NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Data source

Data on marriages are based on the systematic collection of information entered into the state registries of marriages.

Observation units

The data are collected on each marriage.

Coverage and comparability

In line with international recommendations (UN, Eurostat), data on marriages are collected and processed in line with the definition of the usual residence.

Definitions and explanations

Definitions applied in vital statistics are based on the recommendations of the UN, Eurostat, WHO and positive regulations of the Republic of Croatia.

Marriage is the act by which the legal relationship of husband and wife is constituted.

Age is expressed in completed years of age as a statistical characteristic of population. Age is most often expressed in intervals of five years. Each group includes persons who have turned the years set as the limits of one interval. For example, the 15 ‒ 19 age group includes all persons who have turned 15 and more but have not turned 20 yet.

Territorial constitution

The data are presented by the territorial constitution according to the Act on the Territories of Counties, Cities and Municipalities in the Republic of Croatia (NN, No. 86/06) with the situation as on the end of the reference year.

Abbreviations

Eurostat  Statistical Office of the European Communities

NN          Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia

UN          United Nations

WHO       World Health Organization

Symbols

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