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In an era when half of marriages end in divorce, cohabitation has become more commonplace and those who do get married are doing so at an older age. So why do people marry when they do? And why do some couples choose to cohabit? A team of expert family sociologists examines these timely questions in Marriage and Cohabitation, the result of their research over the last decade on the issue of union formation. Situating their argument in the context of the Western world's 500-year history of marriage, the authors reveal what factors encourage marriage and cohabitation in a contemporary society wh

Marriage --- Unmarried couples --- Young adults --- Attitudes --- United States --- Social conditions --- -Unmarried couples --- -Young adults --- -316.356.2 <73> --- 392.4/.5 <73> --- 241.64*4 --- 392.4/.5 --- #SBIB:316.356.2H1134 --- Young people --- Young persons --- Adulthood --- Youth --- Cohabitation --- Domestic partners --- Living together --- Couples --- Common law marriage --- Free love --- Married life --- Matrimony --- Nuptiality --- Wedlock --- Love --- Sacraments --- Betrothal --- Courtship --- Families --- Home --- Honeymoons --- Gezinssociologie--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- Verloving. Huwelijk. Huwelijksgebruiken. Partnerkeuze. Polyandrie. Polygamie. Monogamie--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- Theologische ethiek: partnerkeuze en huwelijk --- Verloving. Huwelijk. Huwelijksgebruiken. Partnerkeuze. Polyandrie. Polygamie. Monogamie --- Hedendaagse gezinsstudies: Noord-Amerika --- Marriage. --- Unmarried couples. --- Young adults. --- Social Science. --- Sociology & Social History --- Social Sciences --- Family & Marriage --- 392.4/.5 Verloving. Huwelijk. Huwelijksgebruiken. Partnerkeuze. Polyandrie. Polygamie. Monogamie --- 241.64*4 Theologische ethiek: partnerkeuze en huwelijk --- 316.356.2 <73> Gezinssociologie--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- 316.356.2 <73> --- Marriage - United States --- Unmarried couples - United States --- Young adults - United States - Attitudes --- United States - Social conditions - 1945 --- -Marriage --- -Marriage - United States