Marriage and cohabitation [[electronic resource] /] / Arland Thornton, William G. Axinn, Yu Xie
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| Autore: |
Thornton Arland
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| Titolo: |
Marriage and cohabitation [[electronic resource] /] / Arland Thornton, William G. Axinn, Yu Xie
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| Pubblicazione: | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (455 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.810973/09045 |
| Soggetto topico: | Marriage - United States |
| Unmarried couples - United States | |
| Young adults - United States - Attitudes | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Social conditions 1945- |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
AxinnWilliam G
XieYu <1959->
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-428) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction -- Historical perspectives on marriage -- Comparing marriage, cohabitation, and being single -- Entering marital and cohabiting unions -- Influence of parental youth factors before birth of study child -- Influence of parental factors during childhood and adolescence of the children -- The courtship process and union formation -- Religious affiliation and commitment -- The influence of attitudes, values, and beliefs -- Educational influences -- Work, earnings potential, and career aspiration -- Conclusions. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In an era when half of marriages end in divorce, cohabitation has become more commonplace and those who do get married are doing so at an older age. So why do people marry when they do? And why do some couples choose to cohabit? A team of expert family sociologists examines these timely questions in Marriage and Cohabitation, the result of their research over the last decade on the issue of union formation. Situating their argument in the context of the Western world's 500-year history of marriage, the authors reveal what factors encourage marriage and cohabitation in a contemporary society wh |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Marriage and cohabitation |
| ISBN: | 1-281-96666-5 |
| 9786611966669 | |
| 0-226-79868-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910454057103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Population and development (Chicago, Ill.)