The number of marriage contracts in the emirate reached 5467 in 2018, an annual increase of 6% since 1979, 28.5% of divorces did not complete the first year of marriage, 62% of these cases did not complete four years .
The percentage of mixed marriages, ie, that one of the spouses has Emirati nationality, reached 21.7% in the Emirate, where the nationalities of mixed marriages between the nationalities of the GCC countries and other Arab countries were concentrated, according to a report issued yesterday by the Center for Marriage and Divorce Statistics 2018. , Nationalities of non-Arab Asian countries, and other non-Arab countries, among others.
The report revealed that 2025 cases of divorce were registered in the courts of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, an annual increase of 4.2% since 1979. The percentage of cases in which a citizen is divorced or divorced is 70.3% Of citizens, ie between citizens and citizens, by 66%.
According to the report, July was the highest month of 2018 divorces, with 213 cases, August with the lowest number of divorces, 105 cases, and the highest number of marriages in November and December, 503 And the lowest in June with 322 marriage contracts.
The average age at marriage for male citizens was 27.7 years, compared to 24.6 years for females and 3.1 years for females, which is the highest average in the Abu Dhabi region, compared to Al Dhafra and Al Ain at the level of males and females together, reaching 28.3 years for males, And 25 years for females.
According to the report, the area of Dhafra is the most homogeneous area for marriage, 86.6%, compared to Abu Dhabi and Al Ain, while homogeneous marriage rate was 76% in Abu Dhabi and 81% in Al Ain.
More than half of the Emirate's population aged 15 and over are married with 59%, while 35% of citizens aged 15 years and over have never married, while the remaining 6% are divorced and widowed. Among male citizens, 11.5 marriages per 1000 male citizens, compared with 10.4 marriages per 1000 female citizens, while the crude marriage rate was two marriages per 1,000 population in general. The crude marriage rate is defined as the number of marriages, not the married population Per 1000 inhabitants, in a given area over a given period of time.
The general marriage rate for male citizens was 18.8 marriages per 1000 male citizens over 15 years, compared to 16.6 marriages per 1000 female citizens (15 years and over), compared to 2.4 cases per 1000 population in general.
Al-Dhafra area is the most common area in order to maintain homogeneous marriage, by 86.6%.
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A divorce case in Abu Dhabi courts, at an annual rate of increase of 4.2% since 1979.