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Appendix C

Statistical Information

The following pages contain statistical data which has been considered by the Committee in its deliberations. The Committee has commented on these statistics at Chapter 6.

The Committee has utilised statistics from a number of sources — the Central Statistics Office, the Departments of Justice and Social Welfare and the Dublin Regional Marriage Tribunal of the Catholic Church. The Committee also reproduces in the following pages extracts from both the 1981 Census of Population and the 1983 Labour Force Survey which are relevant to the Committee’s work and an extract from the Eurostat Review, 1972-81.

The Courts Act, 1981 came into force in regard to Family Law matters on the 12th May, 1982. This Act greatly increased the powers of the District Court and the Circuit Court in relation to the types of family law matter that could be heard by these courts. After the 12th May, 1982 the High Court Office refused to accept any summonses under the Guardianship of Infants Act, 1964, the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children Act) 1976 and the Family Law (Protection of Spouses and Children) Act, 1981 until it was established by a test case in January 1984 that the High Court continued to have jurisdiction to hear applications under these Acts.

The jurisdiction to grant Barring Orders under the Family Law (Protection of Spouses and Children) Act, 1981, which came into effect in or about the end of July, 1981 increased the jurisdiction of the District Court to grant Barring Orders for a period of twelve months and for the first time gave the Circuit Court an originating jurisdiction to grant Barring Orders.

It is common practice for one family case to involve a number of applications under different Acts. For this reason there may be a certain element of duplication in the above figures. Some cases may appear under a number of different categories. The best indicator may be the number of guardianship applications as most cases which go to court as a result of the breakdown of a marriage, involve an application for custody or access.

1. Marriage Rates

Year	’71	’72	’73	’74	’75	’76	’77	’78	’79	’80	’81	’82	’83
Per 1000 population	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.3	6.7	6.4	6.1	6.4	6.2	6.4	6.0	5.9	5.5
Total Marriages	22014	22302	22816	22833	21280	20580	20016	21184	20806	21792	20612	20441	19181

Information supplied by Central Statistics Office

2. Nullity Petitions

Year	’73	’74	’75	’76	’77	’78	’79	’80	’81	’82	’83
No. of Applications	3	8	8	3	11	11	10	16	21	21	33
No. of Decrees	2	4	—	3	1	5	3	10	8	12	—

3. Applications under the Married Women (Status) Act, 1957

Year	’78	’79	’80	’81	’82	’83
No.	114	151	238	269	148	11

4. **Divorce a mensa et thoro (Judicial Separation) Petitions/ Applications in the High Court**

Year	’73	’74	’75	’76	’77	’78	’79	’80	’81	’82	’83
No.	26	51	43	37	29	39	34	27	25	20	8

5.1 Applications for Maintenance Orders in the High Court under the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976 (excluding applications to vary existing Orders)

Year	’76	’77	’78	’79	’80	’81	’82
No.	50	148	196	263	370	428	165

5.2 Applications for Maintenance Orders in the Circuit Court under the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976 (excluding applications to vary existing Orders).

Year ending	31/7/76	31/7/77	31/7/78	31/7/79	31/7/80	31/7/81	31/7/82	31/7/83
Maintenance Summonses Issued	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	1	4	39	297
Maintenance Orders made	3	9	20	28	31	38	18	133

5.3 Applications for Maintenance Orders in the District Court under the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976 (excluding applications to vary existing Orders).

Year ending	31/7/79	31/7/80	31/7/81	31/7/82	31/7/83
Maintenance Summonses issued	1,706	1,842	2,095	1,812	872
Maintenance Orders made	—	1,038	1,329	984	483

6.1 Applications for Barring Orders in the District Court under the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976 and the Family Law (Protection of Spouses and Children) Act, 1981.

Year	‘79	‘80	‘81	‘82	‘83
No. of Applications	1,493	1,917	2,225	2,428	1,697
No. of Orders made	508	56	1,188	1,171	848

6.2 Applications for Barring Orders in the Circuit Court under the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976 and the Family Law (Protection of Spouses and Children) Act, 1981.

Year Ended	31/7/79	31/7/80	31/7/81	31/7/82	31/7/83
No. of Applications	2	1	6	23	242
No. of Orders made	—	—	—	—	129

7. Applications under the Family Home Protection Act, 1976

Year	‘78	‘79	‘80	‘81	‘82	‘83
No.	83	121	242	341	139	17

8.1 Applications in the High Court under the Guardianship of Infants Act, 1964

Year	‘76	‘77	‘78	‘79	‘80	‘81	‘82	‘83
No. of Applications	86	182	211	285	379	478	335	1

8.2 Applications in the Circuit Court under the Guardianship of Infants Act, 1964

Year Ending	31/7/81	31/7/82	31/7/83
No. of Applications	8	54	370

(Separate statistics in relation to family law proceedings in the Circuit Court are available only from the year ending 31/7/81—Information supplied by the Department of Justice).

8.3 Applications in the District Court under Guardianship of Infants Act, 1964

Year Ending	31/7/82	31/7/83
No. of Applications	Nil	110

The District Court did not have jurisdiction under the above Act until the commencement of the Courts Act, 1981 on the 12th May, 1982.

9 Applications to the Regional Marriage Tribunals of the Catholic Church for Ecclesiastical Annulments

Year	‘76	‘77	‘78	‘79	‘80	‘81	‘82	‘83
No. of Applications	732	813	698	567	954	584	580	631
No. of Orders made	79	104	91	75	76	73	83	94

Figures supplied by the Dublin Regional Marriage Tribunal.

10.1 Deserted Wives’ Allowance

Year	‘76	‘77	‘78	‘79	‘80	‘81	‘82	‘83	‘84
No. of Wives in Receipt	3,110	3,176	3,022	2,856	2,920	3,063	3,232	3,478	3,653
No. of Dependent Children	3,819	4,140	4,231	3,937	4,174	4,431	4,748	5,220	5,759

10.2 Deserted Wives’ Benefit

Year	‘76	‘77	‘78	‘79	‘80	‘81	‘82	‘83	‘84
No. of Wives in Receipt	1,675	1,992	2,215	2,525	2,873	3,124	3,416	3,825	4,403
No. of Dependent Children	3,253	3,630	4,244	4,722	5,394	5,735	6,271	6,922	8,029

Figures supplied by the Department of Social Welfare.

Extracts from the 1981 Census of Population

Table G shows the percentage of the population who were single in different age groups for 1981 and for earlier Censuses, in so far as the figures are available, back to the year 1841:

TABLE G

Percentage Single in certain Age Groups—1841 to 1981

	Age group
Year	15-19 years	20-24 years	25-34 years	35-44 years	45-54 years	55-64 years	65 years and over
Males
1841	†	†	43.3^*	15.4^*	10.0^*	†	†
1851	†	†	60.7	20.9	11.6	†	†
1861	99.8	91.9	56.8	23.9	14.3	11.1	11.7
1871	99.8	92.6	57.3	25.5	16.4	12.7	12.2
1881	99.9	94.1	62.0	27.1	16.4	13.4	12.0
1891	99.9	95.8	67.3	33.0	19.7	15.6	13.8
1901	99.9	96.3	71.8	38.3	23.8	18.2	15.5
1911	99.9	96.6	74.5	44.5	28.6	22.7	17.7
1926	99.9	96.0	71.7	45.0	31.4	26.2	20.5
1936	99.9	96.2	73.8	44.2	33.5	28.2	23.6
1946	99.8	95.0	70.4	43.0	32.1	30.0	25.4
1951	99.9	94.9	67.4	40.5	31.0	28.8	26.6
1961	99.8	92.5	58.0	36.2	29.7	28.1	26.7
1966	99.7	89.6	49.8	33.4	29.1	27.7	26.8
1971	99.5	84.6	41.3	28.9	28.1	27.1	26.8
1979	99.3	81.6	34.1	21.1	25.3	26.6	26.3
1981	99.4	82.4	34.2	19.4	23.9	26.3	26.0

