Kennedy, Sheela; Bumpass, Larry L. - In: Demographic Research 19 (2008) 47, pp. 1663-1692
This paper uses the 1995 and 2002 waves of the National Survey of Family Growth to examine recent trends in cohabitation in the United States. We find increases in both the prevalence and duration of unmarried cohabitation. Cohabitation continues to transform children’s family lives, as...