Cohabitation, Marriage, and Entry into Motherhood.

Manning, Wendy D.

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ERIC Number: EJ498731

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1995

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Cohabitation, Marriage, and Entry into Motherhood.

Manning, Wendy D.

Journal of Marriage and the Family, v57 n1 p191-200 Feb 1995

A sample of married and cohabitating women is used to examine the impact of cohabitation on fertility. The transition from cohabitation to marriage does not appear to be influenced by childbearing desires. Once nonpregnant cohabitators marry, the timing of marital first birth is similar to that of women who never cohabitated. (JPS)

Descriptors: Birth Rate, Black Population Trends, Cohabitation, Higher Education, Marriage, Whites

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Survey of Families and Households

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