Cohabitation and children's living arrangements: New estimates from the United States

This paper uses the 1995 and 2002 waves of the National Survey of Family Growth to examine recent trends in cohabitation in the United States. We find increases in both the prevalence and duration of unmarried cohabitation. Cohabitation continues to transform children's family lives, as childre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Larry Bumpass, Sheela Kennedy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2008-09-01
Series:Demographic Research
Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol19/47/