Dissolution of premarital cohabitation in Canada |
| |
Authors: | Zheng Wu T R Balakrishnan |
| |
Institution: | 1. Department of Sociology, The University of Victoria, PO Box 3050 MS 7572, V8W 3P5, Victoria, BC, Canada 2. Department of Sociology and Population Studies Center, The University of Western Ontario, N6A 5C2, London, Ontario, Canada
|
| |
Abstract: | The rapid increase in the number of unmarried cohabiting couples, indicated by recent evidence, is crucial to our understanding of changing marriage patterns. The levels and patterns of entry into cohabitation have been well documented over the last two decades. but little is known about the outcomes of nonmarital cohabitation. In this study we examine two competing outcomes of cohabitation relationships: union separation and legalization of the union through marriage. Our results show that the hazard rate of union dissolution is affected particularly by gender, fertility status, partner’s marital status, religion, age at start of cohabitation, year cohabitation commenced, and region. |
| |
Keywords: | |
本文献已被 SpringerLink 等数据库收录! |
|