‘‘We’re not living together:’’ Stayover relationships among college-educated emerging adults

Jamison, Tyler B.; Ganong, Lawrence H.

doi:10.1177/0265407510384897

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“…Among those with a high school degree or post-secondary schooling but no Bachelor’s degree, half began cohabiting within six months of the relationships start. The college educated, in contrast, were romantically and sexually involved for longer periods (on average a year) before moving into shared living (Sassler and Miller 2011), consistent with Jamison and Ganong (2011). Highly educated couples also more frequently reported concrete marriage plans than their less educated counterparts, suggesting that their transition from cohabitation into marriage occurred more rapidly (Sassler and Miller 2011, 2017).…”

Section: Research On the Tempo Of Relationship Progressionmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…Several studies suggest that entry into cohabitation occurs gradually. Jamison and Ganong (2011) interviewed college-educated daters ( n = 22), and described how respondents gradually began spending nights together over time (stayovers, in their terminology), progressively increasing the number of nights. Manning and Smock (2005) drew on interviews with a diverse sample of 115 young adults with current and past cohabitation experience, and found that couples reported spending more and more nights together with increasing relationship duration.…”

Section: Research On the Tempo Of Relationship Progressionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Youth born to highly educated mothers are expected to attend and complete college prior to embarking on intimate coresidential relationships (Furstenberg 2008; Lareau 2003). Though they may not defer sexual relationships, the evidence suggests that they maintain separate homes during the early stages of dating (Jamison and Ganong 2011; Sassler and Miller 2011), perhaps because they receive parental assistance in paying for schooling and housing (Rindfuss and VandenHeuval 1990). …”

Section: Explanations For Variation In Relationship Tempos and Transimentioning

confidence: 99%

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Transitions From Sexual Relationships Into Cohabitation and Beyond

2018

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Much research on cohabitation has focused on transitions from cohabitation to marriage or dissolution, but less is known about how rapidly women progress into cohabitation, what factors are associated with the tempo to shared living, and whether the timing into cohabitation is associated with subsequent marital transitions. We use data from the 2006-2013 National Survey of Family Growth to answer these questions among women whose most recent sexual relationship began within 10 years of the interview. Life table results indicate that transitions into cohabitation are most common early in sexual relationships; nearly one-quarter of women had begun cohabiting within six months of becoming sexually involved. Multivariate analyses reveal important social class disparities in the timing to cohabitation. Not only are women from more-advantaged backgrounds significantly less likely to cohabit, but those who do cohabit enter shared living at significantly slower tempos than women whose mothers lacked a college degree. In addition, among sexual relationships that transitioned into cohabiting unions, college-educated women were significantly more likely to transition into marriage than less-educated women. Finally, although the tempo effect is only weakly significant, women who moved in within the first year of their sexual relationship demonstrated lower odds of marrying than did women who deferred cohabiting for over a year. Relationship processes are diverging by social class, contributing to inequality between more- and less-advantaged young adults.

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Section: Research On the Tempo Of Relationship Progressionmentioning

confidence: 96%

Section: Research On the Tempo Of Relationship Progressionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Explanations For Variation In Relationship Tempos and Transimentioning

confidence: 99%

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Transitions From Sexual Relationships Into Cohabitation and Beyond

2018

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“…For many young people, LAT is a stage in the union formation process, preceding cohabitation and/or marriage (Liefbroer et al, 2015;Strohm et al, 2009). They may not be ready for the perceived greater commitment associated with co-residence (Jamison & Ganong, 2011). Older adults may choose not to live with their partner because they are responsible for taking care of children or elderly parents with whom they live in the same household (Levin & Trost, 1999).…”

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confidence: 99%

Pathways to commitment in living-apart-together relationships in the Netherlands: A study on satisfaction, alternatives, investments and social support

Wiel

Mulder

Bailey

2018

Advances in Life Course Research

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A B S T R A C TThe non-institutionalised, flexible nature of living-apart-together (LAT) raises questions about partner commitment in the context of the debate about the individualisation of society. We explored how partner commitment in LAT relationships in the Netherlands is shaped by individuals' satisfaction with, alternatives to, investments in and social support for their relationship. The underlying theoretical framework is an extended version of the Investment Model of Commitment. We conducted 22 semi-structured, in-depth interviews with men and women. The major themes that were addressed in the analysis were commitment, satisfaction, alternatives, investments, social support, relationship history and future plans. Participants were emotionally highly attached to their partner, but they doubted their commitment to maintaining their relationship in the future. Satisfaction with the current partner and intrinsic investments, such as emotions and effort, were described as contributing the most to feelings of commitment. Social support, quality of alternatives and extrinsic investments, such as material ties, were felt to contribute the least. Relationship history and life experience played an important role in how middle-aged and older individuals, of whom many were divorced, perceived the four determinants and experienced commitment. In this context, the LAT arrangement expressed fear of commitment and getting hurt, which was further reflected in limited investments. The paper concludes that although emotional attachment appears to be high among people in LAT relationships, they may have a relatively limited belief and interest in life-long partnerships.

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“…An alternative to cohabitation common in emerging adults is known as "stayover relationships" (Jamison and Ganong 2011). "Stay-over relationships" consist of a couple spending the night at one another's residence anywhere between three and seven times a week.…”

Section: Changes In Mentality Of Datingmentioning

confidence: 99%