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The relationship context of premarital serial cohabitation
Social science research, v 39(5), pp 766-776
01 Sep 2010
PMID: 24381370
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Abstract
Even though serial cohabitation is on the rise, it has not been integrated into recent family research. We analyze the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) cycle 6 to explore the relationship context of serial cohabitation for women throughout emerging adulthood (
N
=
3397). We provide a relationship context for serial cohabitation by examining the age at first cohabitation, duration of cohabiting unions, marital expectations and transitions, as well as premarital sexual histories. Furthermore, we examine the change in these relationship indicators across women’s birth cohorts. We find that serial cohabitors’ co-residential unions are about the same duration as single-instance cohabiting unions. Serial cohabitors start cohabiting younger, report lower marital expectations than single-instance cohabitors and a smaller proportion marry before age 30. Women who have more premarital sex partners have significantly greater odds of serial cohabiting. These findings indicate that women face increasingly complex relationship trajectories during emerging adulthood.
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- Title
- The relationship context of premarital serial cohabitation
- Creators
- Jessica Cohen - Bowling Green State UniversityWendy Manning - Bowling Green State University
- Publication Details
- Social science research, v 39(5), pp 766-776
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Sociology
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000281361500008
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-77955555686
- Other Identifier
- 991021862243804721
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