In Latin America, Educated Women Having Kids Outside Marriage Are Increasingly Popular

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 01:40 in Health & Medicine

In Latin America, consensual (common-law) unions are traditionally associated with poorer or indigenous populations. But recent research is turning this conventional wisdom on its head, finding that that in the past 30 years or so consensual unions have become increasingly popular throughout Latin America, including in higher-income groups. In certain countries, such as Panama, common-law partnerships are now as widespread as in Quebec. read more

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