Most children born out of wedlock

Most children born out of wedlock
More than half of all children born in 2019 were born to unmarried parents
 
15.04.2021 - 16:04

Of the 678 children born in 2019, 60.2 percent were born out of wedlock.

Fifteen years ago, this distribution was an even 50-50, but the proportion of unmarried parents has been on a steady increase since then.

For the 678 children born in 2019, 92.1 percent of the parents lived together, 7.5 did not live together and 0.4 percent did not specify their cohabitation status.

 

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