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  • Publication | 2019
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  • The sharp decline, since the turn of the millennium, in the proportion of individuals cohabiting with or married to a partner with a different level of educational attainment may be a sign of the weakening of the `social glue'.
  • A `preference for homogamy' has been on the rise in five countries analysed (France, Hungary, Portugal, Romania and the USA).
  • Some of the commonly used indicators of homogamy obscure these trends.
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16 Dec 2021

Related organisation(s)JRC - Joint Research Centre
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