Vital Events Reference Tables 2001
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Section 7: Marriages
The tables in this Section cover all marriages, which were registered as having taken place in Scotland regardless of the usual residence of the parties involved.
By the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1939, which came into operation on 1 July 1940, civil marriages were introduced and irregular marriages, other than marriages by cohabitation with habit and repute, were abolished. Although two of the three types of irregular marriage were abolished in 1940 all three types of irregular marriage can be established by Decree of Declarator of the Court of Session. The irregular marriages shown in Table 7.6 are those established by Decree of Declarator of the Court of Session in the years shown although the events took place earlier.
Tables
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| 7.1 |
Marriages, by sex and age, Scotland, 1946 to 2001 (Excel CSV PDF) |
| 7.2 |
Marriage rates, by sex, age and marital status, Scotland, 1991 to 2001 (Excel CSV PDF) |
| 7.3 |
Marriages, mean age at marriage, by sex and marital status, Scotland, 1855 to 2001 (Excel CSV PDF) |
| 7.4 |
Marriages, percentages by marital status of persons marrying, Scotland, 1855 to 2001 (Excel CSV PDF) |
| 7.5 |
Marriages of divorced persons, numbers and percentages, Scotland, 1946 to 2001 (Excel CSV PDF) |
| 7.6 | Marriages, numbers and percentages, by method of celebration, Scotland, 1946 to 2001 |
| 7.7 |
Marriages, by denomination, Scotland, 2001 (Excel CSV PDF) |
| 7.8 |
Marriages, by country of birth of husband and country of birth of wife, Scotland, 2001 (Excel CSV PDF) |