Cohabitation and Marriage in the Americas: Geo-Historical Legacies and New Trends

Abstract

Intro -- Dedication -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: A Geography of Cohabitation in the Americas, 1970-2010 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Motivation for a Map -- 3 The Making of the Map of Cohabitation -- 3.1 Gathering the Data -- 3.2 Identifying Unmarried Cohabitation -- 4 The Increase in Cohabitation in the Americas from a Regional Perspective -- 5 The Local View for 2000 and 2010 -- 6 Cohabitation in the Andean States -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: The Rise of Cohabitation in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1970-2011 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 "Old" and "New" Cohabitation -- 3 The Latin American Cohabitation Boom: The National Trends -- 4 The Education Gradient -- 5 Explaining the Rise in Cohabitation -- 5.1 Cohabitation as a Response to Economic Shocks -- 5.2 Lifting the Stigma: Cohabitation and Ideational Change -- 6 The Family Context of Cohabitation and Single Motherhood -- 7 Conclusions -- Appendix -- References -- Chapter 3: Cohabitation and Marriage in Canada. The Geography, Law and Politics of Competing Views on Gender Equality -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Terminology: Language Matters -- 3 Previous Research -- 4 Legal Context -- 5 Consensual Union as a Function of Age and Education -- 6 Hypotheses -- 7 Data and Methods -- 7.1 The Economic Role of the Woman in the Couple -- 7.2 The Level of Economic Security -- 7.3 Values -- 8 Results -- 8.1 The Economic Role of the Woman in the Couple -- 8.2 The Level of Economic Security -- 8.3 Values -- 9 Discussion -- 10 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: The Social Geography of Unmarried Cohabitation in the USA, 2007-2011 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Social Context and the Meaning of Cohabitation -- 3 Some Major Differentials in the Incidence of Current Cohabitation, 1990-2011.