small increase in cohabitation among unmarried couples, particularly in more urbanised areas. Comparing surveillance and …

of cohabitation incidence are far below those observed in Northern and Western Europe, our study suggests that Poland is … cohabitation. Consequently, in the years 2004-2006, entries to cohabitation constituted about one third of all first union entries … cohabitation has been also been recently observed among groups with higher levels of educational attainment. Although the estimates …

non-marital cohabitation is particularly interesting. In this article we concentrate on Italy, a country that is … characterized by a low pace in the diffusion of cohabitation. Earlier studies found statistical evidence of the impact of parentsâ …€™ characteristics on young adults’ decisions for cohabitation. However, there is only limited empirical knowledge about the actual …

cohabitation in the United States. We find increases in both the prevalence and duration of unmarried cohabitation. Cohabitation … results point to the steady growth of cohabitation and to the evolving role of cohabitation in U.S. family life. …

Over the last two decades, Europe has witnessed the spreading of a new phenomenon: cohabitation. Whereas this modern … diffusion of cohabitation. Researchers so far have assumed that traditionally strong family ties between parents and their adult …: There is evidence that the educational degree of the mother influences to a large extent the transition to cohabitation of …

situation, in which most young adults are unable to choose cohabitation. Thus, not surprisingly, previous studies found evidence … that in Italy cohabitation was only a choice for people who were economically independent. Also of interest is that the … percentage of informal unions varies to a considerable extent across Italy, showing higher proportions of cohabitation in the …