Young Turks and Moroccans marry later Interior

It concerns the second generation of young adults born in 1990. This group differs from the second generation in 1980. Of the men and women of Turkish origin, 31% were married at age 21, compared to 9% the 1990 generation. The percentage also decreased in the group of Moroccan origin.

The second generation, born in 1990, not only marries later, but later has children. Among the women born in 1990 of the three groups of Dutch, Turkish and Moroccan origin, about 5% had their 21st mother, against 16% for Turkish women in 1980 and 12% for Moroccan women. At the age of 26, half of the women of Turkish origin born in 1980 were already mothers, compared to 28% in the younger generation.

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Men and women of Turkish or Moroccan descent usually marry someone of the same age. background that is also born in the Netherlands. For those who were married on the 26th, that was about 90%. This is slightly less than the 1980 generation.

The marital partner of the younger generation of Turks is, in 24% of the cases, a person born in the country of origin. With the 1980 generation, that represented 66%. For the group of Moroccan origin, the percentage rose from 70 to 29%.