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	203,453	32,804	4,227	14,612	11,499	14,258	3,878	59,914	2,510	552	132	1,701	57,366	
1.Professionals, technicians and similar workers	38,283	18,273	1,039	3,701	2,360	2,195	493	7,887	593	132	10	128	1,472	
2.Public service and Corporate Management Professionals	1,725	356	432	154	129	104	23	381	13	8	2	25	98	
3.Administrative and similar personnel	31,089	6,134	1,018	5,778	2,545	2,336	563	10,916	452	51	13	101	1,182	
4.Business and Sales people	16,957	1,877	396	1,293	2,878	1,422	326	7,742	247	50	11	76	639	
5.Service Workers	22,052	2,106	386	1,356	1,300	4,488	554	10,335	316	73	8	233	897	
6.Farmers, Stockmen, Forestry Labourers, Fisherman and Hunters	1,158	35	7	33	41	46	370	569	7	..	1	9	40	
7.Production workers and similar, transport equipment drivers and non-agricultural workmen	11,499	829	188	586	454	627	359	7,867	124	14	15	66	370	
8.Armed Forces Professionals	370	21	4	16	7	25	2	74	209	..	..	..	12	
9.Students	2,398	495	83	211	154	242	47	795	84	150	3	5	129	
10.People devoted to housework	17,248	868	332	632	874	1,706	888	9,226	247	22	45	566	1,842	
11.Retirees, Pensioners and Independently wealthy	444	17	8	16	9	20	5	81	3	1	1	262	21	
12.People who cannot be classified and no data recorded	60,230	1,793	334	836	748	1,047	248	4,041	215	51	23	230	50,664	
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Source: National Statistics Institute