TY  - BOOK
AU  - THORNTON,Arland
AU  - AXINN,William
AU  - Xie,Yu
TI  - Marriage and cohabitation / 
T2  - (Population and Development Series)
SN  - 9780226798660
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Chicago; London
PB  - University Of Chicago Press
KW  - Joves
KW  - Estats Units d'Amèrica
KW  - Actituds
KW  - Unions estables de parella
KW  - lemac
KW  - Matrimoni
KW  - Condicions socials
KW  - 1945-
KW  - popin
KW  - ESTADOS UNIDOS
KW  - UNITED STATES
KW  - COHABITACIÓN
KW  - COHABITATION
KW  - MATRIMONIO
KW  - MARRIAGE
KW  - NUPCIALIDAD
KW  - NUPTIALITY
KW  - PAREJA
KW  - COUPLE
KW  - UNIÓN CONSENSUAL
KW  - CONSENSUAL UNION
KW  - UNIÓN CONYUGAL
KW  - MARITAL UNION
KW  - SEPARACIÓN
KW  - SEPARATION
KW  - DIVORCIO
KW  - DIVORCE
N1  - Inclou bibliografia i índex; I. Historical and conceptual issues : Introduction -- Historical perspectives on marriage -- Comparing marriage, cohabitation, and being single -- Entering marital and cohabiting unions -- II. Parental factors during childhood and adolescence : Influence of parental youth factors before birth of study child -- Influence of parental factors during childhood and adolescence of the children -- III. Parental and child factors during the children's young adulthood : The courtship process and union formation -- Religious affiliation and commitment -- The influence of attitudes, values, and beliefs -- Educational influences -- Work, earnings potential, and career aspiration -- IV. Integration and summary of effects : Conclusions -- Appendix: A. Technical explanation of estimation of total, direct, and indirect effects ; B. Conceptualization and estimating union formation rates ; C. Description of measures used in chapters 5 through 11 ; D. Constructing measures of earnings potential for use in chapter 11
N2  - Situating their argument in the context of the Western world's five-hundred-year history of marriage, the authors of this work reveal what factors encourage marriage and cohabitation in a contemporary society where marriage and the relationships between women and men have changed dramatically. While many people still choose to marry without first cohabiting, others elect to cohabit with varying degrees of commitment or intentions of eventual marriage. The authors' controversial findings suggest that family history, religious affiliation, values, projected education, lifetime earnings, and career aspirations all tip the scales in favor of either cohabitation or marriage. This book lends new insight into young adult relationship patterns and will be of interest to sociologists, historians, and demographers alike
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