CMS 357 1st Edition Lecture 14Family Communication Notes II. Cohabitationa. 4x more cohabitation than in the pastb. treated like a relationship stage nowA. Demographics a. Tend to be more young peopleb. Substantial of seniors i. Avoid drama ii. Financial issues- for pensionsc. Often live in cities- i. Living is more expensive ii. Highly educated, living in urban areas, both workingB. Characteristics a. Tend to have less traditional beliefs about religion, more egalitarian ideas about marriageb. More frequent sex lives than those who do not cohabitate before marriagec. More frequent sex even after they get married d. Often use cohabitation as test, they are testing the relationship before marriagee. …. Most people slide into the decision (not a big explicit making process a lot of the time)C. Relationship Stabilitya. We have this belief that living together before marriage is not goodfor a relationship- compare two sets of groupsb. Results: small but reliable difference that those cohabitate before marriage are likely to get divorced c. Unconvential theory does not- Cohabitating people have untraditional beliefs- those unconvential beliefs is whats making them less stable relationship partners d. Serial cohabitates IV. Child-Free Couples- the number of single people are increasing a lot- the number of people choosing to not have children are also increasingA. Important Distinction- has to do with what we are gonna call other people1. Child Less couples- sounds negative against the couple2. Child Free Couples- sounds like children are a burdenB. Characteristics1. not necessarily less satisfied than couples who do have children2. look at women over 30 compared to men over 30 who don’t have children- the women are less happy about their
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