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. 2024 May 22;40(1):14. doi: 10.1007/s10680-024-09702-w

Table 1.

Number of person-years and family events by marital status and country of birth, women aged 15–45 in Switzerland (2012–2019)

Outcomes of single women
Person-years Birth Marriage
N Rate N Rate
Switzerland 3,616,138 53,812 0.015 100,830 0.028
Italy 85,736 1,545 0.018 2,635 0.031
Germany 265,812 6,728 0.025 8,856 0.033
Portugal 109,087 3,771 0.035 4,048 0.037
France 121,614 3,313 0.027 2,937 0.024
Spain 36,772 894 0.024 1,134 0.031
Other EU countries 230,639 3,910 0.017 7,727 0.034
Kosovo 21,371 414 0.019 1,967 0.092
Turkey 16,447 146 0.009 888 0.054
Other European countries 97,397 1,522 0.016 6,513 0.067
Sub-Saharan Africa 72,948 4,026 0.055 2,188 0.030
North Africa 10,836 119 0.011 391 0.036
Latin America 83,963 1,850 0.022 2,544 0.030
North America 43,806 389 0.009 971 0.022
Asia 108,525 1,444 0.013 2,849 0.026
South Asia 24,986 458 0.018 1,017 0.041
Oceania 6,706 92 0.014 180 0.027
Outcomes of married women
Person-years Birth Divorce
N Rate N Rate
Switzerland 1,401,584 157,486 0.112 20,668 0.015
Italy 61,864 4,817 0.078 387 0.006
Germany 139,800 13,968 0.100 1,164 0.008
Portugal 169,720 10,649 0.063 967 0.006
France 59,244 5,282 0.089 617 0.010
Spain 25,554 2,047 0.080 183 0.007
Other EU countries 193,420 14,592 0.075 2,008 0.010
Kosovo 80,445 1,189 0.015 537 0.007
Turkey 63,937 4,909 0.077 879 0.014
Other European countries 301,988 26,376 0.087 3,119 0.010
Sub-Saharan Africa 62,851 5,886 0.094 1,213 0.019
North Africa 32,285 2,887 0.089 687 0.021
Latin America 138,049 7,954 0.058 2,784 0.020
North America 27,483 2,323 0.085 229 0.008
Asia 149,023 9,793 0.066 1,868 0.013
South Asia 69,105 4,894 0.071 334 0.005
Oceania 5131 408 0.080 53 0.010

Sources: Statpop, Bevnat (2012–2018). Authors’ own calculations