Cohort nuptiality

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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      
1991 0,04       1991 0,09      
1992 0,04       1992 0,09      
1993 0,04       1993 0,09      
1994 0,04       1994 0,08      

Metropolitan France
*For the 1970 generation and later, the unobserved rates at the highest ages were estimated by fixing the observed rates at the same age for the year 2019.
Source : "Recent Demographic Trends in France 2024", Population, 4/2024, Annex 9. Calculations and estimates using INSEE data.

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