| World's Women 2000: Chapter
2 - Women and men in families |
| Some important findings: |
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Women
are generally marrying later but more than a quarter of
women aged 15 to 19 are married in 22 countries---all in
developing regions. |
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Informal
unions are common in developed regions and in some countries
of the developing regions. |
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Birth rates continue to
decline in all regions of the world. |
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Births to unmarried women
have increased dramatically in developed regions. |
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More people are living
alone in the developed regions, and the majority are women. |
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In
many countries of the developed regions, more than half
of mothers with children under age three are employed. |
