Vital Statistics: Marriages 
Married couples . National data
Married couples of different sex by profession or main occupation of  the wife and profession or main occupation of the husband.
Units: Married couples

	Total husbands	1.Professionals, technicians and similar workers	2.Public service and Corporate Management Professionals	3.Administrative and similar personnel	4.Business and Sales people	5.Service Workers	6.Farmers, Stockmen, Forestry Labourers, Fisherman and Hunters	7.Production workers and similar, transport equipment drivers and non-agricultural workmen	8.Armed Forces Professionals	9.Students	10.People devoted to housework	11.Retirees, Pensioners and Independently wealthy	12.People who cannot be classified and no data recorded	
Total wives	201,579	32,519	4,434	14,458	10,634	15,464	3,593	56,491	2,775	505	184	1,658	58,864	
1.Professionals, technicians and similar workers	37,768	17,947	1,087	3,544	2,222	2,437	481	7,719	583	147	19	124	1,458	
2.Public service and Corporate Management Professionals	1,968	390	551	150	150	155	32	382	21	5	2	18	112	
3.Administrative and similar personnel	30,559	6,076	995	5,860	2,254	2,557	512	10,468	492	71	4	114	1,156	
4.Business and Sales people	16,343	1,806	399	1,238	2,678	1,517	287	7,375	268	27	5	66	677	
5.Service Workers	22,867	2,342	422	1,458	1,277	5,103	549	9,962	421	56	9	247	1,021	
6.Farmers, Stockmen, Forestry Labourers, Fisherman and Hunters	1,207	50	11	64	41	46	385	472	63	2	1	14	58	
7.Production workers and similar, transport equipment drivers and non-agricultural workmen	10,457	785	172	520	420	652	294	7,081	92	17	24	67	333	
8.Armed Forces Professionals	446	25	6	15	9	25	8	86	260	2	..	..	10	
9.Students	2,133	512	84	163	136	206	32	661	89	122	1	4	123	
10.People devoted to housework	15,835	754	319	588	726	1,649	704	8,289	245	15	96	560	1,890	
11.Retirees, Pensioners and Independently wealthy	426	34	9	15	13	20	7	85	1	..	3	218	21	
12.People who cannot be classified and no data recorded	61,570	1,798	379	843	708	1,097	302	3,911	240	41	20	226	52,005	
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Source: National Statistics Institute