Cohabitation and Marriage in the Americas: Geo-historical Legacies and New Trends
Author(s):
Albert Esteve,
Ron J. Lesthaeghe
Open Access: BY-NC 4.0
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Publisher: Springer Nature
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This open access book presents an innovative study of the rise of unmarried cohabitation in the Americas, from Canada to Argentina. Using an extensive sample of individual census data for nearly all countries on the continent, it offers a cross-national, comparative view of this recent demographic trend and its impact on the family. The book offers a tour of the historical legacies and regional heterogeneity in unmarried cohabitation, covering: Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, Colombia, the Andean region, Brazil, and the Southern Cone. It also explores the diverse meanings of cohabitation from a cross-national perspective and examines the theoretical implications of recent developments on family change in the Americas.
The book uses data from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, International (IPUMS), a project dedicated to collecting and distributing census data from around the world. This large sample size enables an empirical testing of one of the currently most powerful explanatory frameworks for changes in family formation around the world, the theory of the Second Demographic Transition.
With its unique geographical scope, this book will provide researchers with a new understanding into the spectacular rise in premarital cohabitation in the Americas, which has become one of the most salient trends in partnership formation in the region.
Description
This open access book presents an innovative study of the rise of unmarried cohabitation in the Americas, from Canada to Argentina. Using an extensive sample of individual census data for nearly all countries on the continent, it offers a cross-national, comparative view of this recent demographic trend and its impact on the family. The book offers a tour of the historical legacies and regional heterogeneity in unmarried cohabitation, covering: Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, Colombia, the Andean region, Brazil, and the Southern Cone. It also explores the diverse meanings of cohabitation from a cross-national perspective and examines the theoretical implications of recent developments on family change in the Americas.
The book uses data from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, International (IPUMS), a project dedicated to collecting and distributing census data from around the world. This large sample size enables an empirical testing of one of the currently most powerful explanatory frameworks for changes in family formation around the world, the theory of the Second Demographic Transition.
With its unique geographical scope, this book will provide researchers with a new understanding into the spectacular rise in premarital cohabitation in the Americas, which has become one of the most salient trends in partnership formation in the region.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Frontmatter
- 1. A Geography of Cohabitation in the Americas, 1970–2010
- 2. The Rise of Cohabitation in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1970–2011
- 3. Cohabitation and Marriage in Canada. The Geography, Law and Politics of Competing Views on Gender Equality
- 4. The Social Geography of Unmarried Cohabitation in the USA, 2007–2011
- 5. The Expansion of Cohabitation in Mexico, 1930–2010: The Revenge of History?
- 6. Consensual Unions in Central America: Historical Continuities and New Emerging Patterns
- 7. The Boom of Cohabitation in Colombia and in the Andean Region: Social and Spatial Patterns
- 8. Cohabitation in Brazil: Historical Legacy and Recent Evolution
- 9. The Rise of Cohabitation in the Southern Cone
- 10. Cohabitation: The Pan-America View