Table 7.
Marital Status
| Site | Marital Status • Baseline ○ Follow-up (%) |
National Rates92 |
| São Paulo, Brazil37,38 | • 16.9: Married • 65.3: Single • 15.4: Separated/divorced • 2.4: Widowed |
1980, urban, 15+ y 56.2: Married 35.5: Single 2.9: Separated/divorced 5.3: Widowed |
| Sichuan, China29 | • 41.7: With partner • 58.3: No partner |
1995, rural, 15+ y 72.8: Married 20.1: Single 0.6: Separated/divorced 6.5: Widowed |
| Butajira, Ethiopia32,33 | • 30.0: Marrieda • 52.1: Never married • 17.9: Separated/divorced/widowed |
2000, total, 15+ y 57.3: Marriedb 34.3: Single 6.3: Divorced 2.0: Widowed |
| India | ||
| Madras Longitudinal Study20,31 | 10 y ○ 69.7: Ever marriedc ○ 31.3: Never married |
1999, total, 15+ y 69.5: Married 22.0: Single 1.0: Separated/divorced 7.5: Widowed |
| 20 y ○ 73.7: Married ○ 26.3: Single | ||
| Chennai36,43 | • 60.9: Ever marriedd • 39.6: Ever divorced/separated |
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| ○ 67.3: Poor marital statuse | ||
| Rural Karnataka41 | • ≈50f | |
| Bali, Indonesia23,24 | 5 y ○ 51.0: Married ○ 49.0: Single |
1997, total, 15–49 y 69.7: Married 25.3: Single 2.5: Separated/divorced 2.5: Widowed |
| 11 y ○ 63.0: Ever marriedg | ||
| Nigeria | ||
| Ilesa53 | ○ 16.0: Married, satisfactory ○ 7.4: Married, problems ○ 16.0: Complete breakdown of marriage ○ 51.1: NA ○ 9.6: Dead |
1991, total, 15–79 y 62.4: Married 30.5: Single 2.6: Separated/divorced 4.5: Widowed |
| Abeokuta35 | • 28.3: Marriedh • 27.5: Separated/divorced • 39.2: Never married • 5.0: Widowed |
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| Ibadan11 | • 44.4%: Single • 48.5%: Married/cohabitating • 5.8%: Divorced/separated/widowed • 1.2%: Other/not known |
a
At follow-up, 28.8% of sample were married.
b
Includes consensual union.
c
By 10-y follow-up, 9 marriages (6 women, 3 men) had ended in divorce.
d
Of 261 subjects at baseline (4 subjects no information).
e
Of those, 49 subjects untreated at baseline and followed-up.
f
“A little over half…were currently married.”
g
One divorced and 1 widowed.
h
Men (66.1%: never married, 14.3%: married, 17.9%: separated/divorced, 1.8%: widowed); Women (15.6%: never married, 40.6%: married, 35.9%: separated/divorced, 7.8%: widowed).