Females
1841	†	†	28.0^*	14.7^*	11.7^*	†	†
1851	†	†	39.1	15.2	11.4	†	†
1861	97.8	76.2	39.1	18.5	13.5	13.3	13.5
1871	98.1	77.7	38.2	19.8	15.2	13.4	14.3
1881	98.8	82.5	41.2	19.2	15.5	13.7	13.7
1891	99.2	86.0	48.1	23.1	16.6	15.8	15.3
1901	99.4	88.0	52.9	27.8	20.0	17.3	17.4
1911	99.5	88.4	55.5	31.0	24.0	20.8	18.5
1926	99.3	87.0	52.6	29.5	23.9	23.6	19.8
1936	99.1	86.4	54.8	30.2	25.1	23.7	22.7
1946	98.4	82.5	48.3	30.0	25.6	24.4	23.3
1951	98.9	82.3	45.6	27.6	25.7	24.7	23.7
1961	98.9	78.2	37.1	22.7	23.1	25.0	24.3
1966	98.4	74.8	31.0	20.4	20.8	24.4	24.8
1971	97.9	68.9	25.7	17.5	18.8	22.0	25.1
1979	97.3	66.3	21.5	12.3	15.7	18.9	23.8
1981	97.7	67.7	21.9	11.4	14.6	18.2	23.2

From about 1936 to 1979 there has been a continuing decrease in the proportion single in virtually all age groups for both males and females. Between 1979 and 1981, however, the proportion single have increased a little for age groups under 35 years, for both males and females. Whether this slight upward movement represents a change in the nuptiality patterns for the younger age groups or merely a temporary short-term pause remains to be seen however. For age groups over 35 years there was a continuing decrease in the proportion single for both males and females.

The trends between 1926 and 1981, in the percentage single in the various age groups in the Aggregate Town and Aggregate Rural Areas are shown in Table H.

Marital Status

In the 1981 Census of Population, returns on marital status were sought on the basis of “present legal status” with provision for four categories—“single”, “married”, “widowed” and “other status”. This latter category was intended to relate only to “persons who had obtained a divorce in another country”. However, 14,117 persons (5,116 males and 9,001 females) returned themselves as “Other Status”, some of whom gave additional information from which in most instances it appears that the “present legal status” was “married”. The 1981 figures contrast with the 1979 Census figure of 7,624 (2,379 males and 5,245 females) and suggests that the increased level of public interest in 1981 concerning this Census question affected the pattern of answering more than in 1979. It was therefore decided to include all persons returning themselves as “other status” with the “married” category in the tabulations but particulars of age distribution and geographic distribution are given in Appendix A for those 14,117 persons returned as “other status”.

TABLE F

Population Aged 15 years and over classified by Marital Status 1961-81

	Population. (000)				Change in Population 1979-81		Percentage Change
Marital Status
	1961	1971	1979	1981	Actual (000)	Per-centage %	1961-71 %	1971-81 %

Males

Single	468.4	465.9	508.4	516.8	+ 8.4	- 1.7	- 0.5	+ 10.9
Married	453.6	514.9	619.9	639.8	+ 19.9	+ 3.2	+ 13.5	+ 24.3
Widowed	45.8	39.1	37.9	37.3	- 0.6	- 1.6	- 14.5	- 4.6
Total	967.8	1,020.0	1,166.2	1,193.9	+27.7	+2.4	+ 5.4	+ 17.1

Females

Single	378.6	374.3	404.8	415.2	+10.4	+2.6	-1.2	+10.9
Married	468.2	523.1	626.7	648.3	+21.5	+3.4	+11.7	+23.9
Widowed	126.4	129.8	140.6	142.3	+ 1.7	+ 1.2	+ 2.7	+ 9.6
Total	973.3	1,027.1	1,172.1	1,205.7	+33.7	+2.9	+ 5.5	+17.4

Table F gives information on the total population aged 15 years and over, for the 1961 Census and for each Census since 1971, classified by marital status. It can be seen that between 1979 and 1981 there was an increase of almost 28,000 males and 34,000 females, with about 72 per cent and 64 per cent, respectively, of these increases arising in the married category. In the ten year period between 1961 and 1971 the number of males and females aged 15 years and over increased by 52,000 and 54,000 respectively, in both cases the increases occurred mainly in the numbers married. These increased represented only about 30 per cent of the corresponding increases of 174,000 males and 179,000 females occurring in the following ten year period 1971 to 1981. In the 1971-81 period the rate of increases in percentage terms in the numbers married was about twice that of the previous ten year period for both males and females. In the more recent period the number of single males and females increased by about 11 per cent compared to slight declines in the earlier period. The number of males who were widowed continued to decline during the 1971-81 period while the number of widowed females increased by 12,500 or just under 10 per cent.

TABLE A1

Persons who were returned in the Marital Status Category “Other Status” classified by sex and single year of age.

Age last Birthday	Persons	Males	Females	Age last Birthday	Persons	Males	Females
15 years	1	—	1	60 years	164	60	104
16 years	12	6	6	61 years	166	63	103
17 years	22	11	11	62 years	151	51	100
18 years	39	15	24	63 years	108	38	70
19 years	61	12	49	64 years	139	57	82
20 years	86	25	61	65 years	130	49	81
21 years	113	33	80	66 years	151	43	108
22 years	119	32	87	67 years	147	65	82
23 years	202	58	144	68 years	119	41	78
24 years	240	74	166	69 years	105	44	61
25 years	248	70	178	70 years	97	44	53
26 years	298	89	209	71 years	87	39	48
27 years	303	92	211	72 years	69	34	35
28 years	391	124	267	73 years	61	25	36
29 years	356	114	242	74 years	54	21	33
30 years	441	156	285	75 years	75	32	43
31 years	424	147	277	76 years	63	28	35
32 years	468	148	320	77 years	46	19	27
33 years	458	175	283	78 years	45	22	23
34 years	451	169	282	79 years	38	13	25
35 years	453	170	283	80 years	35	20	15
36 years	420	147	273	81 years	26	16	10
37 years	443	171	272	82 years	23	10	13
38 years	365	135	230	83 years	16	7	9
39 years	384	142	242	84 years	26	13	13
40 years	385	142	243	85 years	12	7	5
41 years	383	133	250	86 years	14	9	5
42 years	325	129	196	87 years	3	1	2
43 years	305	104	201	88 years	12	5	7
44 years	338	122	216	89 years	6	3	3
45 years	307	121	186	90 years	5	3	2
46 years	268	113	155	91 years	8	5	3
47 years	291	118	173	92 years	—	—	—
48 years	233	98	135	93 years	2	1	1
49 years	238	83	155	94 years	3	—	3
50 years	217	72	145	95 years	1	—	1
51 years	215	88	127	96 years	—	—	—
52 years	224	95	129	97 years	2	1	1
53 years	237	88	149	98 years	—	—	—
54 years	205	79	126	99 years	—	—	—
				100 and over	1	—	1
55 years	192	71	121
56 years	186	67	119
57 years	173	52	121
58 years	186	70	116
59 years	201	67	134
				Total	14,117	5,116	9,001

TABLE A2

Persons who were returned in the Marital Status Category “Other Status” at or over each year of age classified by sex.

