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 Dissolved marriages by divorce (Between persons of the opposite sex - No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Dissolved marriages by divorce (Between persons of the opposite sex - No.) by Place of last residence of the household (NUTS - 2024), Age group of wife and Duration of previous marriage; Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Divorces
First available period 2021
Last available period 2024
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of last residence of the household (NUTS - 2024)
  • Age group of wife
  • Duration of previous marriage
Concepts
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
  • AGE GROUP:  The age interval in years to which a person belongs at the time of reference.
  • DIVORCE:  Legal and final dissolution of the marriage bond in the lifetime of the spouses, at the request of one against the other (divorce without the consent of a spouse) or of both (divorce by mutual consent), giving each one the right to marry again.
  • DURATION OF MARRIAGE:  The duration of a marriage refers to the interval of time between the day, month and year of marriage to the date of a certain event, expressed in completed years. The event may be the birth of a child, death of one of the spouses, divorce, date of observation, etc.
  • MARRIAGE:  Contract signed by two persons that intend to start a family in full partnership and cohabitation according to legislation.
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations Count
Last update date 30/09/2025


information presented in 10/11/2025