Editing Cohabitation (section)

====New Zealand====
In New Zealand according to the 2001 census, 20.5% of couples were in ''de facto'' relationships.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Atkin |first=Bill |date=2003 |title=The Challenge of Unmarried Cohabitation—The New Zealand Response |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25740421 |journal=Family Law Quarterly |volume=37 |issue=2 |pages=303–325 |jstor=25740421 |issn=0014-729X}}</ref> In New Zealand, 23.7% of couples were cohabiting as of 2006.{{citation needed|date=June 2023|reason=Previous ref used a Canadian govt. source with Canadian statistics.}} In 2010, 48% of births were outside marriage.<ref>{{cite report |title=New Zealand Families Today |date=July 2013 |publisher=Families Commission |isbn=978-0-478-36937-3 |url=http://www.superu.govt.nz/sites/default/files/downloads/New-Zealand-Families-Today.pdf |access-date=4 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115023200/http://www.superu.govt.nz/sites/default/files/downloads/New-Zealand-Families-Today.pdf}}</ref> Like Australia, New Zealand recognizes ''de facto'' relationships.<ref>{{cite web |title=Property (Relationships) Act 1976 |work=New Zealand Legislation |publisher=New Zealand Government |url=http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1976/0166/latest/DLM441113.html |access-date=22 August 2015}}</ref>