Age last Birthday	Persons	Males	Females	Age last Birthday	Persons	Males	Females
15 years and over	14,117	5,116	9,001	60 years and over	2,210	889	1,321
16 years and over	14,116	5,116	9,000	61 years and over	2,046	829	1,217
17 years and over	14,104	5,110	8,994	62 years and over	1,880	766	1,114
18 years and over	14,082	5,099	8,983	63 years and over	1,729	715	1,014
19 years and over	14,043	5,084	8,959	64 years and over	1,621	677	944
20 years and over	13,982	5,072	8,910	65 years and over	1,482	620	862
21 years and over	13,896	5,047	8,849	66 years and over	1,352	571	781
22 years and over	13,783	5,014	8,769	67 years and over	1,201	528	673
23 years and over	13,664	4,982	8,682	68 years and over	1,054	463	591
24 years and over	13,462	4,924	8,538	69 years and over	935	422	513
25 years and over	13,222	4,850	8,372	70 years and over	830	378	452
26 years and over	12,974	4,780	8,194	71 years and over	733	334	399
27 years and over	12,676	4,691	7,985	72 years and over	646	295	351
28 years and over	12,373	4,599	7,774	73 years and over	577	261	316
29 years and over	11,982	4,475	7,507	74 years and over	516	236	280
30 years and over	11,626	4,361	7,265	75 years and over	462	215	247
31 years and over	11,185	4,305	6,980	76 years and over	387	183	204
32 years and over	10,761	4,058	6,703	77 years and over	324	155	169
33 years and over	10,293	3,910	6,383	78 years and over	278	136	142
34 years and over	9,835	3,735	6,100	79 years and over	233	114	119
35 years and over	9,384	3,566	5,818	80 years and over	195	101	94
36 years and over	8,931	3,396	5,535	81 years and over	160	81	79
37 years and over	8,511	3,249	5,262	82 years and over	134	65	69
38 years and over	8,068	3,078	4,990	83 years and over	111	55	56
39 years and over	7,703	2,943	4,760	84 years and over	95	48	47
40 years and over	7,319	2,801	4,518	85 years and over	69	35	34
41 years and over	6,934	2,659	4,275	86 years and over	578	28	29
42 years and over	6,551	2,526	4,025	87 years and over	43	19	24
43 years and over	6,226	2,397	3,829	88 years and over	40	18	22
44 years and over	5,921	2,293	3,628	89 years and over	28	13	15
45 years and over	5,583	2,171	3,412	90 years and over	22	10	12
46 years and over	5,276	2,050	3,226	91 years and over	17	7	10
47 years and over	5,008	1,937	3,071	92 years and over	9	2	7
48 years and over	4,717	1,819	2,898	93 years and over	9	2	7
49 years and over	4,484	1,721	2,763	94 years and over	7	1	6
50 years and over	4,246	1,638	2,608	95 years and over	4	1	3
51 years and over	4,029	1,566	2,463	96 years and over	3	1	2
52 years and over	3,814	1,478	2,336	97 years and over	3	1	2
53 years and over	3,590	1,383	2,207	98 years and over	1	—	1
54 years and over	3,353	1,295	2,058	99 years and over	1	—	1
				100 years and over	1	—	1
55 years and over	3,148	1,216	1,932
56 years and over	2,956	1,145	1,811
57 years and over	2,770	1,078	1,692
58 years and over	2,597	1,026	1,571
59 years and over	2,411	956	1,455

TABLE A3

Percentage of persons who were returned in the Marital Status Category “Other Status” at or over each year of age classified by sex.

Age last Birthday	Persons	Males	Females	Age last Birthday	Persons	Males	Females
15 years and over	100.0	100.0	100.0	50 years and over	30.1	32.0	29.0
16 years and over	100.0	100.0	100.0	51 years and over	28.5	30.6	27.4
17 years and over	99.9	99.9	99.9	52 years and over	27.0	28.9	26.0
18 years and over	99.8	99.7	99.8	53 years and over	25.4	27.0	24.5
19 years and over	99.5	99.4	99.5	54 years and over	23.8	25.3	22.9
20 years and over	99.0	99.1	99.0	55 years and over	22.3	23.8	21.5
21 years and over	98.4	98.7	98.3	56 years and over	20.9	22.4	20.1
22 years and over	97.6	98.0	97.4	57 years and over	19.6	21.1	18.8
23 years and over	96.8	97.4	96.5	58 years and over	18.4	20.1	17.5
24 years and over	95.4	96.2	94.9	59 years and over	17.1	18.7	16.2
25 years and over	93.7	94.8	93.0	60 years and over	15.7	17.4	14.7
26 years and over	91.9	93.4	91.0	61 years and over	14.5	16.2	13.5
27 years and over	89.8	91.7	88.7	62 years and over	13.3	15.0	12.4
28 years and over	87.6	89.9	86.4	63 years and over	12.2	14.0	11.3
29 years and over	84.9	87.5	83.4	64 years and over	11.5	13.2	10.5
30 years and over	82.4	85.2	80.7	65 years and over	10.5	12.1	9.6
31 years and over	79.2	82.2	77.5	66 years and over	9.6	11.2	8.7
32 years and over	76.2	79.3	74.5	67 years and over	8.5	10.3	7.5
33 years and over	72.9	76.4	70.9	68 years and over	7.5	9.1	6.6
34 years and over	69.7	73.0	67.8	69 years and over	6.6	8.2	5.7
35 years and over	66.5	69.7	64.6	70 years and over	5.9	7.4	5.0
36 years and over	63.3	66.4	61.5	71 years and over	5.2	6.5	4.4
37 years and over	60.3	63.5	58.5	72 years and over	4.6	5.8	3.9
38 years and over	57.2	60.2	55.4	73 years and over	4.1	5.1	3.5
39 years and over	54.6	57.5	52.9	74 years and over	3.7	4.6	3.1
40 years and over	51.8	54.7	50.2	75 years and over	3.3	4.2	2.7
41 years and over	49.1	52.0	47.5	76 years and over	2.7	3.6	2.3
42 years and over	46.4	49.4	44.7	77 years and over	2.3	3.0	1.9
43 years and over	44.1	46.9	42.5	78 years and over	2.0	2.7	1.6
44 years and over	41.9	44.8	40.3	79 years and over	1.7	2.2	1.3
45 years and over	39.5	42.4	37.9	80 years and over	1.4	2.0	1.0
46 years and over	37.4	40.1	35.8	81 years and over	1.1	1.6	0.9
47 years and over	35.5	37.9	34.1	82 years and over	0.9	1.3	0.8
48 years and over	33.4	35.6	32.2	83 years and over	0.8	1.1	0.6
49 years and over	31.8	33.6	30.7	84 years and over	0.7	0.9	0.5
				85 years and over	0.5	0.7	0.4

TABLE A4

Persons who were returned in the Marital Status Category “Other Status” classified by sex and age group in each province, county and county borough.

