Just Living Together: Implications of Cohabitation on Families, Children, and Social PolicyAlan Booth, Ann C. Crouter, Nancy S. Landale Based on the presentations and discussions from a national symposia, Just Living Together represents one of the first systematic efforts to focus on cohabitation. The book is divided into four parts, each dealing with a different aspect of cohabitation. Part I addresses the big picture question, "What are the historical and cross cultural foundations of cohabitation?" Part II focuses specifically on North America and asks, "What is the role of cohabitation in contemporary North American family structure?" Part III turns the focus to the question, "What is the long- and short-term impact of cohabitation on child well-being?" Part IV addresses how cohabiting couples are affected by current policies and what policy innovations could be introduced to support these couples. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 86
... Cohabitation in Contemporary North American Family Structure? 46 4 Cohabitation in Contemporary North America 48 Pamela J.Smock and Sanjiv Gupta 5 What Are the Choices for Low-Income Families?: Cohabitation, Marriage, and 77 Remaining ...
... cohabitation is a prelude to marriage. Other couples opt to live together after dissolving a previous marriage and may do so for months or even years. For a growing number of men and women, cohabitation is not linked to marriage in any ...
... cohabitation and having children outside of marriage. Although cohabitation is often regarded as a recent development, it includes a range of living arrangements some of which are novel whereas others are more traditional. Prior to the ...
... marriage and, in particular, youthful marriage that occurred in the 1950s and 1960s, it is likely that informal unions among single people were rare during these decades. A so-called golden age of marriage prevailed in Western European ...
... cohabitation becomes socially acceptable as an alternative to marriage and becoming a parent is no longer restricted to marriage. Finally, in the fourth stage, cohabitation and marriage become indistinguishable with children being born ...
Contents
What Is the Role of Cohabitation in Contemporary North American Family Structure? | 46 |
What Is the Long and ShortTerm Impact of Cohabitation on Child WellBeing? | 108 |
How Are Cohabiting Couples and Their Children Affected by Current Policies? What Policies Are Needed for These Individuals? | 168 |
Author Index | 245 |
Subject Index | 258 |
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Just Living Together: Implications of Cohabitation on Families, Children ... Alan Booth,Ann C. Crouter,Nancy Landale No preview available - 2013 |
Just Living Together: Implications of Cohabitation on Families, Children, and No preview available - 2002 |
Just Living Together: Implications of Cohabitation on Families, Children ... Alan Booth,Ann C. Crouter No preview available - 2002 |