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[Pagelink infos="Family Code|Family Code"] or family law is an area of the law that deals with family-related issues and domestic relations. In many countries, the family code is primarily based on traditions and informal practices. Its scope includes, but is not limited to: <ul> <li>the nature of marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships;</li> <li>issues arising during marriage, including spousal abuse, legitimacy, adoption, surrogacy, child abuse, and child abduction</li> <li>the termination of the relationship and ancillary matters including divorce, annulment, property settlements, alimony, and parental responsibility orders (in the United States, child custody and visitation, child support awards).</li> </ul> As females - both daughters and wives - in many countries are discriminated against based on the formal or informal family code, it is an important area of study for gender equality. The [Pagelink infos="Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base|Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base"] of the [Pagelink infos="Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Development Centre|Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Development Centre"] features following statistics (click on the red "i" to get more information on the variables). [Category infos="Data and Statistics|(Back to Data and Statistics)"] <iframe src="http://stats.oecd.org/WBOS/viewhtml.aspx?QueryName=64000&QueryType=View&Lang=en&vh=0000&vf=0&l&il=blank&vcq=0000" align="top" name="Page1" frameborder="0“ height="3350" scrolling="no" width="600
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