The survey on Civil Partnerships
The survey on Civil Partnerships was established in 2018, following the entry into force of the law 20 May 2016, n.76.
It is an individual and exhaustive survey, which collects the data of all the civil partnerships established in Italy and the socio-demographic characteristics of the partners.
The survey uses the Istat D.3U model, compiled by the officer of the municipality where the civil partnership was established. The model collects the information about the civil partnership and the partners: date, common property regime chosen by the couple (joint or separated ownership of property), sex, date of birth, place of birth, place of residence at the time of civil partnership, marital status, level of education, occupational status, position in the profession, citizenship.
The main synthetic indicators and a set of analytical tables at national, regional and provincial territorial level are published on the data warehouse of the Institute IstatData.
Statistical tables are available on this site, with the main results of the survey, from 2018 up to the latest available year. An information note, setting out the main results, will accompany the update of the data.
WARNING: As the phenomenon affects a small number of individuals (about 3,000 per year), the data are naturally subject to fluctuations. For this reason, and also to protect the privacy of citizens, tables that could have cells with an excessively small number of units are not released.
Glossary
Marital property system: The property regime of civil partnerships between persons of the same sex, in the absence of a different property convention, is constituted by the community property state. With the common law state, however, each partner retains exclusive ownership of the assets acquired during the union.
Civil partnerships per one hundred thousand people: The ratio of civil partnerships established in Italy in the year to the average resident population of the same year, multiplied by one hundred thousand.
Specific rate: The ratio of civil partners of age x to the average resident male/female population of the same age, multiplied by one thousand. Specific rates can also be calculated by marital status.
Mean age at civil partnership by marital status prior to union: Average age of partners, weighted by specific rates by age and marital status prior to union.
Mean age gap: mean age gap between partners in a civil partnership.
Divorced: Partners who have obtained the dissolution of marriage under the law of December 1, 1970.
Divorced same sex civil partners: Partners who have obtained the dissolution of the civil partnership under the law of May 20, 2016, no. 76.
Partners with at least one previous union/marriage %: Widows/widowers, divorced spouses, widows/widowers of same sex civil partnership, Divorced of same sex civil partnership out of the total number of partners.