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The reproductive context of cohabitation in comparative perspective: Contraceptive use in the United States, Spain, and France

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Background: Discussions of cohabitation's place in family formation regimes frequently emphasize comparisons of reproductive behavior among married versus cohabiting couples. Many argue that the rise in cohabitation may have been fueled by availability of highly effective contraception, but that differences in contraceptive use between married and cohabiting couples should diminish as cohabitation becomes more established. Objective: We ask whether cohabiting women in the United States, Spain...

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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.4054/DemRes.2015.32.5

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Sociology
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Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development More from this funder
European Research Council More from this funder
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Swiss National Science Foundation More from this funder
Publisher:
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research Publisher's website
Journal:
Demographic Research Journal website
Volume:
32
Issue:
1
Pages:
147-182
Publication date:
2015-01-01
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EISSN:
1435-9871
Pubs id:
pubs:551933
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uuid:c4c9238e-9963-467f-9645-e9ae1abe19fb
Local pid:
pubs:551933
Source identifiers:
551933
Deposit date:
2015-12-01

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