Session 163:
Transitions Into and Out of Cohabitation
Chair: Dawn Upchurch, University of California, Los Angeles
Discussant: Robert Lerman, Urban Institute
Discussant: Julien O. Teitler, Columbia University
The Formation of Cohabiting Unions: New Perspectives from Qualitative Data Wendy D. Manning, Bowling Green State University ; Pamela J. Smock, University of Michigan
Why Cohabit? Analyses of the Circumstances Surrounding Union Formation Karen B. Guzzo, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Cohabitation Dissolution and Distress Sarah A. Avellar, University of Michigan
Trial Marriage Reconsidered: Evidence for a Positive Causal Effect of Cohabitation on Marital Stability Felix Elwert, Harvard University
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