Previous research has documented that children who do not live with both biological parents
fare somewhat worse on a variety of outcomes than those who do. In this article, which is the …

The question of what factors contribute to the stability of coresidential partnerships has
attracted the attention of many social scientists. This study summarizes recent research on …

The divorce rate has increased in the United States and most European countries since the
1960s. Public and scientific concern about the consequences of divorce for adults and …

BACKGROUND In this paper we study the long-term consequences of parental divorce in a
comparative perspective. Special attention is paid to the heterogeneity of the consequences …

Although the United States has the highest divorce rate of any Western nation, divorce rates
have been increasing in almost all European countries. In this review, we compare studies …

Every European country has experienced changes in partnership behavior—increased
divorce, delayed and avoided marriage, cohabitation that is even less stable than marriage …

This chapter focuses on divorce and union dissolution in the Western countries. The
increases in marital instability are among the core features of family change known as the …

Research on the intergenerational transmission of divorce should be expanded to
incorporate disrupted nonmarital cohabitations. This study (a) examined the transmission of …

Parental separation is linked to multiple negative outcomes for children in all spheres of life.
A field study was designed to estimate the epidemiology and to quantify the outcomes on the …

INCREASES IN DIVORCE and cohabitation are among the most prominent behavioral
changes to affect the family over the past few decades. Both behaviors have received …