Proportion of live births outside marriage

QoG code: eu_agemoth

Proportion of live births outside marriage. A live birth outside marriage is defined as a live birth where the mother’s marital status at the time of birth is other than married.

Type of variable
Continuous
Last updated by source
2025-11-26

Country coverage

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  • Albania
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Bulgaria
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus (1975-)
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France (1963-)
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Latvia
  • Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Malta
  • Montenegro
  • Netherlands
  • North Macedonia
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • Serbia
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Turkey
  • United Kingdom

Year coverage

This variable has information from 1960 to 2018.