James Spencer L, Beattie Brett A
Brigham Young University.
Soc Forces. 2012 Dec;91(2):435-662. doi: 10.1093/sf/sos126.
Using data from 2,898 women from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-1979, we employ a novel method to examine two perspectives, social selection and the experience of cohabitation, commonly used to explain the negative relationship outcomes cohabiting women report. Results reveal cohabitation is negatively related to marital happiness and communication and positively related to conflict. As in previous research, selection mechanisms appear to increase the odds of cohabitation while decreasing marital happiness. A closer examination of the problem also reveals a negative effect of the experience of cohabitation. This paper's primary contributions are the ability to model selection and experience in the same model and evidence of a robust effect of cohabitation on marital quality. These results underscore the complex pathways between union formation, family structure and marital outcomes.
利用来自“1979年全国青年纵向调查”中2898名女性的数据，我们采用一种新颖的方法来考察社会选择和同居经历这两种通常用于解释同居女性所报告的负面关系结果的观点。结果显示，同居与婚姻幸福和沟通呈负相关，与冲突呈正相关。与先前的研究一样，选择机制似乎会增加同居的几率，同时降低婚姻幸福感。对该问题的进一步研究还揭示了同居经历的负面影响。本文的主要贡献在于能够在同一模型中对选择和经历进行建模，以及证明同居对婚姻质量有显著影响。这些结果强调了结合形成、家庭结构和婚姻结果之间的复杂路径。