Age group	Persons	Males	Females	Persons	Males	Females
	State			Leinster
15-19 years	135	44	91	77	25	52
20-24 years	760	222	538	506	141	365
25-29 years	1,596	489	1,107	1,065	323	742
30-34 years	2,242	795	1,447	1,482	515	967
35-39 years	2,065	765	1,300	1,413	509	904
40-44 years	1,736	630	1,106	1,127	384	743
45-49 years	1,337	533	804	882	340	542
50-54 years	1,098	422	676	687	245	442
55-59 years	938	327	611	576	191	385
60-64 years	728	269	459	443	150	293
65-69 years	652	242	410	360	109	251
70-74 years	368	163	205	192	74	118
75-79 years	267	114	153	144	59	85
80-84 years	126	66	60	68	35	33
85 and over	69	35	34	23	10	13
TOTAL	14,117	5,116	9,001	9,045	3,110	5,935
	Carlow			Dublin Co. and Co. Borough
15-19 years	1	—	1	58	20	38
20-24 years	11	5	6	367	103	264
25-29 years	14	5	9	801	235	566
30-34 years	5	2	3	1,123	398	725
35-39 years	12	4	8	1,018	355	663
40-44 years	9	4	5	806	262	544
45-49 years	15	5	10	645	245	400
50-54 years	10	3	7	479	161	318
55-59 years	11	5	6	397	124	273
60-64 years	13	3	10	282	89	193
65-69 years	3	2	1	242	67	175
70-74 years	5	1	4	113	46	67
75-79 years	—	—	—	80	26	54
80-84 years	1	1	—	40	15	25
85 and over	—	—	—	16	8	8
TOTAL	110	40	70	6,467	2,154	4,313
	Dublin Co. Borough			Dun Laoghaire Borough
15-19 years	39	15	24	5	2	3
20-24 years	216	60	156	29	11	18
25-29 years	452	139	313	57	18	39
30-34 years	562	222	340	87	34	53
35-39 years	502	206	296	95	37	58
40-44 years	414	142	272	80	24	56
45-49 years	355	143	212	74	31	43
50-54 years	290	89	201	64	28	36
55-59 years	259	80	179	41	15	26
60-64 years	186	55	131	37	9	28
65-69 years	159	41	118	27	9	18
70-74 years	67	33	34	21	3	18
75-79 years	55	19	36	11	2	9
80-84 years	24	9	15	3	1	2
85 and over	10	6	4	1	—	1
TOTAL	3,590	1,259	2,331	632	224	408
	Dublin*			Kildare
15-19 years	14	3	11	5	2	3
20-24 years	122	32	90	20	6	14
25-29 years	292	78	214	47	13	34
30-34 years	474	142	332	68	25	43
35-39 years	421	112	309	67	26	41
40-44 years	312	96	216	42	17	25
45-49 years	216	71	145	35	14	21
50-54 years	125	44	81	25	12	13
55-59 years	97	29	68	20	10	10
60-64 years	59	25	34	19	9	10
65-69 years	56	17	39	12	1	11
70-74 years	25	10	15	6	3	3
75-79 years	14	5	9	9	5	4
80-84 years	13	5	8	2	2	—
85 and over	5	2	3	—	—	—
TOTAL	2,245	671	1,574	377	145	232
	Kilkenny			Laoighis
15-19 years	4	—	4	—	—	—
20-24 years	10	3	7	5	1	4
25-29 years	30	11	19	9	4	5
30-34 years	28	11	17	17	7	10
35-39 years	34	15	19	6	4	2
40-44 years	19	5	14	12	6	6
45-49 years	11	5	6	13	4	9
50-54 years	21	12	9	9	3	6
55-59 years	14	2	12	14	5	9
60-64 years	11	2	9	11	3	8
65-69 years	10	4	6	4	4	—
70-74 years	10	2	8	6	4	2
75-79 years	3	1	2	3	2	1
80-84 years	5	3	2	3	3	—
85 and over	2	2	—	—	—	—
TOTAL	212	78	134	112	50	62
	Longford			Louth
15-19 years	—	—	—	2	—	2
20-24 years	3	1	2	19	4	15
25-29 years	7	4	3	33	11	22
30-34 years	11	3	8	63	16	47
35-39 years	9	5	4	67	31	36
40-44 years	10	4	6	47	13	34
45-49 years	6	5	1	19	3	16
50-54 years	4	1	3	25	6	19
55-59 years	5	5	—	21	5	16
60-64 years	6	3	3	19	10	9
65-69 years	2	1	1	19	5	14
70-74 years	3	2	1	8	6	2
75-79 years	3	1	2	4	2	2
80-84 years	2	2	—	—	—	—
85 and over	—	—	—	—	—	—
TOTAL	71	37	34	346	112	234
	Meath			Offaly
15-19 years	—	—	—	—	—	—
20-24 years	15	4	11	7	2	5
25-29 years	20	5	15	8	2	6
30-34 years	39	16	23	20	5	15
35-39 years	47	19	28	13	5	8
40-44 years	41	18	23	12	6	6
45-49 years	28	11	17	9	5	4
50-54 years	24	12	12	10	5	5
55-59 years	8	3	5	13	5	8
60-64 years	19	7	12	10	6	4
65-69 years	6	2	4	12	3	9
70-74 years	6	2	4	4	—	4
75-79 years	7	5	2	4	3	1
80-84 years	1	1	—	2	2	—
85 and over	1	—	1	—	—	—
TOTAL	262	105	157	124	49	75
	Westmeath			Wexford
15-19 years	3	1	2	3	2	1
20-24 years	12	1	11	8	3	5
25-29 years	20	8	12	26	13	13
30-34 years	13	3	10	25	5	20
35-39 years	15	4	11	40	10	30
40-44 years	26	13	13	40	14	26
45-49 years	13	6	7	29	14	15
50-54 years	16	5	11	22	10	12
55-59 years	13	7	6	22	10	12
60-64 years	12	6	6	20	6	14
65-69 years	14	5	9	14	8	6
70-74 years	3	—	3	10	—	10
75-79 years	7	4	3	10	4	6
80-84 years	3	3	—	3	—	3
85 and over	1	—	1	2	—	2
TOTAL	171	66	105	274	99	175
	Wicklow			Munster
15-19 years	1	—	1	42	12	30
20-24 years	29	8	21	180	58	122
25-29 years	50	12	38	405	120	285
30-34 years	70	24	46	547	205	342
35-39 years	85	31	54	443	167	276
40-44 years	63	22	41	422	171	251
45-49 years	59	23	36	304	118	186
50-54 years	42	15	27	273	117	156
55-59 years	38	10	28	252	88	164
60-64 years	21	6	15	180	67	113
65-69 years	22	7	15	182	75	107
70-74 years	18	8	10	108	52	56
75-79 years	14	6	8	62	26	36
80-84 years	6	3	3	29	14	15
85 and over	1	—	1	30	14	16
TOTAL	519	175	344	3,459	1,304	2,155
	Clare			Cork Co. and Co. Borough
15-19 years	4	4	—	21	5	16
20-24 years	13	5	8	70	22	48
25-29 years	34	9	25	186	59	127
30-34 years	41	15	26	269	100	169
35-39 years	45	13	32	208	89	119
40-44 years	36	13	23	186	74	112
45-49 years	16	8	8	113	47	66
50-54 years	16	9	7	127	50	77
55-59 years	17	7	10	111	41	70
60-64 years	15	6	9	74	28	46
65-69 years	13	5	8	89	35	54
70-74 years	8	5	3	51	23	28
75-79 years	2	1	1	29	8	21
80-84 years	1	—	1	14	9	5
85 and over	2	2	—	12	3	9
TOTAL	263	102	161	1,560	593	967
	Cork Co. Borough			Cork
15-19 years	11	3	8	10	2	8
20-24 years	38	9	29	32	13	19
25-29 years	93	29	64	93	30	63
30-34 years	127	47	80	142	53	89
35-39 years	82	28	54	126	61	65
40-44 years	90	36	54	96	38	58
45-49 years	55	19	36	58	28	30
50-54 years	54	22	32	73	28	45
55-59 years	47	13	34	64	28	36
60-64 years	25	7	18	49	21	28
65-69 years	32	11	21	57	24	33
70-74 years	16	6	10	35	17	18
75-79 years	7	3	4	22	5	17
80-84 years	2	2	—	12	7	5
85 and over	—	—	—	12	3	9
TOTAL	679	235	444	881	358	523
	Kerry			Limerick Co. and Co. Borough
15-19 years	1	—	1	6	1	5
20-24 years	21	5	16	37	12	25
25-29 years	40	12	28	76	21	55
30-34 years	60	25	35	92	32	60
35-39 years	43	13	30	87	31	56
40-44 years	51	20	31	68	31	37
45-49 years	34	14	20	65	29	36
50-54 years	33	19	14	51	21	30
55-59 years	27	11	16	33	8	25
60-64 years	17	9	8	33	10	23
65-69 years	24	14	10	17	7	10
70-74 years	14	9	5	14	6	8
75-79 years	8	3	5	10	5	5
80-84 years	—	—	—	3	1	2
85 and over	3	1	2	5	2	3
TOTAL	376	155	221	597	217	380
	Limerick Co. Borough			Limerick
15-19 years	4	1	3	2	—	2
20-24 years	27	8	19	10	4	6
25-29 years	53	15	38	23	6	17
30-34 years	55	17	38	37	15	22
35-39 years	52	17	35	35	14	21
40-44 years	45	20	25	23	11	12
45-49 years	38	11	27	27	18	9
50-54 years	34	14	20	17	7	10
55-59 years	16	2	14	17	6	11
60-64 years	15	6	9	18	4	14
65-69 years	6	2	4	11	5	6
70-74 years	7	3	4	7	3	4
75-79 years	5	2	3	5	3	2
80-84 years	1	—	1	2	1	1
85 and over	3	1	2	2	1	1
TOTAL	361	119	242	236	98	138
	Tipperary (N.R. & S.R.)			Tipperary N.R.
15-19 years	6	—	6	1	—	1
20-24 years	20	10	10	9	4	5
25-29 years	35	7	28	13	3	10
30-34 years	42	15	27	17	7	10
35-39 years	26	10	16	11	4	7
40-44 years	40	20	20	14	8	6
45-49 years	40	8	32	21	3	18
50-54 years	21	9	12	7	2	5
55-59 years	34	11	23	12	2	10
60-64 years	24	7	17	9	4	5
65-69 years	21	7	14	11	4	7
70-74 years	10	4	6	4	1	3
75-79 years	10	8	2	5	4	1
80-84 years	7	2	5	4	1	3
85 and over	7	6	1	1	1	—
TOTAL	343	124	219	139	48	91
	Tipperary S.R.			Waterford Co. and Co. Borough
15-19 years	5	—	5	4	2	2
20-24 years	11	6	5	19	4	15
25-29 years	22	4	18	34	12	22
30-34 years	25	8	17	43	18	25
35-39 years	15	6	9	34	11	23
40-44 years	26	12	14	41	13	28
45-49 years	19	5	14	36	12	24
50-54 years	14	7	7	25	9	16
55-59 years	22	9	13	30	10	20
60-64 years	15	3	12	17	7	10
65-69 years	10	3	7	18	7	11
70-74 years	6	3	3	11	5	6
75-79 years	5	4	1	3	1	2
80-84 years	3	1	2	4	2	2
85 and over	6	5	1	1	—	1
TOTAL	204	76	128	320	113	207
	Waterford Co. Borough			Waterford
15-19 years	4	2	2	—	—	—
20-24 years	8	1	7	11	3	8
25-29 years	17	9	8	17	3	14
30-34 years	24	11	13	19	7	12
35-39 years	20	5	15	14	6	8
40-44 years	22	8	14	19	5	14
45-49 years	21	8	13	15	4	11
50-54 years	13	4	9	12	5	7
55-59 years	11	3	8	19	7	12
60-64 years	8	1	7	9	6	3
65-69 years	7	3	4	11	4	7
70-74 years	4	2	2	7	3	4
75-79 years	2	1	1	1	—	1
80-84 years	1	—	1	3	2	1
85 and over	—	—	—	1	—	1
TOTAL	162	58	104	158	55	103
	Connacht			Galway
15-19 years	9	4	5	1	1	—
20-24 years	56	15	41	35	10	25
25-29 years	90	34	56	53	17	36
30-34 years	141	53	88	79	32	47
35-39 years	133	56	77	74	32	42
40-44 years	128	48	80	63	21	42
45-49 years	99	48	51	41	22	19
50-54 years	86	35	51	41	15	26
55-59 years	72	34	38	31	16	15
60-64 years	63	37	26	19	9	10
65-69 years	64	28	36	23	10	13
70-74 years	34	18	16	13	6	7
75-79 years	37	16	21	19	6	13
80-84 years	19	11	8	7	5	2
85 and over	9	6	3	4	3	1
TOTAL	1,040	443	597	503	205	298
	Leitrim			Mayo
15-19 years	2	—	2	1	1	—
20-24 years	2	1	1	9	2	7
25-29 years	2	1	1	21	9	12
30-34 years	11	4	7	27	10	17
35-39 years	5	1	4	29	11	18
40-44 years	2	1	1	28	12	16
45-49 years	3	2	1	28	12	16
50-54 years	5	2	3	18	11	7
55-59 years	6	4	2	16	9	7
60-64 years	4	3	1	21	11	10
65-69 years	3	2	1	22	10	12
70-74 years	4	3	1	8	4	4
75-79 years	1	—	1	13	8	5
80-84 years	1	1	—	7	3	4
85 and over	1	—	1	2	1	1
TOTAL	52	25	27	250	114	136
	Roscommon			Sligo
15-19 years	4	2	2	1	—	1
20-24 years	3	—	3	7	2	5
25-29 years	3	1	2	11	6	5
30-34 years	6	3	3	18	4	14
35-39 years	9	5	4	16	7	9
40-44 years	8	2	6	27	12	15
45-49 years	6	2	4	21	10	11
50-54 years	9	5	4	13	2	11
55-59 years	7	3	4	12	2	10
60-64 years	10	10	—	9	4	5
65-69 years	9	4	5	7	2	5
70-74 years	4	3	1	5	2	3
75-79 years	1	—	1	3	2	1
80-84 years	1	1	—	3	1	2
85 and over	1	1	—	1	1	—
TOTAL	81	42	39	154	57	97
	Ulster			Cavan
15-19 years	7	3	4	2	1	1
20-24 years	18	8	10	3	2	1
25-29 years	36	12	24	3	2	1
30-34 years	72	22	50	19	4	15
35-39 years	76	33	43	15	6	9
40-44 years	59	27	32	7	4	3
45-49 years	52	27	25	11	6	5
50-54 years	52	25	27	10	4	6
55-59 years	38	14	24	7	4	3
60-64 years	42	15	27	8	3	5
65-69 years	46	30	16	8	5	3
70-74 years	34	19	15	9	5	4
75-79 years	24	13	11	7	3	4
80-84 years	10	6	4	2	—	2
85 and over	7	5	2	—	—	—
TOTAL	573	259	314	111	49	62
	Donegal			Monaghan
15-19 years	4	2	2	1	—	1
20-24 years	14	6	8	1	—	1
25-29 years	26	8	18	7	2	5
30-34 years	43	16	27	10	2	8
35-39 years	41	19	22	20	8	12
40-44 years	42	18	24	10	5	5
45-49 years	31	15	16	10	6	4
50-54 years	33	17	16	9	4	5
55-59 years	24	8	16	7	2	5
60-64 years	21	8	13	13	4	9
65-69 years	27	17	10	11	8	3
70-74 years	23	13	10	2	1	1
75-79 years	13	7	6	4	3	1
80-84 years	6	4	2	2	2	—
85 and over	7	5	2	—	—	—
Total	355	163	192	107	47	60

