A PANT-TYPE ABSORBENT ARTICLE (1) HAVING AN ABSORBENT ASSEMBLY (3) HAVING AN ABSORBENT CORE (2) AND A CHASSIS (4), WHEREIN THE FRONT AND BACK PORTIONS (5, 6) ARE JOINED TO EACH OTHER ALONG TWO OPPOSITE LONGITUDINAL SIDE EDGES TO DEFINE A WAIST-OPENING AND A PAIR OF LEG-OPENINGS, AT LEAST ONE OF THE FRONT AND BACK PORTIONS (5, 6) HAS AN ELASTIC WEB MATERIAL (10), A CROTCH PORTION (7) LOCATED BETWEEN THE FRONT PORTION (5) AND THE BACK PORTION (6) IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF THE ARTICLE, THE FRONT PORTION (5) HAVING A LENGTH IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION, THE BACK PORTION (6) HAVING A LENGTH IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION, AND THE CROTCH PORTION (7) HAVING A LENGTH IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION, THE ABSORBENT ASSEMBLY (3) OVERLAPPING A DISTANCE WITH BOTH THE FRONT AND BACK PORTIONS (5, 6), THE ARTICLE (1) HAVING A LONGITUDINAL AND A TRANSVERSE DIRECTION, WHEREIN THE ABSORBENT ASSEMBLY (3) OVERLAPS NO MORE THAN 20% OF THE SURFACE AREA OF EACH OF THE FRONT AND BACK PORTIONS (5, 6). (FIG. 2)
