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Cohabitation, nonmarital childbearing, and the marriage process
Musick, Kelly - In: Demographic Research 16 (2007) 9, pp. 249-286
in the family system, suggesting that cohabitation may be a step on the way to marriage for some, but an end in itself …Past work on the relationship between cohabitation and childbearing shows that cohabitation increases fertility … these decisions can bias estimates of cohabitation on childbearing. For example, cohabitors may be more likely to plan …
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Single motherhood and low birthweight in Spain
Castro-Martín, Teresa - In: Demographic Research 22 (2010) 27, pp. 863-890
Nonmarital childbearing is becoming an increasingly common path to family formation in Spain. The proportion of births to unmarried mothers has increased from 2% in 1975 to 30.2% in 2007. Along with this marked increase, there has been an important shift in the sociodemographic profile of...
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Dispensing with marriage: Marital and partnership trends in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 2000-2006
Hosegood, Victoria; McGrath, Nuala; Moultrie, Tom - In: Demographic Research 20 (2009) 13, pp. 279-312
This paper describes marriage and partnership patterns and trends in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa from 2000 …. We consider whether the high rates of non-marriage among Africans in South Africa reported in the 1980s were reversed … following the political transformation underway by the 1990s. Our findings show that marriage has continued to decline with a …
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"Living Apart Together" relationships in the United States
Strohm, Charles; Seltzer, Judith; Cochran, Susan; Mays, … - In: Demographic Research 21 (2009) 7, pp. 177-214
We use two surveys to describe the demographic and attitudinal correlates of being in “Living Apart Together†(LAT), cohabiting, and marital relationships for heterosexuals, lesbians, and gay men. About one third of U.S. adults not married or cohabiting are in LAT relationships...
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Women’s changing socioeconomic position and union formation in Spain and Portugal
Domínguez-Folgueras, Marta; Castro-Martín, Teresa - In: Demographic Research 19 (2008) 41, pp. 1513-1550
€™s patterns of entry into marriage and cohabitation in Portugal and Spain. In these two Southern European countries, gender equity …Economic and sociological theories of marriage have long emphasized the impact of women’s education and employment on … of entering marriage but increases considerably the odds of cohabiting. …
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Institutional arrangements and life course outcomes: the interrelations between cohabitation, marriage and first birth in Germany and Sweden
Baizán, Pau; Aassve, Arnstein; Billari, Francesco C. - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2002
Sweden than in Germany, in particular for cohabitation. …
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Active-duty military service, cohabiting unions, and the transition to marriage
Lemmon, Megan; Whyman, Mira; Teachman, Jay - In: Demographic Research 20 (2009) 10, pp. 195-208
-duty verses reserve-duty service on the transition to marriage using data from the 1979-2004 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth … to marriage. …
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A gender perspective on preferences for marriage among cohabitating couples
Reneflot, Anne - In: Demographic Research 15 (2006) 10, pp. 311-328
This paper addresses the sex differences in cohabiters’ marriage preferences, which have received very little … be expected after a marriage, and they voice more doubt about the value of the relationship. This could mean that the men …
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Cohabiting unions in France and West Germany
Goff, Jean-Marie Le - In: Demographic Research 7 (2002) 18, pp. 593-624
Survey, we apply event history modeling to the transition to marriage and first birth. Our results indicate a polarization of … in France there is a polarization in a "marriage sector" and a "cohabiting sector". …
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Family structure and wellbeing of out-of-wedlock children
Heiland, Frank; Liu, Shirley H. - In: Demographic Research 15 (2006) 4, pp. 61-104
This study examines the role of the relationship between the biological parents in determining child wellbeing using longitudinal data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS). We extend prior research by considering children born to unmarried parents in an investigation of...
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