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Title: "Playing House": Financial Integration and Relationship Transitions among Current Cohabitors
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Addo, Fenaba |
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"Playing House": Financial Integration and Relationship Transitions among Current Cohabitors Presented: Boston MA, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, May 2014 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Cohabitation; Credit/Credit Constraint; Financial Behaviors/Decisions; Marriage Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This study examines whether financial attributes of shared living are associated with transitions to marriage or dissolution among current cohabitors. Using a sample of cohabitors interviewed during the two most recent waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Youth 1979 Child and Young Adult study (N=712), the analysis focused on varying degrees of financial integration as proxies for relationship constraint commitments (Stanley & Markman 1992). Preliminary results indicated cohabitors engaged in progressive practices, such as having joint credit cards with their partner, have an increased probability of union dissolution, whereas respondents who practiced investment strategies, e.g. sharing a mortgage, were more likely to marry. This study sheds light on the heterogeneous ways that a recent cohort of young couples manage their finances and navigate relationships. |
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Addo, Fenaba. ""Playing House": Financial Integration and Relationship Transitions among Current Cohabitors." Presented: Boston MA, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, May 2014. |