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Starting sexual relationships: Marriage and living together.(Statistical Data Included)

Hopes and Realities: Closing the Gap Between Women's Aspirations and Their Reproductive Experiences

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Marriage or some other cohabiting relationship is society's traditional context for sexual behavior and for rearing children, and most women and men get married or form such a relationship. Women in developing countries, especially those who are poor, marry or start a union at a much younger age than women in developed countries. However, as women obtain more schooling, they marry later. In many parts of the world, premarital sexual activity is common. When these sexual relationships lead to pregnancy, abortion is often used to avoid o out-of-wedlock births. Other pregnancies lead to single motherhood. These outcomes can have serious health, social and economic ...

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