Download or read book Cohabitation and Non-Marital Births in England and Wales, 1600-2012 written by R. Probert and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-06-23 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, cohabiting relationships account for most births outside marriage. But what was the situation in earlier centuries? Bringing together leading historians, demographers and lawyers, this interdisciplinary collection draws on a wide range of sources to examine the changing context of non-marital child-bearing in England and Wales since 1600.