Premarital Cohabitation and Subsequent Marital Stability in the United States: A Reassessment

DeMaris, Alfred; Rao, K. Vaninadha

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“…During the premarital cohabitation period, it is argued, partners gain information about each other and the union, and only the unions with good prospects will be converted to marriages (Brüderl and Kalter 2001). A large number of empirical studies have, using a variety of data and methods, reached the exact opposite conclusion: the risk of divorce is higher after premarital cohabitation (Axinn and Thornton 1992;Berrington and Diamond 1999;Demaris and Macdonald 1993;Demaris and Rao 1992;Hall and Zhao 1995;Haskey 1992;Hoem and Hoem 1992;Teachman and Polonko 1990;Thomson and Colella 1992). The usual explanation for this finding is that the higher risk is chiefly due to self-selection: people who marry directly have a lower risk of dissolving any union due to unobserved, stable-over-time characteristics, such as a strong attachment to religion or conservative family values.…”

Section: Union Type Union Order and Same-sex Unionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A review of the antecedents of union dissolution

Lyngstad¹,

Jalovaara²

2010

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Section: Union Type Union Order and Same-sex Unionsmentioning

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A review of the antecedents of union dissolution

Lyngstad¹,

Jalovaara²

2010

DemRes

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“…One possible reason could be that cohabitors are generally a select group of individuals possessing characteristics that are not conducive to a stable relationship. This is known as the "selectivity" thesis (Bennett et al 1988;DeMaris and Rao 1992;Lillard, Brien and Waite, 1995;Nock 1995). Alternatively, time spent in a cohabiting union may help to develop negative attitudes toward marriage and positive attitudes toward divorce -the "experience" theory Nock 1995;Schoen 1992).…”

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The Effect of Premarital Cohabitation on Marital Stability over the Duration of Marriage

Budinski

Trovato

2005

CSP

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Research has shown that premarital cohabitors who eventually marry are more likely to divorce or separate than persons who do not cohabit prior to marriage. This study investigates the possibility that the difference in marital stability between cohabitors and non-cohabitors may change with increasing duration of marriage. Using Canadian 1995 General Social Survey data, various Proportional Hazards Models were specified to compare the marital dissolution risks of cohabitors and non-cohabitors, while controlling for a set of relevant factors. Initially, it was found that both groups had virtually identical dissolution risks. However, further specification of the hazards model indicated that indeed cohabitors have a greater risk of marital dissolution than noncohabitors. Further tests to differentiate between short-and long-term unions indicated that premarital cohabitors have a greater dissolution risk in the first ten years of their union, while non-cohabitors have a greater hazard after ten years of marriage. We discuss these findings in the context of the North American based literature on cohabitation and marriage dissolution, and offer suggestions for further study.Key Words: Cohabitation, marriage, marital dissolution Ronald A. Budinski and Frank Trovato 70 RésuméPlusieurs recherches ont démontré que les couples qui cohabitent avant le mariage et qui finissent par se marier courent un risque plus élevé de divorce ou de séparation que les couples qui ne cohabitent pas avant le mariage. Cette étude examine l'hypothèse que cette différence dans la stabilité des mariages entre les couples cohabitant et les couples non-cohabitant pourrait changer suivant la durée du mariage. En s'appuyant sur les données de l'Enquête sociale générale canadienne de 1995, différents modèles de régression à effet proportionnel ont été spécifiés pour comparer les risques de dissolution des mariages dans les couples cohabitant et les couples non-cohabitant. D'autres études qui ont été menées pour déterminer s'il y avait des différences entre les unions à court terme et les unions à long terme indiquent que les couples cohabitant courent un plus grand risque de dissolution durant les dix premières années de mariage tandis que les couples non-cohabitant courent un plus grand risque après les dix premières années de mariage. Cet article explore ces résultats dans le contexte de la documentation nord-américaine sur la cohabitation et la dissolution des mariages et suggère de nouvelles avenues pour de plus amples études.

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“…The analysis of variance performed on the multiple regressions yielded an F-ratio value of l67.169 and was found to be significant at 0.05 level. This further buttress the earlier findings of Abane (2003), DeMaris & Rao (1992), DeKeseredy & Schwartz (2002), Halford, Nicholson, & Sanders (2007), Animasahun (2013Animasahun ( , 2014 who concluded that factors such as age at marriage, infertility, in-law issues, religious factor, issues related to sexual intimacy and satisfaction, premarital cohabitation and socio-economic status could destabilize marriage and pave way for divorce.…”

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confidence: 38%

“…Mahoney, Williams, & West (2001) found that a male partner is often emotionally disturbed if he has erectile dysfunction. Bachar & Koss (2001), Bennet (2004), DeMaris &Rao (1992), andDeKeseredy &Schwartz (2002) stressed the importance attached to sex in marriage, and found that marriages that lack intimate sexual relationship are highly susceptible to breakup.…”

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confidence: 99%

Predictive Potentials of Some Psycho-Socio-Personal Variables on Divorce among Couples in Ibadan Nigeria

Animasahun¹

2015

PSYCH

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The rate at which many marriages crash in Nigeria nowadays calls for serious attention. The effect of divorce on the couples concerned, their children and relatives is better imagined than experienced. This study therefore investigated the predictive potentials of infertility, socio-economic status, religious factor, premarital-cohabitation, sexual intimacy, age at marriage and in-law factor on divorce among couples in Ibadan. Two hundred and fifty divorcees responded to standardized instruments used to collect data. Seven hypotheses and one research question guided the study. Results showed that all the variables correlated positively with the criterion variable (divorce), and the research question revealed that the independent variables jointly contributed a total of 92.9% of the total variance for incidence of divorce. Recommendations were made to reduce the menace of divorce in Nigerian society.

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Premarital Cohabitation and Subsequent Marital Stability in the United States: A Reassessment

Cited by 127 publications

References 18 publications

A review of the antecedents of union dissolution

A review of the antecedents of union dissolution

The Effect of Premarital Cohabitation on Marital Stability over the Duration of Marriage

Predictive Potentials of Some Psycho-Socio-Personal Variables on Divorce among Couples in Ibadan Nigeria

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