Premarital cohabitation and divorce: Support for the "Trial Marriage" Theory?
A number of studies show that premarital cohabitation is associated with an increased risk of subsequent marital dissolution. Some argue that this is a consequence of selection effects and that once these are controlled for premarital cohabitation has no effect on dissolution. We examine the effect...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
2010-11-01
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Series: | Demographic Research |
Online Access: | http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol23/31/ |