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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Main Authors: PJ Boyle, Hill Kulu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2010-11-01
Series:Demographic Research
Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol23/31/

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