Almost all regions of Germany have married couples forming at least 70 percent of family nuclei, with many regions pushing over 80 percent, while neighboring France and French-speaking Belgium show far lower levels.

Why?

Since the revolution the concubinage system has accorded some rights to unmarried French couples, a history built on by the adoption of civil partnerships for both opposite and same-sex partners in 1999. This history has lessened the stigma of unmarried cohabitation and put other legally recognized options on the table.

 

 

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