TY - BOOK AU - Régnier-Loilier,Arnaud TI - Having a child outside a cohabiting union: A common situation in Overseas France PY - 2025///. N1 - 86 N2 - Lone-parent families are twice as common in the overseas departments and regions of France (départements et régions d’outre-mer, DROMs) as in metropolitan France. They often arise due to the birth of a child outside of a cohabiting partnership. More than a third of women in the DROMs born between 1941 and 1980 had their first child when they were not living with a partner. These births took place at earlier ages and were more common among less educated mothers and those from deprived backgrounds. They were often followed by other births outside of a cohabiting partnership UR - https://shs.cairn.info/revue-population-societies-2025-6-page-1?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080 ER -