Journal of Population Sciences
 | % that have left | % that have left with a partner | % that have left without a partner | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | of which (%) | Total | of which (%) | ||||||
for cohabitation | for marriage | For work | To study | For independence | Other reasons | ||||
Men | |||||||||
1965–1969 | 80.1 | 50.0 | 11.1 | 88.9 | 30.1 | 34.1 | 12.5 | 21.5 | 31.9 |
1970–1974 | 78.5 | 43.9 | 21.0 | 79.0 | 34.6 | 41.8 | 14.3 | 22.9 | 21.0 |
1975–1979†| 72.5 | 35.5 | 35.7 | 64.3 | 37.0 | 38.7 | 16.1 | 25.5 | 19.7 |
1980–1984‡ | 52.1 | 20.4 | 47.1 | 52.9 | 31.7 | 38.8 | 25.4 | 22.5 | 13.3 |
1985–1989* | 32.9 | 9.2 | 61.1 | 38.9 | 23.7 | 30.5 | 37.0 | 19.4 | 13.1 |
1990–1996** | 28.2 | 6.4 | 72.1 | 27.9 | 21.8 | 29.4 | 47.6 | 13.0 | 10.0 |
Total | 60.2 | 29.4 | 28.6 | 71.4 | 30.8 | 37.0 | 21.7 | 22.2 | 19.1 |
Women | Â | Â | Â | ||||||
1965–1969 | 88.2 | 70.7 | 10.0 | 90.0 | 17.5 | 31.0 | 27.1 | 23.1 | 18.8 |
1970–1974 | 87.8 | 66.0 | 17.9 | 82.1 | 21.8 | 25.0 | 34.7 | 26.2 | 14.1 |
1975–1979†| 83.9 | 57.4 | 24.4 | 75.6 | 26.5 | 23.7 | 38.1 | 28.4 | 9.8 |
1980–1984‡ | 69.7 | 41.3 | 35.8 | 64.2 | 28.4 | 26.9 | 42.0 | 21.5 | 9.6 |
1985–1989* | 42.5 | 20.2 | 45.1 | 54.9 | 22.3 | 18.6 | 55.9 | 18.1 | 7.4 |
1990–1996** | 34.5 | 12.4 | 59.2 | 40.8 | 22.1 | 12.7 | 61.0 | 14.1 | 12.2 |
Total | 71.8 | 48.4 | 23.3 | 76.7 | 23.4 | 23.8 | 41.6 | 23.1 | 11.5 |