@article{Lemmon_20_10,
author = {Lemmon, Megan and Whyman, Mira and Teachman, Jay},
title={{Active-duty military service, cohabiting unions, and the transition to marriage}},
journal = {Demographic Research},
volume = {20},
number = {10},
pages = {195--208},
doi = {10.4054/DemRes.2009.20.10},
year = {2009},
abstract = {A small but growing body of research has begun to identify the consequences of military service during the all-voluntary era. In this article, we examine the relationship between military service and the likelihood that cohabiting unions will be converted into marriages. Our paper extends previous research by making a distinction between the effects of active-duty verses reserve-duty service on the transition to marriage using data from the 1979-2004 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY). Our findings indicate that there is a positive relationship between active-duty service and cohabitors transitioning to marriage.},
URL = {https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol20/10/},
eprint = {https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol20/10/20-10.pdf}
}