France: women same-sex couples by union type and age

On average, same-sex couples are less likely to be married than heterosexual couples, whether in France or elsewhere. In France, where non-heterosexual couples have the right to marry since 2013, 73 percent of different-sex couples were married in 2020, compared to 37 percent of men couples, and 40 percent of women couples.
According to the Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques (INSEE), these differences can be partially explained by the fact that LGBTQ couples are younger and newer, and therefore less likely to have ever had a marriage. They also have a lower preference for marriage at the same age than heterosexual couples. For example, while 42 percent of women couples aged 45-49 were married in 2020, this proportion rose to 74 percent for women of the same age in relationships with men.

Distribution of women same-sex couples in France in 2020, by type of union and age group

Characteristic	Marriage	Pact of civil solidarity*	Common law union
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Release date

January 2023

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Region

France

Survey time period

2020

Special properties

Women

Supplementary notes

* In French: PACS (Pacte civil de solidarité). According to the INSEE, "The Civil Solidarity Pact (Pacs) is a contract between two adult persons, of different sexes or of the same sex, to organise their cohabitation. It was promulgated by the Law of 15 November 1999. It sets the rights and obligations of the parties in terms of material support, housing, estate, taxes and social rights. However, it has no effect on the rules of parentage and parental authority if one of the parties is already a parent. Originally, it was registered by a court and since March 28, 2011, by a notary or a court. The registration of a Pacs agreement has been transferred from courts to municipalities since November 1, 2017. Pacs are thus registered in town halls or by a notary.
The Pacs may be dissolved at the request of one or of the two parties by sending a declaration to the municipality where the Pacs was registered (or to the municipality where the court registered the Pacs before November 1, 2017) or to the notary. It is automatically broken by the marriage or death of one of the two partners."

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