Cohabitation is not replacing marriage but is increasingly a first step toward marriage for young adults, say a group of sociologists from Bowling Green State University. The researchers say it is important to study adolescents’ expectations for cohabitation as well as marriage. (Chronicle of Higher Education)

Citation: Wendy D. Manning, Monica A. Longmore, & Peggy C. Giordano (2007) . The changing institution of marriage: Adolescents’ expectations to cohabit and to marry. Journal of Marriage and Family 69(3): 559–575. (Available online to the Penn State community, and in print in the PRI Library.)

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