Abu Dhabi's Statistics Center revealed that the number of marriage contracts concluded in Abu Dhabi in 2017 was 5,703 contracts, of which 3254 were contracted by citizens, representing 57% of the total marriage contracts.
In a recent report on marriage and divorce in Abu Dhabi in 2017, Abu Dhabi reported that 1859 cases of divorce were reported during the past year, with 981 cases being female nationals, representing 52.8% of all cases. According to the report, the average age of marriage among male citizens increased slightly, while the same rate for females was higher than in 2016. The expectation of survival at birth rose to 80.2 for women and 76.4 years for citizens.
In Abu Dhabi, the Abu Dhabi Statistics Center reported that the number of marriage contracts concluded in Abu Dhabi in 2017 reached 5,703 contracts, a slight decline of 189 contracts from the number of marriage contracts concluded in 2016, which amounted to 5892 contracts. The center said in a report issued yesterday that the citizens have been involved in 3254 contracts, representing 57% of the total contracts during 2017.
The average age at marriage for citizens was 27.4 years for males compared to 27.2 years for 2016, while the average age of marriage was 24.2 years in 2017 and 2016, while the average age at marriage for non-citizens was 31.3 years for males, 27 6. In females in 2017.
The total number of marriage contracts in the Abu Dhabi region was 58.3% with a total of 3349 contracts. The rest of the contracts were distributed to Al Ain with 2,138 contracts and 216 contracts in Al Dhafra area. The marriage rate per 1000 inhabitants in the Emirate was 20.7 cases for citizens and 18.7 cases For citizens, 1.4 for non-citizens and 3.5 for non-nationals.
According to the Center, the number of divorces in Abu Dhabi reached 1859 during 2017, with 63 contracts declining compared to 2016, in which divorce cases were 1922 cases. The citizens were party to 981 contracts, representing 52.8% of the total divorces in 2017. The largest number of divorce contracts with a total of 1243 contracts, 66.9%, while the number of marriage contracts in Al Ain 560, and 56 contracts in the area of Dhafra.
According to the report, the average divorce rate for every 1000 population aged 15 years and over was 6.8 cases per citizen, 5.6 cases of citizenship, 0.5 cases of non-citizens and 1.3 cases of non-citizens.
According to the report, the average life expectancy at birth is 80.2 years for women citizens in 2017, compared to 79.5 years in 2016, while the average age of male citizens was 76.4 years in 2017, compared with 75.9 in 2016.
Fertility rate
The total fertility rate among citizens was 3.7 children per woman, compared with one child per non-citizen. The total fertility rate of a population is measured by the average number of children born in a woman's life, while the general fertility rate was 113.7 births per 1000 female citizens, 34.1 Non-nationals born.