Friday, March 30 / 8:30 AM - 10:15 AM   •   Duffy/Columbia

Session 71:
Cohabitation

Chair: James Raymo, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Discussant: Kelly Raley, University of Texas at Austin

  1. Cohabitation and Commitment: Is Cohabitation Really Indistinguishable from Marriage in Norway and Sweden? • Eva Bernhardt, Stockholm University ; Turid Noack, Statistics Norway ; Kenneth Aarskaug Wiik, Statistics Norway

  2. European Latecomers: Cohabitation in Italy and Spain • Marta Dominguez, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) ; Teresa Castro Martin, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) ; Letizia Mencarini, University of Florence

  3. Cohabitation and Children’s Living Arrangements: New Estimates from the United States • Sheela Kennedy, University of Wisconsin at Madison ; Larry Bumpass, University of Wisconsin at Madison

  4. The Rise of Cohabitation and Childbearing outside of Marriage in Bulgaria: Who Are the Forerunners of the New Family Model? • Dora Kostova, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

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