TABLE A5

Persons who were returned in the Marital Status Category “Other Status” classified by sex and age group in each planning region.

Age group	Persons	Males	Females	Persons	Males	Females
	East			South West
15-19 years	64	22	42	22	5	17
20-24 years	431	121	310	91	27	64
25-29 years	918	265	653	226	71	155
30-34 years	1,300	463	837	329	125	204
35-39 years	1,217	431	786	251	102	149
40-44 years	952	319	633	237	94	143
45-49 years	767	293	474	147	61	86
50-54 years	570	200	370	160	69	91
55-59 years	463	147	316	138	52	86
60-64 years	341	111	230	91	37	54
65-69 years	282	77	205	113	49	64
70-74 years	143	59	84	65	32	33
75-79 years	110	42	68	37	11	26
80-84 years	49	21	28	14	9	5
85 and over	18	8	10	15	4	11
TOTAL	7,625	2,579	5,046	1,936	748	1,188
	South East			North East
15-19 years	17	4	13	5	1	4
20-24 years	59	21	38	23	6	17
25-29 years	126	45	81	43	15	28
30-34 years	126	44	82	92	22	70
35-39 years	135	46	89	102	45	57
40-44 years	135	48	87	64	22	42
45-49 years	110	41	69	40	15	25
50-54 years	92	41	51	44	14	30
55-59 years	99	36	63	35	11	24
60-64 years	76	21	55	40	17	23
65-69 years	55	24	31	38	18	20
70-74 years	42	11	31	19	12	7
75-79 years	21	10	11	15	8	7
80-84 years	16	7	9	4	2	2
85 and over	11	7	4	—	—	—
TOTAL	1,120	406	714	564	208	356
	Mid West			Midlands
15-19 years	11	5	6	7	3	4
20-24 years	59	21	38	30	5	25
25-29 years	123	33	90	47	19	28
30-34 years	150	54	96	67	21	46
35-39 years	143	48	95	52	23	29
40-44 years	118	52	66	68	31	37
45-49 years	102	40	62	47	22	25
50-54 years	74	32	42	48	19	29
55-59 years	62	17	45	52	25	27
60-64 years	57	20	37	49	28	21
65-69 years	41	16	25	41	17	24
70-74 years	26	12	14	20	9	11
75-79 years	17	10	7	18	10	8
80-84 years	8	2	6	11	11	—
85 and over	8	5	3	2	1	1
TOTAL	999	367	632	559	244	315
	West			North West
15-19 years	2	2	—	3	—	3
20-24 years	44	12	32	9	3	6
25-29 years	74	26	48	13	7	6
30-34 years	106	42	64	29	8	21
35-39 years	103	43	60	21	8	13
40-44 years	91	33	58	29	13	16
45-49 years	69	34	35	24	12	12
50-54 years	59	26	33	18	4	14
55-59 years	47	25	22	18	6	12
60-64 years	40	20	20	13	7	6
65-69 years	45	20	25	10	4	6
70-74 years	21	10	11	9	5	4
75-79 years	32	14	18	4	2	2
80-84 years	14	8	6	4	2	2
85 and over	6	4	2	2	1	1
TOTAL	753	319	434	206	82	124
	Donegal
15-19 years	4	2	2
20-24 years	14	6	8
25-29 years	26	8	18
30-34 years	43	16	27
35-39 years	41	19	22
40-44 years	42	18	24
45-49 years	31	15	16
50-54 years	33	17	16
55-59 years	24	8	16
60-64 years	21	8	13
65-69 years	27	17	10
70-74 years	23	13	10
75-79 years	13	7	6
80-84 years	6	4	2
85 and over	7	5	2
TOTAL	355	163	192

Extracts from the First Results of the 1983 Labour Force Survey

1983 LABOUR FORCE SURVEY

Results

Introduction

This report contains first results from the Labour Force Survey carried out in April/May 1983. A second report will be released in the near future.

