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Cohabitation, Marriage, and Child Wellbeing: A Cross-National Perspective

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Non-marital cohabitation has become widespread in modern, Western nations. It has led to dramatic declines in marriage rates and contributed to high levels of unwed births and lone-parent families, thus negatively affecting child wellbeing.

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  • Booth, A. & Crouter, A. C. (Eds.) 2002. Just Living Together. Mahwah, NJ: L. Erlbaum Associates.

  • Popenoe, D., & Whitehead, B. D. annual since 1999. The State of Our Unions. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University (marriage.rutgers.edu)

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Popenoe, D. Cohabitation, Marriage, and Child Wellbeing: A Cross-National Perspective. Soc 46, 429–436 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-009-9242-5

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