Marital Separation in Poland. Regional Approach

In the paper the basic regional trends of marital separation which is, especially for Catholics, an alternative institution to divorce in Poland were presented. After a rapid increase at the beginning of the 21st century, the number of ordered separations started to decrease and now the relation of...

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Main Authors: Mieczysław Kowerski, Magdalena Kowal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Akademia Zamojska 2014-06-01
Series:Barometr Regionalny
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Online Access:https://czaz.akademiazamojska.edu.pl/index.php/br/article/view/1084
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Summary:In the paper the basic regional trends of marital separation which is, especially for Catholics, an alternative institution to divorce in Poland were presented. After a rapid increase at the beginning of the 21st century, the number of ordered separations started to decrease and now the relation of separations to divorces is smaller than 5%. Regionally, it is observed that the differentiation of the intensity of separations among various voivodships is decreasing, yet in more urbanized voivodships, which have a lower religiousness rate and a higher divorce rate, separations are more common.
ISSN:2956-686X