the prevalence of cohabitation as well as the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of different-sex cohabiting … couples during the years 2007–2009. Estimates of cohabitation produced using only unmarried partnerships miss 18 % of all …

We examine the effects of an increase in income on the cohabitation and marriage of single mothers. Using data from an … significantly lower cohabitation rates between mothers and men who are not the fathers of their child(ren). Overall, these results …

characteristics. I find that credit card debt is positively associated with cohabitation for men and women, and that women with … education loan debt are more likely than women without such debt to delay marriage and transition into cohabitation. Single life … may be difficult to afford, but marital life is unaffordable as well. Cohabitation presents an alternative to single life …