Editing Cohabitation (section)

====Spain====

Spanish society has undergone major changes since the fall of the [[Francoist Spain|Franco regime]]. Important legal changes which have occurred throughout the 1970s and 1980s include legalization of divorce, decriminalization of [[adultery]], [[gender equality]] in [[family law]], and removing the ban on [[contraception]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://countrystudies.us/spain/ |chapter-url=http://countrystudies.us/spain/43.htm |editor1=Eric Solsten |editor2=Sandra W. Meditz |title=Spain: A Country Study |place=Washington, D.C. |publisher=GPO for the Library of Congress |year=1988 |chapter=SOCIAL VALUES AND ATTITUDES|access-date=22 August 2015}}</ref> The liberalization of the political climate has allowed for alternative family formation. In the mid-1990s, cohabitation in Spain was still described as a "marginal" phenomenon, but since the 1990s, cohabitation has increased dramatically in Spain.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Sweeney |first1=Megan M. |last2=Castro-Martin |first2=Teresa |last3=Mills |first3=Melinda |date=13 January 2015 |title=The reproductive context of cohabitation in comparative perspective: Contraceptive use in the United States, Spain, and France |url=https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol32/5/32-5.pdf |access-date=7 August 2022 |website=Demographic Research}}</ref> In Spain, in 2016, 45.9% of births were outside marriage.<ref name=tps00018/> As in other countries, there are regional differences: in 2011, in [[Catalonia]] the figure was 42% – highest in mainland Spain in that year ([[Canary Islands]] 59% and [[Balearic Islands]] 43.5% were highest) while in [[Region of Murcia|Murcia]] it was only 30.7% (lowest).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.republica.com/2013/01/17/mas-de-un-tercio-de-los-nacimientos-en-espana-fuera-del-matrimonio/ |title=Más de un tercio de los nacimientos en España, fuera del matrimonio |work=Republica.com |date=16 January 2013 |access-date=22 August 2015 |archive-date=1 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301053724/https://www.republica.com/2013/01/17/mas-de-un-tercio-de-los-nacimientos-en-espana-fuera-del-matrimonio/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>