On the magnitude, frequency, and nature of marriage dissolution in Italy: insights from vital statistics and life-table analysis

Abstract Legal separation is a crucial step in the dissolving of marriages Italy. Marriage and legal data come from administrative sources have been part civil registration vital statistics system for long time. These make it possible to constantly monitor evolution marital unions formation dissolution over time space. This study highlights potential combining at macro level, aggregated by selected characteristics marriage spouses. Data collection on separations complex process that brings together records different transmission procedures. The has rapidly evolved recent years because important normative changes. Pooling two exhaustive we calculate duration-specific rates spouses’ wedding estimate survival curves 1975 cohorts onward. Although propensity separate increasing across cohorts, most first-marriage cohorts—those celebrated since beginning new millennium—show decreasing tendency after short durations. fragile are those ceremony north Italy choose property regime. Couples which bride more educated than groom show higher risk separating. Differences geographical area celebration rite tend reduce contributes existing information about role some weddings spouses play. It shows integrating registers when dealing with relatively rare phenomenon population level not usually collected social surveys.