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Marriages and nuptiality since 1801

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Field for searching for a specific value in the list box. This is examples of values you can search for.Marriages - Total , Swiss husband and wife , Swiss husband and foreign wife ,

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Metainformation:
Last modified: new data set (2022)
State of the database: September 2023
Reference period : Calendar year
Spatial reference: Switzerland
Data sources: Vital Statistics (BEVNAT), 1981-2010 Annual Population Statistics (ESPOP), from 2011 Population and Households Statistics (STATPOP) Used signs:
' ... ' : figure unknown because not (yet) collected or not (yet) calculated
' * ' : not indicated because obvious or concept not applicable This cube contains only data on different-sex marriages and the corresponding nuptiality indicators. The marital status 'unmarried' is the result of a declaration of invalidity of a previous union or a declaration of disappearance of the previous partner. Historical data taken from the publication « Historical Statistics of Switzerland » (Chronos, 1996) and the annual publications on Vital statistics (in French: « Mouvement de la Population de la Suisse »).
The rest of the data comes from the Vital statistics BEVNAT (in German) Information about the term used can be found here: Definitions Historical background:
The Historical Dictionary of Switzerland