title: [French people acquiring citizenship by marriage and their spouses: a diverse and changing situation].
abstract: "After a brief presentation on the history of the law concerning acquisition of French nationality by marriage, the authors analyse the new bill passed in 1993. They go on to describe the social characteristics of people who acquire French nationality by marriage and their spouses....The social and cultural characteristics of the spouse explain the recent changes among those who have acquired French nationality by marriage. For instance, the number of couples that consist of a French husband and a foreign wife, as compared to those where the situation is reversed, depends on the nationality of the foreign spouse. The increasing age-gap between spouses can be attributed to their increasing socio-professional level and to changes in the distribution by nationality among the foreign population."  (SUMMARY IN ENG AND SPA)
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D003469:Culture; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005006:Ethnicity; D005060:Europe; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005195:Family Relations; D005602:France; D008393:Marriage; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D018454:Spouses
keywords: Age Factors; Couples; Cultural Background; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Europe; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Relationships; Foreigners; France; Marriage; Marriage Patterns; Mediterranean Countries; Nationality; Native-born; Nuptiality; Population; Population Characteristics; Socioeconomic Factors; Spouse; Western Europe
vernacular_title: Les Francais par mariage et leurs conjoints: une situation diversifiee et evolutive.