This study investigates the diversity in the meanings attached to cohabitation across Europe. Utilizing a sample of 9 … a typology of different meanings of cohabitation and study their prevalence across and within countries. Based on … cohabiters are distinguished. Cohabiters in some of these types mainly view cohabitation as a stage in the marriage process (i …

It is often assumed that cohabitation is much less stable than marriage. If cohabitation becomes more common among … parents relates to their separation behavior. Higher shares of childbearing within cohabitation might reduce the proportion of …

The increase in births within cohabitation in the United States and across Europe suggests that cohabitation and …. Pooled models including an indicator for the diffusion of cohabitation show that when first births within cohabitation are … cohabitation increase, differences in second conception risks for cohabiting and married women narrow. But as the percent increases …