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Yemen

Yemen Marriage, divorce and children Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Childless women, aged 40-44 4% 1994 4th out of 5
Children left in inadequate care > Female 33% 2011 8th out of 40
Children left in inadequate care > Male 36% 2011 7th out of 40
Children left in inadequate care > Total 34% 2011 8th out of 40
Contraception use among married women > Any method 27.7% 2006 39th out of 54
Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 27.7% 2006 39th out of 54
Contraception use among married women > Condom 0.4% 2006 49th out of 54
Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage 0.4% 2006 49th out of 54
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods 19.2% 2006 33th out of 53
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage 19.2% 2006 33th out of 53
Marriageable age > Notes In practice, "Yemeni law allows girls of any age to wed, but it forbids sex with them until the indefinite time they are 'suitable for sexual intercourse'." Following the widely publicised divorce of a 10 year-old girl in 2008, and a 6 year old married, there have been public and parliamentary efforts to raise the age to 17 or 18. 2014
Teen marriage rate > Men 3.1 2003 1st out of 3
Teen marriage rate > Women 17.2 2003 1st out of 3
Women denied family planning 40% 1997 1st out of 19
Years spent single before marriage > Females 20.7 years 1997 4th out of 6

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Yemen People > Marriage, divorce and children Profiles (Subcategories)

Children left in inadequate care 3 Contraception use among married women 6

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