3310.0 - Marriages and Divorces, Australia, 2008
Quality Declaration
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ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 31/08/2009
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PREVIOUS MARITAL STATUS Marriages in which neither party had previously been married made up 69.8% (82,847) of all marriages in 2008, while a further 16.8% (19,969) were first marriages for one partner. The remaining 13.4% of marriages (15,940) were remarriages for both partners. Since 1989, the number of widows/widowers remarrying has been steadily decreasing while marriages of people who were previously divorced has remained relatively stable for the last few years.
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