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| The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998 |
| Table 1C2 Marriages: mean age at marriage by sex and marital status, 1861-1997 |
Year |
Males |
Bachelors |
Widowers |
Divorced men |
Females |
Spinsters |
Widows |
Divorced women |
| 1861-70 | 28.6 |
26.8 |
42.1 |
- |
25.6 |
24.9 |
37.1 |
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| 1871-80 | 28.5 |
26.6 |
41.7 |
- |
25.6 |
24.8 |
37.1 |
- |
| 1881-90 | 28.5 |
26.8 |
41.8 |
- |
25.7 |
24.9 |
38.0 |
- |
| 1891-1900 | 28.7 |
27.2 |
42.2 |
- |
25.9 |
25.2 |
38.4 |
- |
| 1901-10 | 28.9 |
27.5 |
43.2 |
- |
26.2 |
25.6 |
38.6 |
- |
| 1911-20 | 29.6 |
28.2 |
44.9 |
- |
26.7 |
26.0 |
37.7 |
- |
| 1921-30 | 29.4 |
28.1 |
46.2 |
- |
26.5 |
25.8 |
40.2 |
- |
| 1931-401 | 29.4 |
28.2 |
47.2 |
38.9 |
26.4 |
25.9 |
42.5 |
35.8 |
| 1941-50 | 29.0 |
27.6 |
48.3 |
37.6 |
26.0 |
25.2 |
40.0 |
33.7 |
| 1951-60 | 27.9 |
26.4 |
52.2 |
38.5 |
25.1 |
24.0 |
45.9 |
35.2 |
| 1961-70 | 26.5 |
24.8 |
55.4 |
37.7 |
24.1 |
22.8 |
49.2 |
34.8 |
| 1971-80 | 26.8 |
24.3 |
56.9 |
36.6 |
24.7 |
22.5 |
51.0 |
34.0 |
| 1981-90 | 28.9 |
25.6 |
57.5 |
38.3 |
26.6 |
23.8 |
51.7 |
35.7 |
| 1989 | 30.0 |
26.5 |
58.4 |
39.4 |
27.7 |
24.8 |
51.6 |
36.5 |
| 1990 | 30.3 |
26.8 |
57.7 |
39.6 |
28.0 |
25.1 |
52.4 |
36.6 |
| 1991 | 30.7 |
27.1 |
57.8 |
39.7 |
28.5 |
25.5 |
52.6 |
37.0 |
| 1992 | 31.3 |
27.6 |
58.5 |
40.0 |
29.1 |
25.8 |
52.5 |
37.3 |
| 1993 | 31.6 |
28.0 |
58.3 |
40.0 |
29.3 |
26.2 |
52.2 |
37.3 |
| 1994 | 32.0 |
28.3 |
58.4 |
40.4 |
29.8 |
26.6 |
52.4 |
37.7 |
| 1995 | 32.5 |
28.7 |
58.3 |
40.8 |
30.3 |
26.9 |
52.7 |
38.0 |
| 1996 | 33.1 |
29.1 |
59.0 |
41.3 |
30.8 |
27.4 |
52.4 |
38.5 |
| 1997 | 33.5 |
29.5 |
59.0 |
41.5 |
31.2 |
27.8 |
52.6 |
38.9 |
Source: General Register Office (Scotland) |
| 1 Divorced data relate to the period 1933-1940. Before 1933 divorced men were included with bachelors and divorced women with spinsters. |
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