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Divorce rate of opposite-sex couples in Great Britain from 1950 to 2021
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"Marriage, civil partnership and divorce rates cannot be provided for the United Kingdom or Northern Ireland as the corresponding marital status estimates required are not produced. Marital status estimates for Scotland have not been produced since 2008.
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (February 24, 2023). Divorce rate of opposite-sex couples in Great Britain from 1950 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 06, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/281568/divorce-rate-great-britain/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Divorce rate of opposite-sex couples in Great Britain from 1950 to 2021." Chart. February 24, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/281568/divorce-rate-great-britain/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2023). Divorce rate of opposite-sex couples in Great Britain from 1950 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/281568/divorce-rate-great-britain/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Divorce Rate of Opposite-sex Couples in Great Britain from 1950 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Feb 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/281568/divorce-rate-great-britain/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Divorce rate of opposite-sex couples in Great Britain from 1950 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/281568/divorce-rate-great-britain/ (last visited July 06, 2025)
Divorce rate of opposite-sex couples in Great Britain from 1950 to 2021 [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), February 24, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/281568/divorce-rate-great-britain/
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