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Title:

Reassessing the Link between Premarital Cohabitation and Marital Instability

Author(s):
Reinhold, Steffen
Abstract:
It has been found that premarital cohabitation is positively correlated with the likelihood ofmarital dissolution in the U.S. To reassess this link, I estimate proportional hazard modelsof marital dissolution for first marriages using pooled data from three surveys of the NSFG1988, 1995, and 2002 and demonstrate that the positive relationship between premarital cohabitationand marital instability has weakened for more recent birth and marriage cohorts.Using multiple marital outcomes for a person...     »
Keywords:
Arbeitspapier/Diskussionspapier
Year:
2009
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