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| Other authors / contributors: | Axinn, William G.
Xie, Yu, 1959-
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| ISBN: | 9780226798684
0226798682
1281966665
9781281966667
9780226798660
0226798666
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| Digital file characteristics: | text file
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-428) and index.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | In an era when half of marriages end in divorce, cohabitation has become more commonplace, and those who do get married are doing so at an older age. So why do people marry when they do? And why do some couples choose to cohabit? A team of expert family sociologists examines these timely questions in Marriage and Cohabitation, the result of their research over the last decade on the issue of union formation. Situating their argument in the context of the Western world's 500-year history of marriage, the authors reveal what factors encourage marriage and cohabitation in a contemporary society where the end of adolescence is no longer signaled by entry into the marital home. While some people still choose to marry young, others elect to cohabit with varying degrees of commitment or intentions of eventual marriage. The authors' controversial findings suggest that family history, religious affiliation, values, projected education, lifetime earnings, and career aspirations all tip the scales in favor of either cohabitation or marriage.
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| Other form: | Print version: Thornton, Arland. Marriage and cohabitation. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007 9780226798660 0226798666
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