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Marriage Following the Birth of a Child Among Cohabiting and Visiting Parents


  Author: Cynthia Osborne
Publisher: Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
Publication:
Document Date:                  March 01, 2004
Category: Children > Children Born Out of Wedlock
Related Categories:
Education > Parental Education
Family Economics > Family Income
Family Structure > Household Characteristics
Family Transitions > Premarital Cohabitation
Marriage > Marriage
Parenthood/Childrearing > Cohabiting Parents
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
 

This paper examines factors that affect the likelihood that unmarried parents will marry after the birth of their child.  It finds that for parents in cohabiting relationships, maternal education is a predictor of marriage, while for parents who are dating but living separately the woman's financial earnings predict the likelihood of marriage.

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