The aim of the paper is to provide insights into how religion influences the family formation process. In particular …, we analyze the impact of a neighborhood context religiosity on an individual decision to enter cohabitation. We use the … observed family behaviors through the social pressure to get married and traditions, rather than through the force of Catholic …

€™s patterns of entry into marriage and cohabitation in Portugal and Spain. In these two Southern European countries, gender equity … has improved remarkably in the public sphere, but family relations remain structured along traditional gender roles. We … from the family of origin. The analysis is based on the Fertility and Family Surveys and discrete-time multinomial logistic …

have a stable partner in a different household. Hence, the drop in marriage rates and low prevalence of cohabitation cannot …-34), in relation to cohabitation and marriage, using a multinomial logit model of current partnership type. The analysis is …

changes in social relations within the family and in the labor market. This special issue presents six articles drawn from an …

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 … of cohabitation incidence are far below those observed in Northern and Western Europe, our study suggests that Poland is …

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 …

marital status is related to quarter of birth by gender and race, also incorporating cohabitation as a separate relationship … born in the fourth quarter are more likely to be married than never married (marriage more likely than cohabitation), while …