The latest figures from Statistics Netherlands show that nearly 45 percent of babies in the Netherlands are born to unmarried parents -- continuing a trend that began in the 1990s -- the Dutch News website reports today (May 23, 2016).
The proportion for first-born babies is even higher, with 52 percent born to parents who are unmarried and have no registered partnership.
Before the 1980s more than 95 percent of children were born to parents who were married or registered as partners.
By 2000 the proportion had dropped to 75 percent and in 2008 it fell to less than six in 10.
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