As with the 1975, 1977, and 1979 inquiries (1), the 1983 Survey was carried out as part of a simultaneous exercise in all EEC Member States (2), and as such, was partly financed from community funds. Labour force surveys are now carried out annually: interviewing for the 1984 survey took place in April/May of this year.

The Survey was conducted by personal interview with the residents of approximately 40,000 private households, and of 372 non-private households. The sample consisted of some 147,000 persons, or about 4% of the total population. The Central Statistics Office wishes to thank the participating households for their public-spirited co-operation, and the specially appointed field force for their efforts, without which the Survey field work could not have been brought to a successful conclusion.

In addition to basic demographic information such as age, sex, and marital status, a comprehensive range of questions on the subjects of employment, unemployment, and search for work was asked. The data in this report are presented as estimated totals, rather than sample counts or percentage distributions of respondents, and have been reweighted by sex and age group to ensure agreement with independent population estimates.

The Statistical Office of the European Communities also publishes reports on the surveys. These reports contain results derived from the surveys carried out in each of the member states, but there are a number of differences in the estimates published at Community level and those appearing in this report. Firstly, the EEC reports relate only to persons who are the usual residents of private households, and exclude the residents of non-private households. Secondly, in this report the classifications according to principal economic status are for persons aged 15 or over at the time of the Survey, whereas in the Community publication the data include 14 years olds.

Reservations

Although this report contains several tables showing demographic and labour force information of a type analogous to that obtained from Censuses of Population, there are important methodological differences which must be taken into consideration when comparing Labour Force Survey estimates with Census-based data. Census returns are largely self-completed, and the replies are therefore more subjective than those received in the Labour Force Survey, where the interview process allows an individual’s situation regarding employment, unemployment, etc. to be ascertained more clearly.

In addition, when interpreting the results of the Labour Force Survey it must be borne in mind that the estimates are derived from a sample of about one in twenty households, and are therefore subject to sampling errors. In general, the magnitude of this error, in percentage terms, is lower for the larger and more widely spread estimates, such as the total at work, and is greater for smaller, more concentrated estimates, such as for instance, the number unemployed in a particular age-group is a given region.

In order to provide as much information as reasonably possible, the estimates have been shown in somewhat more detail than the sample size warrants. All estimates are shown to the nearest hundred but this should not be taken as implying a corresponding level of accuracy. In the reports of previous labour force surveys any estimates less than 1,000 were suppressed. The change of approach adopted in this report is purely one of presentation and should not be construed as representing any improvement in the underlying levels of accuracy.

Caution should also be exercised when comparing the results of this Survey with those of the 1981 Census of Population and of the previous Labour Force Surveys. Apart from the methodological differences referred to above, it must be remembered that the sampling error of the difference between two estimates derived from independent samples is greater than the sampling errors of the separate estimates, and may indeed exceed the measured difference between the estimates.

Marital Status

For the 1983 Survey information was sought for the first time on actual marital status—previous Surveys and Censuses sought information on legal status. Two questions were used: the first asked “Were you ever married?”: those who answered yes were asked “What is your present marital status?”, and shown a card from which they chose one of seven options, arranged as follows:

Widowed—1

Married—2

Married but separated:

Deserted—3

Marriage Annulled—4

Legally Separated—5

Other seperated—6

Divorced in another country—7

Table C gives estimates of the population aged 15 or over by marital status and sex.

TABLE C: Estimated Population Aged 15 or Over Classified by Sex and Marital Status and Sex.

Marital Status	Males		Females		Total
	000
Single	523.6		428.3		951.9
Married	650.4		652.0		1,302.4
Married but separated
Deserted	1.4	8.3	4.5	12.8	5.9	21.1
Marriage Annulled	0.2		0.3		0.5
Legally Separated	2.0		2.8		4.8
Other Separated	4.1		4.3		8.3
Divorced	0.6		0.9		1.5
Widowed	38.9		140.5		179.3
TOTAL	1,221.1		1,233.6		2,454.7

The overall estimates for ever-married persons returned as separated (including divorced) are 8,300 males and 12,800 females, giving a total of 21,100 persons. This group has been shown separately under the heading “Separated” in any tables containing a marital status classification. Estimates for each sub-group are available on request from the Central Statistics Office.

Although as mentioned above the format of the marital status question has been changed, it is possible that some replies relate to legal status. There is some further analysis of the Survey data which suggests, indirectly, that the total for “separated” may be somewhat higher than estimated above. For the first time in the Labour Force Survey an analysis is being carried out by household and family type, as distinct from individuals, and the results will form part of the second report. From this analysis an estimate has been made of the number of persons returned as “married” whose spouse was not recorded as usually resident in the household. The estimated numbers derived from this analysis were 5,500 males and 10,900 females, giving a total of 16,400.

The estimates include married persons whose spouse was usually away and did not return at least one night per week (see definition of “usually resident” in Appendix A); no estimate is available for this group. The totals also include married persons whose spouse was a long stay resident (over 6 months) in an institution; the Survey yielded an estimate of some 3,300 married persons (1,600 males, 1,700 females) in institutions. For other persons included, it is likely that “separated” would be a more accurate description.

TABLE 3: Estimated Population Aged 15 years and Over Classified by Sex, Marital Status and Region

Region											Total
Sex and Marital Status	Dublin	Rest of East	East	South-West	South-East	North-East	Mid-West	Midlands	West	North-West and Donegal	Total
	000
Male
Single	149.3	36.8	186.2	85.4	56.1	28.6	42.0	40.4	48.9	36.0	523.6
Married	186.4	56.5	242.8	101.2	72.1	35.4	58.5	48.5	53.2	38.6	650.4
Separated*	3.5	.6	4.1	1.1	1.1	.2	.3	.4	.7	.3	8.3
Widowed	9.8	2.9	12.7	6.8	4.4	2.1	3.3	3.1	3.5	2.8	38.9
Total	349.0	96.9	445.8	194.5	133.7	66.3	104.1	92.5	106.3	77.7	1,221.1
Female
Single	160.9	27.2	188.1	60.5	40.5	20.7	33.6	26.3	35.9	22.6	428.3
Married	186.7	56.6	243.4	101.5	72.1	35.8	58.5	49.0	53.2	38.6	652.0
Separated*	5.7	1.0	6.7	1.9	1.1	.5	.8	.6	.8	.5	12.8
Widowed	37.4	10.1	47.5	24.2	15.7	7.5	12.0	11.2	13.4	9.0	140.5
Total	390.7	94.9	485.6	188.1	129.3	64.5	104.9	87.1	103.3	70.8	1,233.6
Total
Single	310.2	64.1	374.3	145.9	96.5	49.3	75.7	66.7	84.8	58.6	951.9
Married	373.1	113.1	486.2	202.7	144.2	71.2	117.0	97.5	106.4	77.2	1,302.4
Separated*	9.1	1.6	10.7	3.0	2.2	.6	1.1	1.1	1.5	.8	21.1
Widowed	47.2	13.0	60.2	31.0	20.1	9.7	15.3	14.3	16.9	11.8	179.3
Total	739.6	191.8	931.4	382.7	263.0	130.8	209.1	179.6	209.6	148.5	2,454.7

TABLE 4: Estimated Population Aged 15 years and Over Classified by Sex, Marital Status and Age Groups

Sex and Marital Status	Age Group
	15-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50-54	55-59	60-64	65 or over	Total
	000
Male
Single	166.0	125.5	61.7	29.8	18.6	16.1	15.9	16.0	17.4	16.4	40.3	523.6
Married	.7	19.1	67.1	90.3	87.2	72.9	62.2	56.3	51.6	46.2	96.9	650.4
Separated*	—	.2	.7	1.1	.9	1.1	.9	1.2	.9	.5	.9	8.3
Widowed	.0	—	.1	.1	.4	.6	1.2	1.9	2.5	4.5	27.5	38.9
Total	166.7	144.9	129.5	121.3	107.0	90.8	80.1	75.3	72.4	67.5	165.7	1,221.1
Female
Single	156.3	104.5	40.5	17.9	11.1	9.4	9.7	10.0	11.2	12.2	45.4	428.3
Married	2.7	34.4	84.1	97.1	88.6	73.1	60.5	55.3	49.8	41.3	65.1	652.0
Separated*	—	.6	1.4	2.1	1.6	1.5	1.6	1.1	1.1	.7	1.2	12.8
Widowed	—	.1	.3	.4	1.2	2.2	4.5	7.4	12.5	17.4	94.4	140.5
Total	159.0	139.6	126.4	117.5	102.5	86.2	76.3	73.7	74.6	71.7	206.3	1,233.6
Total
Single	322.3	230.1	102.2	47.7	29.6	25.5	25.6	26.0	28.6	28.6	85.7	951.9
Married	3.4	53.5	151.2	187.3	175.8	146.1	122.7	111.5	101.4	87.5	162.0	1,302.4
Separated*	—	.8	2.1	3.2	2.4	2.6	2.4	2.3	2.0	1.1	2.2	21.1
Widowed	.0	.1	.4	.5	1.6	2.8	5.7	9.2	15.0	21.9	122.0	179.3
Total	325.8	284.4	255.9	238.7	209.5	177.0	156.4	149.0	147.0	139.2	371.9	2,454.7

