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Author: Manning, Wendy D.
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1. Manning, Wendy D.
Implications of Cohabitation for Children's Well-Being
Presented: University Park, PA, National Symposium "Just Living Together: Implications of Cohabitation for Children, Families and Social Policy", October 2000.
Also: http://www.pop.psu.edu/events/manningpaper.pdf
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: Population Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University
Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Behavioral Problems; Children, Well-Being; Cohabitation; Divorce; Economic Well-Being; Family Formation; Fathers, Absence; Marital Status; Marriage; Overview, Child Assessment Data; Parental Marital Status; Parenting Skills/Styles; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Well-Being

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This paper is divided into four sections. I begin with a basic discussion of the trends in cohabitation as a family living arrangement for children. Next I discuss why cohabitation may influence child outcomes. Then I review findings from empirical research that specifically focuses on the effect of cohabitation on children's social and economic well-being. Finally, I present limitations and challenges for future work on the effects of cohabitation on children.
Bibliography Citation
Manning, Wendy D. "Implications of Cohabitation for Children's Well-Being." Presented: University Park, PA, National Symposium "Just Living Together: Implications of Cohabitation for Children, Families and Social Policy", October 2000.
2. Manning, Wendy D.
Joyner, Kara
Hemez, Paul
Cupka, Cassandra Jean
Measuring Cohabitation in National Surveys
Presented: Chicago IL, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April 2017
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Cohabitation; Current Population Survey (CPS) / CPS-Fertility Supplement; Data Quality/Consistency; National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (AddHealth); National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG)

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Cohabitation is one of the fastest growing family forms in the United States, but has not been consistently measured across surveys. Recent rounds of the Current Population Survey (CPS), National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health), National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY-97) and National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) are used to assess the quality of data on cohabitation. Results demonstrated that the surveys provide similar estimates of current cohabitation status, except the CPS resulted in lower estimates. In terms of cohabitation experience (i.e., having ever cohabited), Add Health produced higher estimates, whereas both the NSFG and NLSY-97 produced lower estimates. We documented a strong education gradient across all surveys, with lower levels of current cohabitation and cohabitating experience with increases in educational attainment. Race/ethnic differentials in cohabitation were inconsistent across surveys. We discussed aspects of sampling and measurement that potentially explain differences in estimates.
Bibliography Citation
Manning, Wendy D., Kara Joyner, Paul Hemez and Cassandra Jean Cupka. "Measuring Cohabitation in National Surveys." Presented: Chicago IL, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April 2017.
3. Manning, Wendy D.
Joyner, Kara
Hemez, Paul
Cupka, Cassandra Jean
Measuring Cohabitation in U.S. National Surveys
Demography 56,4 (August 2019): 1195-1218.
Also: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13524-019-00796-0
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Cohabitation; Current Population Survey (CPS) / CPS-Fertility Supplement; Educational Attainment; National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (AddHealth); National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG); Research Methodology

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Cohabitation is one of the fastest growing family forms in the United States. It is widespread and continues to increase but has not been consistently measured across surveys. It is important to track the quality of data on cohabitation because it has implications for research on the correlates and consequences of cohabitation for adults and children. Recent rounds of the Current Population Survey (CPS), National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health), National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY-97), and National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) provide an opportunity to contrast estimates of cohabitation status and experience using nationally representative data sets and assess the quality of data on cohabitation in these data sets. Results demonstrated that the surveys provide similar estimates of current cohabitation status, except the CPS resulted in lower estimates. In terms of cohabitation experience (i.e., having ever cohabited), Add Health produced higher estimates, whereas both the NSFG and NLSY-97 produced lower estimates. We documented a strong education gradient across all surveys, with lower levels of current cohabitation and cohabitating experience and with increases in educational attainment. Racial/ethnic differences in cohabitation were inconsistent across surveys. We discuss aspects of sampling and measurement that potentially explain differences in estimates. Our findings have implications not only for survey design but also for the interpretation of results based on these four national surveys.
Bibliography Citation
Manning, Wendy D., Kara Joyner, Paul Hemez and Cassandra Jean Cupka. "Measuring Cohabitation in U.S. National Surveys." Demography 56,4 (August 2019): 1195-1218.
4. Manning, Wendy D.
Smock, Pamela Jane
Dorius, Cassandra J.
Cooksey, Elizabeth C.
Cohabitation Expectations Among Young Adults in the United States: Do They Match Behavior?
Population Research and Policy Review 33,2 (April 2014): 287-305.
Also: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11113-013-9316-3
Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult
Publisher: Springer
Keyword(s): Cohabitation; Dating; Expectations/Intentions; Gender Differences; Household Composition; Marital History/Transitions

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Cohabitation continues to rise, but there is a lack of knowledge about expectations to cohabit and the linkage between expectations and subsequent cohabitation. We capitalize on a new opportunity to study cohabitation expectations by drawing on the National Longitudinal Study of Youth (NLSY79) main youth and two waves (2008 and 2010) of the NLSY young adult (YA) surveys (n = 1,105). We find considerable variation in cohabitation expectations: 39.9 % have no expectation of cohabiting in the future and 16.6 % report high odds of cohabiting in the next 2 years. Cohabitation expectations are associated with higher odds of entering a cohabiting relationship, but are not perfectly associated. Only 38 % of YAs with certain cohabitation expectations in 2008 entered a cohabiting union by 2010. Further investigation of the mismatch between expectations and behaviors indicates that a substantial minority (30 %) who entered a cohabiting union had previously reported no or low expectations, instances of what we term “unplanned cohabitation.” Our findings underscore the importance of considering not only just behavior but also individuals’ expectations for understanding union formation, and more broadly, family change.
Bibliography Citation
Manning, Wendy D., Pamela Jane Smock, Cassandra J. Dorius and Elizabeth C. Cooksey. "Cohabitation Expectations Among Young Adults in the United States: Do They Match Behavior?" Population Research and Policy Review 33,2 (April 2014): 287-305.
5. Smock, Pamela Jane
Manning, Wendy D.
Dorius, Cassandra J.
The Intergenerational Transmission of Cohabitation and Marriage in the U.S.: The Role of Parental Union Histories
Presented: New Orleans LA, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April 2013
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Cohabitation; Family Structure; Fathers, Influence; Fathers, Involvement; Gender Differences; Marital History/Transitions; Marriage; Modeling, Hazard/Event History/Survival/Duration; Stepfamilies

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Over two decades ago, in his presidential address to the Population Association of America, demographer Larry Bumpass posed the question: “What’s Happening to the Family?” The issues he raised in that address motivate this paper. Most broadly, we are interested in tracing processes that may continue to fuel family change. Specifically, this paper investigates the intergenerational transmission of cohabitation and marriage, focusing on parents and their young adult children. This paper extends knowledge about linkages between parents’ cohabitation and marital histories and children’s own union formation behavior. We use data from 23 waves (1979-2008) of the 1979 National Longitudinal Study of Youth (NLSY79) main youth and 2 waves (2008 and 2010) of the young adult (YA) survey.
Bibliography Citation
Smock, Pamela Jane, Wendy D. Manning and Cassandra J. Dorius. "The Intergenerational Transmission of Cohabitation and Marriage in the U.S.: The Role of Parental Union Histories." Presented: New Orleans LA, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April 2013.