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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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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 cohabitersâ€™ 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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Value Orientations and the Second Demographic Transition (SDT) in Northern, Western and Southern Europe: An Update

NNN1Surkyn, FFF1Johan; NNN2Lesthaeghe, FFF2Ron - In: Demographic Research Special Collections 3 (2004) 3, pp. 45-86

, cohabitation and marriage, parenthood and union dissolution. Multiple Classification Analysis (MCA) is used to control for …

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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 â€œLiving Apart Togetherâ€ (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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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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Declining health disadvantage of non-marital children

Stipkova, Martina - In: Demographic Research 29 (2013) 25, pp. 663-706

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Unemployment and the timing of parenthood

Inanc, Hande - In: Demographic Research 32 (2015) 7, pp. 219-250

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