Complex sentence: In northern Europe, women often married in their mid-twenties, while women in southern Europe, specifically the Mediterranean regions of southern France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal, usually married in their teens and early twenties.
Split into simpler sentences: In northern Europe, women often married in their mid-twenties. Women in southern Europe, specifically the Mediterranean regions of southern France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal, usually married in their teens and early twenties.