Common Law Marriages and Consensual Unions on Mexico’s Northern Border

The formation of common law marriages and consensual unions has long been part of the marital structure of Mexico. This type of unions increased markedly during the last decade in Mexico including its northern border region. This region is intriguing-ly heterogeneous because in some states the propo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Ojeda de la Peña, Norma
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:México
Institución:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Estudios Demográficos y Urbanos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.estudiosdemograficosyurbanos.colmex.mx:article/1449
Acceso en línea:https://estudiosdemograficosyurbanos.colmex.mx/index.php/edu/article/view/1449
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:common law marriage
cohabitation
marriage
marital arrangements
Mexican population
Mexican demographics
Mexico
northern border
unión libre
unión consensual
cohabitación
nupcialidad
arreglos conyugales
población mexicana
demografía de México
México
frontera norte
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Sumario:The formation of common law marriages and consensual unions has long been part of the marital structure of Mexico. This type of unions increased markedly during the last decade in Mexico including its northern border region. This region is intriguing-ly heterogeneous because in some states the proportion of cohabitation is as high as or even higher than that of marriages, whereas in others this proportion is still much lower than that of marriages. It is interesting to note that the levels of lower to higher proportions of consensual unions in the region run from east to west and from south to north.