Financial Disagreements and Money Management Among Older Married and Cohabiting Couples in Sweden

Disagreements among cohabiting and married couples in 22 European countries

BACKGROUND Cross-national research suggests that married people have higher levels of well-being than cohabiting people. However, relationship quality has both positive and negative dimensions. Researchers have paid little attention to disagreements within cohabiting and married couples. OBJECTIVE This study aims to improve our understanding of the meaning of cohabitation by examining disagreem...

Relationship Quality among Cohabiting versus Married Couples

Disillusionment in Cohabiting and Married Couples: A National Study

Using a national sample of married (N = 752) and cohabiting (N = 323) couples, we examined the association between disillusionment and self-perceived break-up likelihood. Because disillusionment had not previously been studied in cohabiting couples, its extent and consequences for them were not known. We found considerable disillusionment in cohabiters, their mean level exceeding that of marrie...

Risk perception and condom use among married or cohabiting couples in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

CONTEXT Most HIV prevention efforts focus on premarital and extramarital sexual behavior, but in areas with high HIV prevalence the protective needs of married and cohabiting couples are just as great and often go unmet. Condom use by these couples is generally low, with resistance from men and cultural norms commonly cited as barriers to increased use. METHODS A household survey was conducte...

Partner caregiving in older cohabiting couples.

OBJECTIVES Despite the rapidly increasing prevalence of cohabitation among older adults, the caregiving literature has exclusively focused on formally married individuals. Extending prior work on intra-couple care, this study contrasts frail cohabitors' patterns of care receipt from a partner to that of frail spouses. METHODS Using nationally representative panel data from the Health and Reti...