The Same-Sex Civil Unions in Italy

Maura Simone , Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT)
Antonella Guarneri , Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT)

In May 2016, the Italian parliament approved the Law introducing the civil unions between people of the same-sex. In Italy, 2,297 civil unions were established at the Civil Status Offices of the Italian municipalities during the year 2019. These are added to those already established during the second half of 2016 (2,336), and the years 2017 (4,376) and 2018 (2,808). Since the edition 2016, the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) has introduced in the survey on Registered Civil Status Events the section relating to the constitution of same-sex civil unions celebrated in the Italian municipalities (about 7,900), by gender of the partners (both males, both females). Over the years 2016-2017, the aggregated data did not allow having detailed information on the socio-demographic characteristics of the people who celebrated (or registered) a same-sex civil. Therefore, an attempt has been made to estimate these characteristics through the analysis of Municipal Registry Data at January 1st 2017 and at January 1st 2018. From January 2018 ISTAT has started the individual survey of same-sex civil unions celebrated in Italy. The individual data collected, at municipality level, allow gathering more information on the people who celebrate the same-sex civil unions. The idea is to show also the differential characteristics of partners and spouses e.g. considering the age at union/marriage. Furthermore, considering the attractive and privileged role of big cities, for the analysis of the resident same-sex partners the focus will be again Turin, Milan and Rome.

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 Presented in Session P1. Postercafe