Cohabitation, Engagement and Divorce
With 70% of couples living together before marriage in the US, it is important to understand how and when cohabitation is associated with poorer odds of marital success. [Scott M. Stanley & [...]
Co‐Residential Relationships Across Cohorts in Post‐Socialist Countries
A declining median age at first union in the former Soviet republics before and immediately after the transition from socialism balances the impact of increased union instability. [Sunnee [...]
Drivers of First Birth Decline in Finland Since 2010
The study found lower fertility rates in unions after 2010, increasing dissolution rates amongst cohabiting couples, and long-term declines in the transition to marriage. READ MORE
Make up or break up? Partnership transitions among young adults in England and Wales
Cohabitation has become a universal form of first union regardless of socio-economic background or educational level, usually ending in separation. [Alina Pelikha, Júlia Mikolaib, Hill Kulub [...]
Having a child within a cohabiting union: What is the role of parents’ socio‐economic status?
In the current study, hypotheses are formulated about the influence of economic inequality and norms regarding family formation on this relationship and they are tested in 19 European and North [...]
