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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Main Authors: Teresa Martín-García, Marta Domínguez-Folgueras, Teresa Castro-Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2008-06-01
Series:Demographic Research
Subjects:
LAT
Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol18/16/