Estimated Separated Population aged 15 years and over classified by Sex, Marital Status and Age Groups

Marital Status and Sex	Age Group
	15-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50-54	55-59	60-64	65 or over	Total
	000
Male
Married but separated
Deserted	—	.0	.1	.2	.0	.1	.2	.2	.2	.0	.2	1.4
Marriage annulled	—	—	—	.1	—	.0	.1	.0	—	.0	—	.2
Legally separated	—	.0	.2	.3	.3	.2	.2	.3	.2	.0	.2	2.0
Other separated	—	.1	.3	.4	.4	.7	.4	.5	.4	.3	.5	4.1
Divorced	—	—	.0	.1	.1	.1	.0	.1	.1	.1	.1	.6
Total	—	.2	.7	1.1	.9	1.1	.9	1.2	.9	.5	.9	8.3

Female
Married and separated
Deserted	—	.2	.6	.8	.4	.5	.5	.5	.5	.2	.4	4.5
Marriage annulled	—	.0	.0	—	.0	.1	.0	.0	—	.0	.0	.3
Legally separated	—	.1	.3	.5	.5	.3	.5	.2	.3	.1	.2	2.8
Other separated	—	.2	.5	.6	.4	.5	.5	.2	.3	.3	.6	4.3
Divorced	—	—	.1	.2	.2	.1	.1	.2	.0	.1	.0	.9
Total	—	.6	1.4	2.1	1.6	1.5	1.6	1.1	1.1	.7	1.2	12.8

TOTAL
Married but separated
Deserted	—	.3	.7	1.0	.5	.6	.6	.7	.7	.3	.5	5.9
Marriage annulled	—	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	—	0.1	0.0	0.5
Legally separated	—	.1	.4	.8	.8	.4	.7	.5	0.5	.1	.4	4.8
Other separated	—	.4	.8	1.1	.9	1.2	.9	.7	.7	.5	1.1	8.3
Divorced	—	—	.1	.2	.2	.2	.1	.3	.1	.2	.1	1.5
Total	—	.8	2.1	3.2	2.4	2.6	2.4	2.3	2.0	1.1	2.2	21.1

Source: Labour Force Survey, 1983.

Estimated Separated Population aged 15 years and over Classified by Marital Status, Sex and Region

Marital Status and Sex	Region
	Dublin	Rest of East	East	South-west	South-East	North-East	Mid-West	Mid-lands	West	North-West and Donegal	Total
	000
Male
Married but separated
Deserted	.4	.1	.5	.2	.2	.0	.1	.1	.1	.1	1.4
Marriage annulled	.1	—	.1	.0	—	—	—	—	.1	.0	.2
Legally separated	1.0	.2	1.1	.3	.3	.0	.1	.1	.0	.1	2.0
Other separated	1.9	.3	2.2	.5	.4	.1	.1	.2	.4	.2	4.1
Divorced	.1	.1	.2	.2	.2	—	—	.0	.1	—	.6
Total	3.5	.6	4.1	1.1	1.1	.2	.3	.4	.7	.3	8.3
Female
Married but separated
Deserted	1.7	.4	2.0	.7	.5	.2	.4	.2	.4	.2	4.5
Marriage annulled	.1	.0	.2	.0	.0	—	—	—	.1	.0	.3
Legally separated	1.3	.2	1.5	.3	.3	.1	.2	.1	.1	.1	2.8
Other separated	2.2	.3	2.5	.6	.3	.2	.1	.2	.2	.2	4.3
Divorced	.3	.1	.4	.3	.0	—	.1	—	.1	—	.9
Total	5.7	1.0	6.7	1.9	1.1	.5	.8	.6	.8	.5	12.8
Total
Married and separated
Deserted	2.0	0.5	2.5	0.9	0.7	0.2	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.2	5.9
Marriage annulled	.2	.0	.2	.1	.0	—	—	—	.1	.0	.5
Legally separated	2.3	.4	2.7	.5	.5	.1	.3	.4	.1	.2	4.8
Other separated	4.2	.6	4.8	1.1	.7	.3	.2	.3	.6	.3	8.3
Divorced	.4	.2	.6	.5	.2	—	.1	.0	.2	—	1.5
Total	9.1	1.6	10.7	3.0	2.2	.6	1.1	1.1	1.5	.8	21.1

Estimated Separated Population aged 15 years and over Classified by Principal Economic Status and Sex

	Marital Status
Principal Economic Status and Sex	Deserted	Marriage annulled	Legally separated	Other separated	Divorced	Total
	000
Male
At work	0.6	0.2	1.2	2.3	0.4	4.7
Looking for first regular job	—	—	—	—	—	—
Unemployed, having lost of given up previous job	.5	.0	.3	1.0	.1	1.9
Students	—	—	—	—	—	—
On home duties	.1	—	.0	.0	—	.1
Retired	.2	.0	.3	.4	.1	1.0
Unable to work owing to permanent sickness or disability	.0	—	.1	.3	—	.5
Other	.0	—	—	—	—	.0
Total	1.4	.2	2.0	4.1	.6	8.3

Female
At work	1.0	0.1	1.2	1.5	0.4	.2
Looking for first regular job	—	—	—	—	—	—
Unemployed, having lost of given up previous job	.3	.0	.2	.4	.1	1.0
Students	—	—	—	—	—	—
On home duties	3.0	.1	1.2	1.9	.3	6.5
Retired	.1	.0	.1	.3	.1	.6
Unable to work owing to permanent sickness or disability	.2	—	.1	.2	—	.4
Other	—	—	—	.0	.0	.0
Total	4.5	.3	2.8	4.3	.9	12.8

TOTAL
At work	1.6	0.3	2.4	3.8	0.7	8.9
Looking for first regular job	—	—	—	—	—	—
Unemployed, having lost or given up previous job	.7	.1	.6	1.4	.2	2.9
Students	—	—	—	—	—	—
On home duties	3.0	.1	1.2	1.9	.3	6.6
Retired	.3	.1	.5	.7	.2	1.6
Unable to work owing to permanent sickness or disability	.2	—	.2	.5	—	.9
Other	.0	—	—	.0	.0	.0
Total	5.9	.5	4.8	8.3	1.5	21.1

Estimated Number of Separated Males in the Labour Force and not in the Labour Force and Estimated participation rates by Age Group

	Age Group
Marital Status	15-19	20-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-59	60-64	65 or over	Total
	000
	Total
In the Labour Force
Married but separated
Deserted	—	.0	.3	.2	.3	.2	—	.0	1.1
Marriage annulled	—	—	.1	.0	.1	—	—	—	.2
Legally separated	—	.0	.4	.4	.5	.1	.0	—	1.6
Other separated	—	.1	.7	1.0	.8	.4	.2	.1	3.3
Divorced	—	—	.1	.2	.1	.0	.1	—	.5
Total	—	.2	1.7	1.8	1.8	.7	.3	.1	6.6
Not in the Labour Force
Married but separated
Deserted	—	—	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0	.1	.3
Marriage annulled	—	—	—	—	—	—	.0	—	.0
Legally separated	—	—	—	.0	.1	.1	—	.2	.5
Other separated	—	—	.0	.1	.1	—	.1	.4	.8
Divorced	—	—	—	—	—	.0	.0	.1	.1
Total	—	—	.1	.2	.2	.1	.2	.8	1.7
	%
Participation Rates
Married but separated
Deserted	—	100.0	85.6	92.7	91.9	92.7	—	17.2	87.8
Marriage annulled	—	—	100.0	100.0	100.0	—	—	—	90.8
Legally separated	—	100.0	100.0	91.1	85.1	52.0	100.0	—	77.4
Other separated	—	100.0	95.6	87.9	90.1	100.0	57.0	14.2	80.9
Divorced	—	—	100.0	100.0	100.0	56.7	77.9	—	81.4
Total	—	100.0	95.3	90.4	89.9	84.0	57.3	9.8	79.9

