 | 28.5 | 28.0 | 28.6 | 28.3 | 27.6 | 28.4 | 28.3 | 28.3 |
Births to mothers under 20 years (of all births) | % | 1993 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 6.6 | 4.3 | 5.8 | 7.7 | 12.9 | 4.2 | 5.1 |
Births outside marriage (of all births) | % | 1993 | 23.9 | 19.7 | 29.2 | 25.4 | 27.9 | 31.5 | 55.3 | 22.9 | 24.9 |
Births outside marriage acknowledged by father (of all births outside marriage) | % | 1993 | 82.0 | 83.3 | 80.9 | 82.9 | 81.7 | 86.0 | 64.2 | 87.7 | 81.7 |
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