4. The facts
Who cohabits?
Young people (mostly
under 35)
Unemployed people
Less educated people
(according to Field 2004)
5. The facts
Types of cohabitation
Convenience
Testing
-Who?
-Who?
People want
to be free
from family
People want to
have sexualrela without
security
People intend
to marry
-Purpose?
-Purpose:
Prove
themselve
and gain
indepence
Someone to
care home (for
man) and
finance (for
women)
The trial
marriage
before having
the real one
Linus blanket
Emancipation
-Who?
-Who?
Insecure or
dependent
people
-Purpose?
finding
someone to
rely on
-Purpose?
7. Some ideas about cohabitation
Supporting
ideas
A chance to share the rising costs of
daily living without the commitment of
marriage
Avoiding the high costs and
complications that go with a divorce.
A mean of testing the relationship
before marrying
8. Some ideas about cohabitation
Opposing ideas
Having higher rate of being single or divorcing
Suffering from a lot of disadvantages (especially
women)
Receiving less consideration
9. References
Marriage and Family 90/91
Marriages and Families – Quest for
intimacy
Marriages and Families –
Changes,choices and constraints