Definition: Divorce

Category: Living conditions

Final legal dissolution of a marriage, that is, that separation of husband and wife which confers on the parties the right to remarriage under civil, religious and/or other provisions, according to the laws of each country. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/SeriesF_71_EN.pdf Statistics Explained, a distinct section of the official Eurostat website presenting all statistical topics in an easily understandable wayUnited Nations Common Database (UNCDB), based on United Nations, "Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System", Series M, No. 19, Revision 1, United Nations, New York, 1973