Not truly partnerless: Non-residential partnerships and retreat from marriage in Spain
In Spain, nearly two-thirds of women aged 20-34 have not yet entered their first union. However, almost half of them have a stable partner in a different household. Hence, the drop in marriage rates and low prevalence of cohabitation cannot be rightly interpreted as a decline in partnership formatio...
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Language: | English |
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
2008-06-01
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Series: | Demographic Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol18/16/ |