Definition: Recognition

Category: Social statistics

The legal acknowledgement, either voluntarily or compulsorily, of the maternity or paternity of an illegitimate child. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/SeriesF_71E.pdf
Source:
United Nations, "Handbook on Civil Vital Registration and Statistics Systems; Preparation of a Legal Framework", Series F, No. 71, New York, 1998
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