@article{ref1,
title="Is Marriage More Than Cohabitation? Well‐Being Differences in 30 European Countries",
journal="Journal of marriage and family",
year="2009",
author="Soons, Judith P. M. and Kalmijn, Matthijs",
volume="71",
number="5",
pages="1141-1157",
abstract="The study aims to assess, first, whether there is a gap in well-being between unmarried cohabitants and the married, second, if selection factors can explain this so-called cohabitation gap, and third, if the size of the cohabitation gap differs across countries and how this can be explained. We use pooled data from young adults (18–44) in 3 rounds of the European Social Survey (N ≅ 31, 500). Multilevel regression analyses show that there is a moderate cohabitation gap that can be partly explained with the selection factors material resources and religiosity. Country differences were clear and could partly be explained with the level of institutionalization: In countries where cohabitation is more accepted and more prevalent, the cohabitation gap is smaller.<p />",
language="",
issn="0022-2445",
doi="10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00660.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00660.x"
}