| Italy | | |
Crude marriage rate (marriages per 1,000 population) | 1.6 (2020) [37/37countries] | | |
Crude divorce rate (divorces per 1,000 population) | 1.1 (2020) [34/37countries] | | |
Relative divorce rate (ratio of divorces to marriages in the latest year) | 0.69 (2008-2020) [6/37countries] | | |
% 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) [15/17countries] | | |
% of those who lived with their husband or wife before they got married | 4.4% (1994) [18/18countries] | | |
% of those who think that the main purpose of marriage these days is to have children | 39.3% (1994) [6/18countries] | | |
% of those who think that the main advantage of marriage is that it gives financial security | 18.2% (1994) [14/18countries] | | |
% of those who think that adultery is always wrong | 51.2% (2018) [15/23countries] | | |
% of those who think that sex before marriage is always wrong | 10.2% (2008) [13/30countries] | | |
% of those who think that sex under 16 years old is always wrong | 58.1% (1994) [9/18countries] | | |
% of those who think that homosexuality should be accepted by society | 82.1% (2019) [9/21countries] | | |
% of those who think that homosexuality is always wrong | 24.6% (2018) [12/24countries] | | |