This guide is designed to provide information for those who are interested in exploring cross-cultural customs and rituals associated with weddings and marriage.
United States Census Department Statistical Abstract presents statistics for the world as a whole and for many countries on a comparative basis with the United States. Data are shown for marriage and divorce rates by country.
The United Nations Statistics Division calculates selected indicators and rates such as the crude marriage and divorce rates or singulate mean age at marriage and disseminates these indicators along with official country data on marriage, divorce, annulment, etc.