ERIC Number: EJ990587
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Oct
Pages: 16
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The Stability of Same-Sex Cohabitation, Different-Sex Cohabitation, and Marriage
Lau, Charles Q.
Journal of Marriage and Family, v74 n5 p973-988 Oct 2012
This study contributes to the emerging demographic literature on same-sex couples by comparing the level and correlates of union stability among 4 types of couples: (a) male same-sex cohabitation, (b) female same-sex cohabitation, (c) different-sex cohabitation, and (d) different-sex marriage. The author analyzed data from 2 British birth cohort studies: the National Child Development Study (N = 11,469) and the 1970 British Cohort Study (N = 11,924). These data contain retrospective histories of same-sex and different-sex unions throughout young adulthood (age 16-34) from 1974 through 2004. Event-history analyses showed that same-sex cohabitations have higher rates of dissolution than do different-sex cohabiting and marital unions. Among same-sex couples, male couples had slightly higher dissolution rates than did female couples. In addition, same-sex couples from the 1958 and 1970 birth cohorts had similar levels of union stability. The demographic correlates of union stability are generally similar for same-sex and different-sex unions. (Contains 4 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Child Development, Marriage, Interpersonal Relationship, Homosexuality, Correlation, Males, Females, Foreign Countries, History, Young Adults, Marital Status
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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