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Binstock, Georgina; Thornton, Arland – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2003
The goal of this study was to track and compare the paths along which young adults arrange and time the entries and exits from marital and cohabiting unions. The focus was on the incidence, durations, and outcomes of dimensions that embrace residential separation. Results show that union trajectories are dynamic and involve a heterogeneous and…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cohabitation, Dating (Social), Interaction Process Analysis