Volume 20 - Article 10 | Pages 195–208
Active-duty military service, cohabiting unions, and the transition to marriage
Date received: | 12 Feb 2008 |
Date published: | 24 Feb 2009 |
Word count: | 3298 |
Keywords: | active-duty military service, cohabitation, marriage, union transitions |
DOI: | 10.4054/DemRes.2009.20.10 |
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.
Author's Affiliation
Megan Lemmon - Western Washington University, United States of America
Mira Whyman - Western Washington University, United States of America
Jay Teachman - Western Washington University, United States of America
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