Making It Legal
A Comparison of Previously Cohabiting and Engaged Newlyweds
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11344657 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ingrid Moeller (Western Michigan University, corresponding author), Basil J Sherlock (California State University System) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 1981-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0191-5096 • E-ISSN: 0191-5096 |
| Publisher | WMU Department of Occupational Therapy (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.15453/0191-5096.1445 |
| OpenAlex | W629008123 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
In view of the recent emergence of cohabitation as an alternative form of courtship, it is important to determine its possible effects on the subsequent marital union. Are the premarital experiences, marital goals, patterns of marital power and levels of conflict discernably different for those who have lived together before marriage? Comparing cohabitors with noncohabitors , we attempted to pursue this question in a sample of 139 recently married, nonparental, college matriculating, young adults using a lengthy focused interview. Largely due to parental pressures "to make it legal", both cohabitors and noncohabitors moved towards matrimony with equal speed, marrying at approximately the same age. In the first years of marriage, cohabitors were highly concerned with the educational and career goals of both spouses and were much more likely to espouse postponed parenthood or voluntary childlessness. Cohabitors were judged to have a higher proportion of egalitarian unions in comparison to the more husbanddominated unions of the noncohabitors. With respect to marital conflict, however, no significant differences in levels of conflict between the two groups were found; although different areas of disagreement and modes of conflict resolution seemed to occur
Biology · Cohabitation · Courtship · Demographic economics · Economics · Marital status · Political science · Power (physics · Sample (material · Sociology · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Law · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Social Psychology
On living together without marriage
Heterosexual Cohabitation among Unmarried College Students
A Comparison of Cohabiting and Noncohabiting College Students
Shacking up
The Division of Labor among Cohabiting and Married Couples
University Student Cohabitation
Living Together
Married and Unmarried Cohabitation
Personal and Family Characteristics of Cohabiting and Noncohabiting College Students
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 1994 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |