| Italy | | |
Crude marriage rate (marriages per 1,000 population) | 3.2 (2022) [33/38countries] | | |
Crude divorce rate (divorces per 1,000 population) | 1.4 (2022) [30/35countries] | | |
Relative divorce rate (ratio of divorces to marriages in the latest year) | 0.69 (2008-2020) [6/44countries] | | |
% of ever married at 50-54, men | 80.1% (2018) [28/36countries] | | |
% of ever married at 50-54, women | 84.6% (2018) [27/36countries] | | |
% of those who have lived together without getting married | 5.2% (1994) [19/21countries] | | |
% of those who lived with their husband or wife before they got married | 4.4% (1994) [22/22countries] | | |
% of those who think that the main purpose of marriage these days is to have children | 39.3% (1994) [9/22countries] | | |
% of those who think that the main advantage of marriage is that it gives financial security | 18.2% (1994) [17/22countries] | | |
% of those who think that adultery is always wrong | 51.2% (2018) [37/46countries] | | |
% of those who think that sex before marriage is always wrong | 10.2% (2008) [26/44countries] | | |
% of those who think that sex under 16 years old is always wrong | 58.1% (1994) [12/22countries] | | |
% of those who think that same-sex marriage should be legal | 76.7% (2023) [9/23countries] | | |
% of those who think that homosexuality should be accepted by society | 82.1% (2019) [9/34countries] | | |
% of those who think that homosexuality is always wrong | 24.6% (2018) [35/47countries] | | |