Abstract
:This article deals with marital and nonmarital union disruption in Greece. Relevant existing statistical and research data on nuptiality and cohabitation, divorce and separation, educational attainment, women’s participation in the labor force, and the division of labor in the household are briefly described. The main issue, union disruption, is treated in depth using the 1999 Greek FFS data. Event history analysis shows that women’s labor force participation does nQt affect union disruption. Children seem to have a stabilizing effect on marital unions as do premarital cohabitation, age at the start of the union, and its duration, while parental divorce is related to higher propensity to separation. However, low divorce rates in Greece should not necessarily be interpreted through society’s traditional family values. The weak position of women in the labor market and their role in substituting for the insufficient welfare state impedes the decision to divorce.
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