Is Marriage More Than Cohabitation? Well‐Being Differences in 30 European Countries

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ID7857254
AutoresJudith P M Soons (Onderwijsraad, autor correspondente), M Kalmijn (0000-0001-5217-1897, Tilburg University)
Ano2009
Volume71
Fascículo5
Páginas1141-1157
Data de publicação2009-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Marriage and the Family (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-2445 • E-ISSN: 1741-3737
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00660.x
OpenAlexW1995404526
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas122
Referências citadas59

The study aims to assess, first, whether there is a gap in well‐being between unmarried cohabitants and the married, second, if selection factors can explain this so‐called cohabitation gap, and third, if the size of the cohabitation gap differs across countries and how this can be explained. We use pooled data from young adults (18–44) in 3 rounds of the European Social Survey (N ≅ 31, 500). Multilevel regression analyses show that there is a moderate cohabitation gap that can be partly explained with the selection factors material resources and religiosity. Country differences were clear and could partly be explained with the level of institutionalization: In countries where cohabitation is more accepted and more prevalent, the cohabitation gap is smaller

Cohabitation · Demographic economics · Economics · European Social Survey · Institutionalisation · Multilevel model · Political science · Religiosity · Sociology · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Health disparities and outcomes · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Psychology · Social Psychology