Estimated Number of Separated Females in the Labour Force and not in the Labour force and Estimated participation rates by Age Group

	Age Group
Marital Status	15-19	20-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-59	60-64	65 or over	Total
	000
	Total
In the Labour Force
Married but separated
Deserted	—	.1	.4	.4	.3	.1	.0	.0	1.3
Marriage annulled	—	.0	.0	.0	.1	—	—	—	.2
Legally separated	—	.1	.4	.4	.4	.1	.0	—	1.4
Other separated	—	.1	.6	.6	.4	.1	.1	.0	1.9
Divorced	—	—	.2	.2	.1	.0	—	—	.5
Total	—	.2	1.6	1.6	1.2	.4	.1	.1	5.2
Not in the Labour Force
Married but separated
Deserted	—	.2	1.0	.0	.7	.3	.2	.3	3.2
Marriage annulled	—	—	—	.1	—	—	.0	.0	.1
Legally separated	—	.0	.4	.3	.2	.2	.1	.2	1.4
Other separated	—	.1	.5	.3	.4	.2	.2	.6	2.4
Divorced	—	—	.0	.1	.2	—	.1	.0	.4
Total	—	.3	1.9	1.5	1.5	.7	.5	1.2	7.6
	%
Participation Rates
Married but separated
Deserted	—	28.4	28.1	59.0	29.8	31.5	7.3	8.6	28.6
Marriage annulled	—	100.0	100.0	32.7	100.0	—	—	—	54.2
Legally separated	—	70.4	49.9	57.1	65.8	40.5	14.1	—	50.4
Other separated	—	41.7	54.3	63.5	46.3	33.4	33.9	5.0	44.2
Divorced	—	—	88.6	53.3	40.1	100.0	—	—	53.3
Total	—	42.9	45.6	52.3	46.0	35.0	17.8	5.0	40.9

Source: Labour Force Survey, 1983

WORLD STATISTICS

Population

Marriage and divorce

	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1972	1981
3.1.19	All marriages (1,000)										% population
Belgique/Belgie	74	74	74	72	71	69	67	65	66	64	7.7	6.5
Danmark	31	31	33	32	31	32	29	28	26	25	6.2	4.9
BR Deutschland	415	395	377	387	366	358	328	345	362	360	6.7	5.8
Greece	60	74	68	76	64	76	73	79	62	71	6.8	7.3
France	417	401	395	387	374	368	354	340	334	315	8.1	5.8
Ireland	22	23	23	21	21	20	21	21	22	21	7.4	6.2
Italia	419	418	403	374	354	348	336	326	323	314	7.7	5.5
Luxembourg	2.3	2.1	2.2	2.4	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	6.6	5.0
Nederland	118	108	110	100	97	93	89	86	90	86	8.8	6.1
United Kingdom	480	454	437	431	406	404	416	415	418	400	8.6	7.1
EUR 10	2,038	1,978	1,921	1,882	1,786	1,771	1,716	1,706	1,705	1,658	7.7	6.1
Espana	262	269	267	271	261	262	258				7.6
Portugal	77	84	82	103	102	92	81	78	73	84	8.6	8.5
Sverige	39	38	45	44	45	40	38	37	38	38	4.8	4.5
USA	2,282	2,284	2,226	2,127	2,133	2,190	2,246				10.9
Nippon (Japan)	1,109	1,072	1,000	942	872	831					10.4

Population

Marriage and divorce

	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1972	1981
	Average age of women at first marriage Years										EUR=100
Belgique/Belgie	22.2	22.0	22.0	22.0	22.0	22.0	22.1	22.1			96
Danmark	23.1	23.3	23.5	23.7	23.9	24.0	24.4	24.5	24.8	25.1	100
BR Deutschland	22.9	22.9	22.9	22.7	22.9	22.9	23.1	23.2	23.4	23.6	99
Greece	22.8	22.7	22.6	22.8	22.4	22.4	22.3	23.3			99
France	22.4	22.4	22.4	22.5	22.6	22.7	22.8	22.9	23.0		97
Ireland	24.5	24.5	24.3	24.4	23.8	24.1	24.1	24.9	25.0	24.9	106
Italia	24.5	24.2	24.1	24.0	24.2	23.9	24.2	23.7			106
Luxembourg	23.0	22.7	22.8	23.3	23.1	23.6	23.9	24.0	24.5	24.5	100
Nederland	22.9	22.7	22.7	22.7	22.7	22.8	23.0	23.1	23.2	23.3	99
United Kingdom	22.9	22.7	22.7	22.8	22.8	22.9	22.9	22.9	22.9	23.0	99
EUR 10	23.1	23.0	23.0	23.0	23.1	23.1					100
Espana	24.4	24.3	24.3	23.4	23.2	23.1	23.0				106
Portugal	24.2	24.4	24.1	23.7	23.6	23.7	23.7				105
Sverige	24.4	24.6	24.8	25.1	25.3	25.5	25.8	26.2	26.4	26.6	106
USA
Nippon (Japan)

Population

Marriage and divorce

	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981 1972 1981
	Divorces (1,000)										% existing marriages
Belgique/Belgie	8	8	10	11	13	13	14	14	15	16	3.2	6.3
Danmark	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	10.9	12.1
BR Deutschland	87	90	99	107	108	75	32	79	96	110	5.5	7.0
Greece	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4
France	50	50	59	61	65	74	82	89	92		4.0	7.2
Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Italia	33	18	18	11	12	11	10	11	12	11	2.5	0.8
Luxembourg	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.6	0.5
Nederland	15	18	19	20	21	21	22	24	25	29	4.6	8.3
United Kingdom	125	114	121	129	136	138	153	148	160	157	9.5	11.8
EUR 10	334	315	344	356	373	350	331	382	419
España	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Portugal	1	1	1	2	5	8	7	6	6	7
Sverige	15	16	27	25	22	20	20	20	20	20	7.9	11.4
USA	845	915	977	1,026	1,077
Nippon (Japan)	110	112	114	119	125

Eurostat Review, 1972-81—Official Publication of the European Communities.

^*Age groupings for 1841 were 26.35, 36-45, 46-55 and 56 and over.

† Particulars not available.

* Excluding Dun Laoghaire Borough.

(1)for the results of these surveys see “Labour Force Survey 1979 results (incorporating detailed revisions to the 1977 and 1975 Survey results), Pl. 113

(2)EEC Regulation No. 603/83

* including divorced

Appendix C

Statistical Information

1. Marriage Rates

2. Nullity Petitions

3. Applications under the Married Women (Status) Act, 1957

4. Divorce a mensa et thoro (Judicial Separation) Petitions/ Applications in the High Court

5.1 Applications for Maintenance Orders in the High Court under the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976 (excluding applications to vary existing Orders)

5.2 Applications for Maintenance Orders in the Circuit Court under the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976 (excluding applications to vary existing Orders).

5.3 Applications for Maintenance Orders in the District Court under the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976 (excluding applications to vary existing Orders).

6.1 Applications for Barring Orders in the District Court under the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976 and the Family Law (Protection of Spouses and Children) Act, 1981.

6.2 Applications for Barring Orders in the Circuit Court under the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976 and the Family Law (Protection of Spouses and Children) Act, 1981.

7. Applications under the Family Home Protection Act, 1976

8.1 Applications in the High Court under the Guardianship of Infants Act, 1964

8.2 Applications in the Circuit Court under the Guardianship of Infants Act, 1964

8.3 Applications in the District Court under Guardianship of Infants Act, 1964

9 Applications to the Regional Marriage Tribunals of the Catholic Church for Ecclesiastical Annulments

10.1 Deserted Wives’ Allowance

10.2 Deserted Wives’ Benefit

Extracts from the 1981 Census of Population

Marital Status

Extracts from the First Results of the 1983 Labour Force Survey

1983 LABOUR FORCE SURVEY

Results

Introduction

Reservations

Marital Status

4. **Divorce a mensa et thoro (Judicial Separation) Petitions/ Applications in the High Court**