Table 3.
Changes in the shares of cohabitation among women 25-29 in a union in the 25 regions with respectively the lowest and the highest initial levels of cohabitation in 1970
| 25 Regions with the lowest % of cohabiting unions in 1970 | 25 Regions with the highest % of cohabiting unions in 1970 | |||||||
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| Region | Country | % 1970 | % 2000 | Region | Country | % 1970 | % 2000 | |
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| 1 | Azuay | Ecuador | 1.6 | 12.1 | Kuna Yala (San Blas) | Panama | 90.6 | 85.1 |
| 2 | Del Maule | Ecuador | 2.4 | 18.2 | Darien | Panama | 81.0 | 82.1 |
| 3 | Magallanes y Antartica Chilena | Chile | 2.5 | 18.1 | Bocas del Toro* | Panama | 78.4 | 73.9 |
| 4 | Tungurahua | Ecuador | 2.7 | 8.7 | Los Rios | Ecuador | 75.3 | 74.4 |
| 5 | Del Libertador General Bernardo O’Higgins | Chile | 3.0 | 19.5 | Cocle | Panama | 70.7 | 75.7 |
| 6 | Parana | Brazil | 3.1 | 28.9 | Chiriqui* | Panama | 69.9 | 61.4 |
| 7 | Guanajuato | Mexico | 3.3 | 7.1 | Veraguas* | Panama | 68.6 | 68.2 |
| 8 | Cordoba | Argentina | 3.3 | 32.6 | Los Santos | Panama | 65.3 | 61.1 |
| 9 | Ceara | Brazil | 3.4 | 35.7 | Apure | Venezuela | 60.8 | 65.6 |
| 10 | Queretaro | Mexico | 3.4 | 16.2 | Esmeraldas | Ecuador | 60.7 | 75.4 |
| 11 | Santa Catarina | Brazil | 3.5 | 30.4 | Cojedes | Venezuela | 58.2 | 62.0 |
| 12 | Valparaiso | Colombia | 3.5 | 23.9 | Choco | Colombia | 57.1 | 87.4 |
| 13 | Minas Gerais | Brazil | 3.7 | 26.0 | Formosa | Argentina | 52.1 | 59.1 |
| 14 | Loja | Ecuador | 3.8 | 11.6 | Colon | Panama | 51.7 | 62.0 |
| 15 | Region Metropolitana de Santiago | Chile | 3.9 | 24.8 | Cordoba | Colombia | 50.8 | 79.5 |
| 16 | Cotopaxi | Ecuador | 3.9 | 13.6 | Amazonas | Venezuela | 50.4 | 67.6 |
| 17 | Piaui | Brazil | 4.0 | 27.6 | Yaracuy | Venezuela | 50.2 | 63.9 |
| 18 | Aguascalientes | Mexico | 4.1 | 9.3 | Delta Amacuro | Venezuela | 49.5 | 67.8 |
| 19 | Bio-Bio | Chile | 4.1 | 19.0 | Guayas | Ecuador | 48.3 | 50.7 |
| 20 | Sao Paulo | Brazil | 4.3 | 34.8 | Panama | Panama | 47.4 | 57.2 |
| 21 | Chimborazo | Ecuador | 4. 6 | 8.5 | La Guajira | Colombia | 47.4 | 82.8 |
| 22 | Cartago | Costa Rica | 4.6 | 15.5 | Herrera | Panama | 47.1 | 50.7 |
| 23 | Rio Grande do Sul | Brazil | 4.9 | 40.6 | Portuguesa | Venezuela | 46.7 | 60.6 |
| 24 | Canar | Ecuador | 4.9 | 16.2 | Cesar | Colombia | 46.4 | 74.3 |
| 25 | Carchi | Ecuador | 5.5 | 19.1 | Monagas | Venezuela | 46.3 | 52.9 |
Note:
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The decrease in the % of cohabitation unions in these regions can be explained by the creation of a new region in Panama in the 2000 round, which was created from them (Ngöble-Bugle; 2000 = 88,44%).
Source: Own calculations based on Latin American census microdata from IPUMS international.