Does waiting pay off for couples?

Schnor, Christine

doi:10.4054/demres.2015.33.22

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“…Only a handful of studies have analysed so-called living-apart-together (LAT) relationships. For example, research has analysed the correlates of whether LAT relationships will become cohabiting couples or end in separation in Germany (Krapf 2018;Schnor 2015;Wagner et al 2019) or the different dimensions of commitment in LAT relationships in the Netherlands (van der Wiel, Mulder, and Bailey 2018). However, these studies did not analyse the link between transitions among LAT couples and residential relocations or housing.…”

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Family life transitions, residential relocations, and housing in the life course: Current research and opportunities for future work: Introduction to the Special Collection on “Separation, Divorce, and Residential Mobility in a Comparative Perspective”

Mikolai¹,

Kulu²,

Mulder³

2020

DemRes

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BACKGROUND This article provides an introduction to the Special Collection on "Separation, Divorce, and Residential Mobility in a Comparative Perspective." The Special Collection consists of six European case studies: Belgium, Finland, France, Italy, Hungary, and the United Kingdom, and a cross-national study comparing Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. All studies focus on residential relocations or housing outcomes following separation. RESULTS Divorce and separation have a long-lasting impact on individuals' residential relocations and housing conditions. This influence is gendered-women are generally worse off than men-and varies by individuals' educational level, whether they have children, and who cares for the children following union dissolution. CONCLUSIONS Although the study countries are different regarding their welfare systems and housing markets, papers in the Special Collection report striking similarities in the housing and residential consequences of union dissolution across countries. Separation leads to a prolonged residential and housing instability for many individuals. CONTRIBUTION The studies contribute to the literature by focusing on the role of repartnering, child custody arrangements, the parental home, location continuity, country context, and gender for postseparation residential patterns and trajectories. Furthermore, this Special

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Family life transitions, residential relocations, and housing in the life course: Current research and opportunities for future work: Introduction to the Special Collection on “Separation, Divorce, and Residential Mobility in a Comparative Perspective”

Mikolai¹,

Kulu²,

Mulder³

2020

DemRes

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“…For instance, fertility and separation decisions interact (Coppola and Di Cesare 2008), and second union repartnering also depends on the woman's characteristics, notably whether or not she has children (Beaujouan 2012;Ivanova et al 2013). In addition, a longer time spent ''living apart together'' can beneficiate to the stability of the relationship that follows (Schnor 2015), and this period is in general longer before a second than a first relationship (de Jong Gierveld 2004;Liefbroer et al 2015;. Also, transition to living with one's partner could be rarer after a breakup, so that more second ''partnerships'' would not be captured by our study.…”

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“…Because second unions are formed later, the partners' greater experience in such important areas of life as employment, friendship and relationships could lead to more solid relationships (Lehrer and Chen 2013;Oppenheimer 1988). At the same time, people entering a second union have more often remained longer in situations such as ''living apart together'' partnerships (de Jong Gierveld 2004;Liefbroer et al 2015;, which can beneficiate to the relationship stability (Schnor 2015).…”

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Second Unions Now More Stable than First? A Comparison of Separation Risks by Union Order in France

Beaujouan

2016

Eur J Population

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The frequency of union dissolutions increased sharply over the past 40 years in Western Europe and North America, resulting in a rapid growth in the number of persons living with a second partner. In studies of the 1980s, primarily conducted within the context of marriage, second partnerships were generally found to be less stable than first unions, but more recent studies provide more conflicting evidence. Taking the example of France, we study whether the relationship between first and second union stability indeed reversed between the 1970s and the 2000s, and how union and individual characteristics contributed to changes over time. The analysis presented here is based on the French Generations and Gender Survey (2005). The article first provides an overview of the differences in marriage, childbearing and breakup behaviours in first and second unions. Second, a piecewise linear model for repeated events is used to compare women's dissolution risks in first and second unions. The results show that over time, the higher instability of second compared to first unions disappeared. Further, women in second unions adopted unmarried cohabitation as a living arrangement more often across the whole period and were more likely to have stepchildren, which was associated with less stable unions. Taking into account this diversity of family situations, i.e. controlling for family form and children, second unions were more stable than first unions, even during the past. At both union orders, marriage breakup risks tended to stabilise despite a continuing increase in the prevalence of separation, which suggests that cohabitation increasingly acts as a filter for marriage.

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“…While the share of stable LAT relationships is lowest for young adults aged 22-27 with 6 percent survival after three years, for older adults, LAT may indeed be a form of coupledom in its own right, with around one-third of couples still in their LAT relationship after six years (Régnier-Loilier 2016). Schnor (2015) uses retrospective data for partnership biographies from Germany, showing the highly transitory character of LAT relationships, with 98 percent of LAT relationships experiencing either a transition into cohabitation or separation within 10 years. A recent study by Bastin (2019) examines single mothers' partnerships and shows a share of 20 percent in the same living apart together relationship after three years.…”

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Analysing Transitions in Intimate Relationships with Panel Data

Feldhaus

Preetz

2021

CPoS

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Panel data on intimate relationships are becoming increasingly available, enabling a closer examination and deeper understanding of why and how they develop over time. The aim of this review is to illustrate to what extent demographic research has made progress in understanding the dynamics of intimate relationships by examining panel data. We focus on hypotheses about key transitions throughout the progression of intimate relationships, ranging from union formation up to cohabitation, marriage, divorce and repartnering. For every hypothesis, we will present findings from cross-sectional data and illustrate whether the use of panel data and longitudinal methods modified the previous understandings of transitions in intimate relationships. * This article belongs to a special issue on "Identification of causal mechanisms in demographic research: The contribution of panel data".

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Does waiting pay off for couples?

Cited by 19 publications

References 60 publications

Family life transitions, residential relocations, and housing in the life course: Current research and opportunities for future work: Introduction to the Special Collection on “Separation, Divorce, and Residential Mobility in a Comparative Perspective”

Family life transitions, residential relocations, and housing in the life course: Current research and opportunities for future work: Introduction to the Special Collection on “Separation, Divorce, and Residential Mobility in a Comparative Perspective”

Second Unions Now More Stable than First? A Comparison of Separation Risks by Union Order in France

Analysing Transitions in Intimate Relationships with Panel Data

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