Cohort nuptiality

Evolution of nuptiality by birth cohort
  Males Females
Male birth cohort Proportion of ever married Mean age at first marriage* (years) Female birth cohort Proportion of ever married Mean age at first marriage* (years)
  at age 25 at age 30 at age 49*     at age 25 at age 30 at age 49*  
1955 0,55 0,72 0,83 25,3 1955 0,71 0,81 0,88 22,9
1960 0,39 0,60 0,77 27,1 1960 0,59 0,72 0,83 24,2
1965 0,25 0,48 0,71 28,9 1965 0,43 0,60 0,76 26,3
1970 0,15 0,4 0,66 30,1 1970 0,3 0,52 0,71 27,8
1975 0,10 0,35 0,61 31 1975 0,23 0,46 0,66 28,9
1980 0,08 0,28 0,55 31,8 1980 0,18 0,39 0,6 29,6
1985 0,06 0,23 0,51 32,6 1985 0,14 0,32 0,55 30,5
1990 0,05       1990 0,1   0,52  
1991 0,04       1991 0,09   0,52  
1992 0,04       1992 0,09      
1993 0,04       1993 0,09      
1994 0,04       1994 0,08      

Metropolitan France
*Unobserved marriage probabilities have been extended by averaging the previous three years
Source : "Recent demographic Development in France", Population, 4/2023. Calculations and estimates using INSEE data

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Update: February 2024