The data below is in a format known as tab-delimited values. You can open this file with any spreadsheet application and the data will be distributed into the appropriate rows and columns. Year Marriage rate per 1000 population 1855 10.91 1856 8.87 1857 9.59 1858 8.98 1859 8.42 1860 8.65 1861 8.86 1862 8.67 1863 9.05 1864 10.9 1865 10.47 1866 10.32 1867 9.69 1868 9.35 1869 8.32 1870 7.62 1871 7.15 1872 6.85 1873 7.9 1874 8.81 1875 8.94 1876 8.25 1877 7.62 1878 7.97 1879 7.48 1880 6.71 1881 6.64 1882 7.07 1883 6.82 1884 6.87 1885 6.65 1886 5.99 1887 5.97 1888 5.97 1889 5.92 1890 6.07 1891 6.04 1892 6.23 1893 6.22 1894 6.15 1895 5.94 1896 6.85 1897 6.83 1898 6.91 1899 7.28 1900 7.67 1901 7.83 1902 8.01 1903 8.23 1904 8.26 1905 8.28 1906 8.48 1907 8.91 1908 8.82 1909 8.33 1910 8.3 1911 8.7 1912 8.81 1913 8.25 1914 8.51 1915 9.12 1916 7.47 1917 5.84 1918 5.65 1919 8.33 1920 10.21 1921 8.69 1922 7.64 1923 7.91 1924 7.91 1925 7.85 1926 7.9 1927 7.63 1928 7.58 1929 7.8 1930 7.78 1931 6.81 1932 6.81 1933 7.18 1934 7.64 1935 8.23 1936 9.25 1937 9.55 1938 10.09 1939 11.12 1940 11.28 1941 8.65 1942 7.91 1943 7.53 1944 8.43 1945 10.14 1946 11.99 1947 10.59 1948 9.67 1949 9.27 1950 8.96 1951 8.69 1952 8.55 1953 8.41 1954 8.38 1955 8.32 1956 8.03 1957 7.89 1958 8.01 1959 7.84 1960 7.95 1961 8.1 1962 7.88 1963 7.83 1964 8 1965 8.24 1966 8.55 1967 8.62 1968 8.74 1969 8.98 1970 9.2 1971 9.5 1972 9.22 1973 8.83 1974 8.35 1975 7.91 1976 7.71 1977 7.19 1978 7.13 1979 7.12 1980 7.31 1981 7.5 1982 8.03 1983 7.66 1984 7.77 1985 7.54 1986 7.34 1987 7.4 1988 7.08 1989 6.83 1990 6.94 1991 6.25 1992 5.89 1993 5.82 1994 5.68 1995 5.56 1996 5.48 1997 5.27 1998 5.28 1999 5.49 2000 5.35 2001 5.14 2002 5.24 2003 5.32 2004 5.14 2005 5.01 2006 5.21 2007 5.16 2008 5.23 2009 5.09 2010 4.87 2011 4.68 2012 4.72 2013 4.35 2014 4.44 2015 4.32 2016 4.3 Source: Statistics New Zealand Infoshare Downloaded from Te Ara | The Encyclopedia of New Zealand www.TeAra.govt.nz