2009
DOI: 10.1007/s12115-009-9242-5
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Cohabitation, Marriage, and Child Wellbeing: A Cross-National Perspective

Abstract: Non-marital cohabitation has become widespread in modern, Western nations. It has led to dramatic declines in marriage rates and contributed to high levels of unwed births and lone-parent families, thus negatively affecting child wellbeing.

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“…Dorothy Popenoe (2009) wiąże to z paradygmatem elastyczności. Współcześnie elastyczność stanowi wartość aprobowaną w wielu wymiarach rzeczywistości -widać to szczególnie na rynku pracy.…”
Section: Współczesna Relacja Intymna: Napięcia I Zgryzotyunclassified
“…Dorothy Popenoe (2009) wiąże to z paradygmatem elastyczności. Współcześnie elastyczność stanowi wartość aprobowaną w wielu wymiarach rzeczywistości -widać to szczególnie na rynku pracy.…”
Section: Współczesna Relacja Intymna: Napięcia I Zgryzotyunclassified
“…Popenoe [28] puts it that "no family change has come to the fore in modern times more dramatically, and with such rapidity, as heterosexual cohabitation outside of marriage". According to Jones [29], there is a high prevalence of cohabitating relationship in Northern and Western Europe, many of which produce children.…”
Section: H Delayed Marriage and Cohabitationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…According to Almond [31] and Popeone [28] cohabiting couples are much more likely to break up than married couples. The implication of this is overwhelming for a society which has to provide financial support for the resulting lone-parent families.…”
Section: H Delayed Marriage and Cohabitationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For many years, scholars identified marriage as a key factor in promoting family and child well‐being (Brown, ; Popenoe, ). More recently, scholars have identified complex relationships among poverty, economic and social shifts, and marriage, and these have necessitated a reexamination of our understanding of family formation (i.e., marriage) as a predictor of family well‐being (Cherlin, ; Musick & Bumpass, ; Sweeney, ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%