Nearly every European Country has experienced some increase in nonmarital childbearing,
largely due to increasing births within cohabitation. Relatively few studies in Europe …

This study investigates the diversity in the meanings attached to cohabitation across Europe.
Utilizing a sample of 9,113 cohabiters between ages 18 and 79 from 10 European countries …

This article discusses Oppenheimer's theory on marriage timing, reviews the way this theory
was received in European demography and family sociology, and develops a new test of the …

Using recent, nationally representative data, we examine the prevalence and social
determinants of premarital cohabitation, an important sign of the Second Demographic …

» Fertilität in Mittel-und Osteuropa nach 1989: Kollaps und graduelle Erholung «. This
contribution looks at the recent transformations of reproductive and family behaviour in …

Using retrospective union, birth, and education histories that span 1980–2003, this study
investigates nonmarital childbearing in contemporary Russia. We employ a combination of …

BACKGROUND A large body of research has compared relationship satisfaction and quality
in cohabiting versus married relationships. Despite increased recognition of couples in living …

The demographic literature on union formation in post-communist Europe typically
documents retreat from marriage and increase in cohabitation. However, sociological and …

Cohabitation is sometimes thought of as being inversely associated with education, but in
Britain a more complex picture emerges. Educational group differences in cohabitation vary …

BACKGROUND In recent years, several studies have reported a positive effect of women's
education on the transition to second births. This finding contradicts the economic theory of …