Premarital Cohabitation and Direct Marriage in the United States: 1956–2015

Kuperberg, Arielle

doi:10.1080/01494929.2018.1518820

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“…First, cohabiting unions arguably are much less marriage‐like in the United States than elsewhere around the developed world. Although U.S. cohabiting unions have recently increased in duration (Kuperberg, ; Lamidi, Manning, & Brown, ), they remain less stable and of shorter duration and are less likely to segue into marriage than in Europe (Heuveline & Timberlake, ; Musick & Michelmore, ). Second, cohabitation and marriage in the United States are highly differentiated by social class (and its many correlates, such as education and ethnoracial background).…”

Section: Overview Of Contemporary Union Formationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cohabitation and Marriage: Complexity and Diversity in Union‐Formation Patterns

Sassler

Lichter

2020

J of Marriage and Family

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Nonmarital cohabitation and marriage are now fundamentally linked, a fact that is routinely reflected in current research on union formation. Unprecedented changes in the timing, duration, and sequencing of intimate co‐residential relationships have made the study of traditional marriage far more complex today than in the past. It is now clear that a white, middle‐class, American‐centric research template has become increasingly anachronistic. In this review article, we begin by providing an overview of contemporary theory, empirical approaches, and demographic trends in cohabitation and marriage, focusing primarily on the United States, but also distinguishing the U.S. from patterns found in other high‐income societies, including European countries, Canada, Australia, and in East Asia. We place the spotlight on the causes and consequences of union transitions. We identify the commonalities between cohabitation and marriage, but also key differences that are expressed unevenly across different populations and cultural groups. The rise in nonmarital cohabitation has upended conventional theoretical models and measurement approaches to the study of traditional marriage, complicating matters but also reinvigorating family scholarship on union formation and its implications for partners, children, and society.

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Section: Overview Of Contemporary Union Formationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cohabitation and Marriage: Complexity and Diversity in Union‐Formation Patterns

Sassler

Lichter

2020

J of Marriage and Family

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140

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“…In recent decades, standardized life course patterns gave way to more varied life trajectories (Furstenberg, ; Ruggles, ). Today in Western countries, people wait longer to get married, more people never marry, and more people cohabitate either before marriage or as an alternative to it (Kuperberg, ; W. D. Manning, Brown, & Payne, ; Perelli‐Harris & Lyons‐Amos, ; Sassler & Lichter, ). Moreover, the declining job prospects of men with less than a college degree decreased the supply of “marriageable men,” reducing marriage rates (Schneider, Harknett, & Stimpson, ).…”

Section: Growing Economic Divides and Rising Risksmentioning

confidence: 99%

Families Across the Income Spectrum: A Decade in Review

Cooper

Pugh

2020

J of Marriage and Family

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During the past decade, scholars continued to focus on how larger economic trends impacted families across the income spectrum. From income and wealth inequality to economic insecurity, the gaps between the haves and the have nots remained, and some widened during this period. The authors' comprehensive review found the following three major takeaways: first, the biggest economic divides run through families with children; second, low‐income families face concentrated disadvantage marked by insecurity and precarity; and third, inequality and insecurity shaped the “dynamism” of family life, including how families respond culturally and emotionally to economic changes, and how these responses unfold over time. They examine active areas of research, including parenting trends and the transition to adulthood. They also document a new scholarly emphasis on uncertainty and instability along with the forces that exacerbate or mitigate them, such as job quality, economic volatility, wealth, and incarceration. Research during the past decade focused on the experience and consequences of dynamism, reflecting not only the reality that families evolve but also that they face continual change in their economic, social, and political contexts. The authors highlight research investigating how families “do dynamism,” work that looks over time or offers in‐depth examinations of how families adapt to and cope with dynamism every day. This research reveals that inequality and insecurity are not only matters of levels and gaps but also ongoing matters of meaning‐making, identity, and feeling. The authors conclude by highlighting some strengths and weaknesses of these research streams and pointing out new avenues for future scholarship.

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“…Marriage today does not always precede children: more than half of all children are born out of wedlock, although in most cases, to a stable union (Thomson & Eriksson, 2013). Similar trends are observed worldwide, although they start somewhat later (see, for example, Kuperberg, 2018;Manning, Longmore, & Giordano, 2007;Perelli-Harris & Lyons-Amons, 2015).…”

Section: Development Of Marriage In Swedenmentioning

confidence: 80%

Decisions on marriage? Couples’ decisions on union transition in Sweden

Duvander

Kridahl

2020

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Marriage is an institution that has become optional for many. This study investigates how decisions are taken regarding marriage among Swedish cohabiting couples in the twenty-first century, specifically focusing on whose intentions to marry are most decisive. We use the Young Adult Panel Study conducted in 2009 with augmented register data for 2009–2014 in order to observe both partners’ intentions and to then follow up on which couples ultimately married. The study finds that women’s and men’s intentions to marry seem to be equally important, but that there are gendered differences by educational level: women’s intentions carry more weight among highly educated couples, while men’s intentions carry more weight among lower educated couples.

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Premarital Cohabitation and Direct Marriage in the United States: 1956–2015

Cited by 20 publications

References 50 publications

Cohabitation and Marriage: Complexity and Diversity in Union‐Formation Patterns

Cohabitation and Marriage: Complexity and Diversity in Union‐Formation Patterns

Families Across the Income Spectrum: A Decade in Review

Decisions on marriage? Couples’ decisions on union transition in Sweden

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