Transitions into and out of Cohabitation in Later Life

Autor/inn/en	Brown, Susan L.; Bulanda, Jennifer Roebuck; Lee, Gary R.
Titel	Transitions into and out of Cohabitation in Later Life
Quelle	In: Journal of Marriage and Family, 74 (2012) 4, S.774-793 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-2445
Schlagwörter	Adults; Marriage; Interpersonal Relationship; Economic Factors; Interviews; Predictor Variables; Regression (Statistics); Demography + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ehe; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Ökonomischer Faktor; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Prädiktor; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Demografie
Abstract	Cohabitation among adults over age 50 is rising rapidly, more than doubling from 1.2 million in 2000 to 2.75 million in 2010. A small literature provides a descriptive portrait of older cohabitors, but no study has investigated transitions into and out of cohabitation during later life. Drawing on demographic and life course perspectives, the authors developed a framework for conceptualizing later life union behaviors. Using data from the 1998-2006 Health and Retirement Study, they estimated discrete-time event-history models predicting union formation (i.e., cohabitation or marriage) among older unmarried individuals (N = 3,736) as well as transitions to either marriage or separation among older cohabitors (N = 377). Those who formed a union were as likely to be in a cohabiting relationship as a marriage. Older adult cohabiting unions were quite stable and unlikely to culminate in either marriage or separation. During later life, cohabitation appears to operate as a long-term alternative to marriage. (Contains 6 tables and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10