This paper attempts to establish the stage Poland has reached in the process of cohabitation diffusion, referring to … in the first stage of cohabitation diffusion; however, our in-depth study of the process of first union formation … challenges this view. We investigated cohabitation from a life-course perspective and analysed the meanings which are attached to …

, we analyze the impact of a neighborhood context religiosity on an individual decision to enter cohabitation. We use the …

This study contributes to the understanding of the low level of non-marital cohabitation in Poland at the beginning of … attitudes associated to non-marital cohabitation by a selected sample of young Poles. The results indicate that although … cohabitation has begun to be interpreted as a testing period leading to marriage, attitudes towards it are still very ambiguous …