Marriage and Cohabitation - Couverture souple

Thornton, Arland; Axinn, William G.; Xie, Yu

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0226798674 ISBN 13 : 9780226798677

Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2010

Synopsis

Situating their argument in the context of the Western world's 500-year history of marriage, the authors of this work reveal what factors encourage marriage and cohabitation in a contemporary society where marriage and the relationships between women and men have changed dramatically.

While many people still choose to marry without first cohabiting, others elect to cohabit with varying degrees of commitment or intentions of eventual marriage. The authors' controversial findings suggest that family history, religious affiliation, values, projected education, lifetime earnings, and career aspirations all tip the scales in favor of either cohabitation or marriage. This book lends new insight into young adult relationship patterns and will be of interest to sociologists, historians, and demographers alike.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Arland Thornton is professor of sociology and a research professor at the Institute
for Social Research (ISR) at the University of Michigan. He is the author of Reading History Sideways, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

William G. Axinn is professor of sociology at the University of Michigan and a research professor at the ISR.

Yu Xie is the Otis Dudley Duncan Professor of Sociology and Statistics at the University of Michigan and a research professor at the ISR.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Chicago Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0226798674
• ISBN 13: 9780226798677
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 456
• Coordonnées du fabricant: The University of Chicago Press; https://press.uchicago.edu/index.html; ; 5801 S. Ellis Avenue; Chicago; IL; 60637; Etats-Unis
• Personne responsable: non disponible