Teresa Castro-Martin
Marta Domínguez-Folgueras
Teresa Martín-García

http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol18/16/

doi:10.4054/DemRes.2008.18.16

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Abstract
In Spain, nearly two-thirds of women aged 20-34 have not yet entered their first union. However, almost half of them have a stable partner in a different household. Hence, the drop in marriage rates and low prevalence of cohabitation cannot be rightly interpreted as a decline in partnership formation, but rather as a postponement of co-residential unions. This paper examines the prevalence and determinants of non-residential stable partnerships among young adults (women aged 20-34), in relation to cohabitation and marriage, using a multinomial logit model of current partnership type. The analysis is based on data from the 1999 Spanish Fertility Survey.

Author's affiliation
Teresa Castro-Martin
CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas), Spain
Marta Domínguez-Folgueras
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
Teresa Martín-García
Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Spain

Keywords
cohabitation, LAT, partnerships, Spain, union formation

Word count (Main text)
6129

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