UN Department of Social and Economic Affairs

Rooted in the United Nations Charter and guided by the transformative 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) upholds the development pillar of the United Nations. UN DESA is a pioneer of sustainable development and the home of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UN DESA helps countries make informed decisions by providing a wealth of information through publications and databases and through support for international deliberations at the United Nations General Assembly, Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Commissions, Forums and other bodies.

Series Pulled from United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)[edit | edit source]

Variable	Definition	Units	Years	Last IFs Update	UsedInPreprocessor	UsedInPreprocessorFileName
MarriageRatesWomen15to19	Percentage of women (aged 15-19 years) who are currently married or in a union (Estimates only)	Percent	1970-2018	2024/5/1	1	POP
MarriageRatesWomen20to24	Percentage of women (aged 20-24 years) who are currently married or in a union (Estimates only)	Percent	1970-2018	2024/5/1	1	POP
AvgAgeAtFirstMarriageMen-UN	Singulate average mean age at first marriage, men	Age	1960,1962,1964,1966-2019	2024/5/1	1	POP
AvgAgeAtFirstMarriageWomen-UN	Singulate average mean age at first marriage, women	Age	1960,1962,1964,1966-2019	2024/5/1	1	POP

Pulling Instructions for United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)[edit | edit source]

Process of pulling and cleaning:

First, navigate to the UN Population Division landing page and select the "World Marriage Data" tab

• On the left-hand side under the title "Data", click the "Dataset" link to begin downloading. All of the data for marriage-related series will be in the dataset.