Unmarried births are becoming the norm in Western Europe, share falling in Eastern Europe
Thursday, April 21, 2016 - 07:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The Golden Age of Marriage in Europe had clear norms: In the 1950s and 1960s, people were expected to marry before having a child. But in many countries of today, more than half of the births are out of wedlock. A new study looks at this development spanning from 1910 to today.