Class Differences in Cohabitation Processes

Autor/inn/en	Sassler, Sharon; Miller, Amanda J.
Titel	Class Differences in Cohabitation Processes
Quelle	In: Family Relations, 60 (2011) 2, S.163-177 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0197-6664
DOI	10.1111/j.1741-3729.2010.00640.x
Schlagwörter	Housing Needs; Working Class; Interpersonal Relationship; Social Class; Interviews; Dating (Social); Beliefs; Role; Family (Sociological Unit) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arbeiterklasse; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Belief; Glaube; Rollen; Familie
Abstract	Despite the burgeoning cohabitation literature, research has failed to examine social class variation in processes of forming and advancing such unions. Drawing upon in-depth interviews with 122 working- and middle-class cohabitors, we examine the duration between dating and moving in together, reasons for cohabiting, and subsequent plans. Transitions to cohabitation are more rapid among the working class. Respondents often cohabited for practical reasons--out of financial necessity, because it was convenient, or to meet a housing need. Regardless of social class status, few couples move in together as a "trial marriage." Nonetheless, middle-class cohabitors were more likely to have become engaged than their working-class counterparts. Our findings indicate the need to reassess common beliefs regarding the role served by cohabitation and suggest that cohabitation has become another location where family outcomes are diverging by social class. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10