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Across much of the world, long-standing norms around marriage and family formation are changing. In many countries, having children outside of marriage has become increasingly common, while in others it remains rare.

This visualization shows countries ranked by the share of children born outside of marriage using the latest available data from the OECD Family Database.



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196 sats \ 2 replies \ @OT 8h

Did not know that South American countries would be top here. I thought they generally have more Christians and that it might be frowned upon.

Also notice China not on the list. I believe it is illegal to do so there (even with the declining birthrate situation).

Africa?

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I’ve been told there’s a massive generational divide on that, so I’m not surprised by these numbers.

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141 sats \ 1 reply \ @OneOneSeven 8h

Bastards, the lot of them!

(I'm one as well)

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38 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 6h

You beat me to it.

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No Philippines or Thailand? Passport bro babies?

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Those countries aren't part of the OECD!

OECD Family Database

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Ahh okay

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South Korea and Japan need more out of wedlock babies

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Surprised Greece is that low

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