cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/3197004
Source: https://landgeist.com/2023/08/12/births-outside-of-marriage-in-europe/.
I would like to know the conception rate out of wedlock
Well yeah. Weddings are expensive (relatively) and can be delayed. Having kids can only be delayed so much. People don’t have as much disposable in recent times so are choosing rather than both.
That sounds wrong for Portugal. Couples who got married, had a kid and then divorced are fairly common, but born outside of marriage makes me struggle to even think of someone.
Couples who live together like they are married, with kids and all, but haven’t really put the pen to the paper, are more common than you think.
The ones who stick together eventually make it official as a formality. But their kids technically are born out of wedlock.
It even has a legal precedent as união de facto.
Your experience is not representative of the whole. I know a few single moms and many unmarried couples with children.
France is looking likeable. I wonder if this is another result of their system of Laïcité.
Can we get another map about inceptions out of mariage? Many marry only after learning they will be parents.
