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Peer reviewedBinstock, 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
Peer reviewedThornton, Arland; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1993
Examined living arrangements in early adulthood using event history data from people aged 23 in 1985. Results showed great heterogeneity in pathways out of parental home. Young adults fanned out in all directions, with many experiencing marriage, cohabitation, group quarters, living with housemates, and living alone. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Cohabitation, Marriage, Place of Residence, Young Adults
Download full textNational Center for Health Statistics (DHHS/PHS), Hyattsville, MD. – 1995
This report summarizes the current status and trends in nonmarital childbearing in the United States, and presents a series of supplemental papers by experts from social science disciplines. "Nonmarital Childbearing in the United States" (Kristin A. Moore) introduces the topic, indicating that nearly a third of all births in the country…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Rate, Births to Single Women, Cohabitation
