Zastupljenost i osnovne karakteristike vanbračnih zajednica u Srbiji i Evropskoj uniji

Cohabiting couple, the increasingly popular form of partnership in modern society, becomes present in the Serbian population through the process of transition of marriage. The results of the population and household census in 2011 enabled the research of informal partner unions in our country through the analysis of the marital structure of the population. The lack of statistical data on cohabitation in the previous censuses prevents monitoring of their dynamics over long time series. The paper also sublimates the changes in modern society that preceded the new forms of informal partnership. Due to the earlier appearance of modern cohabiting couple in the European Union and their expansion in Western, and especially in the Scandinavian countries, the comparison of different cohabitation experiences of Serbia and European countries is a special part of this paper.