Changing family and partnership behaviour: Common trends and persistent diversity across Europe

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  Changing family and partnership behaviour:
  Common trends and persistent diversity
  across Europe
  

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  The plan of our presentation
  1. Introduction
  2. The gradual retreat of marriage
  3. The rise of cohabitation and the diversity of cohabiting unions
  4. Rising divorce rates
  5. The declining importance of marriage for childbearing and childrearing
  6. Conclusion
  
  

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  Introduction
  

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  The gradual retreat of marriage
  Couples are marrying at later ages
  
  
  Growing numbers of marriages are
  ending in divorce
  Consensual unions have increasingly replaced marriage among younger people
  

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  Period total first marriage rates in
  different regions of Europe
  

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  The proportion of married people has declined rapidly, especially among men and women under age 30.
  Before
  Now
  

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  Proportion of women and men married at ages 20 – 30 in selected countries of Europe
  

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  The rise of cohabitation and the diversity of cohabiting unions
   
  
  The character and stability of cohabitation vary greatly between individuals, between countries, and over time.
  

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  Cohabitation may eventually become a ‘marriage-like’ relationship, it is still not a complete substitute for marriage
  

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  Total divorce rates in selected countries of Europe
  

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  The declining importance of marriage
  for childbearing and childrearing
  
  VS.
  

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  Mean age at first birth and at first marriage among women in selected European countries
  

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  Percentage of children born outside marriage in selected countries
  

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  Conclusion