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TY - JOUR
T1 - Living apart together and cohabitation intentions in Great Britain
AU - Coulter, Rory
AU - Hu, Yang
PY - 2017/7/16
Y1 - 2017/7/16
N2 - A growing number of studies examine how, why, and when people form and maintain living apart together (LAT) relationships. Although this literature shows that LAT is a diverse and ambiguous practice, little is known about whether people live apart together in particular ways under distinct constellations of life course circumstances. Moreover, it is unclear how intentions to convert LAT into cohabitation are configured by life trajectories. Drawing on data from an unprecedentedly large survey of people in LAT partnerships, we construct a fourfold typology of individuals in LAT relationships and show that each of the identified profiles is characterized by a distinctive position in the life course and different cohabitation intentions. These results indicate that LAT is a flexible way to practice partnership within the context of life course circumstances.
AB - A growing number of studies examine how, why, and when people form and maintain living apart together (LAT) relationships. Although this literature shows that LAT is a diverse and ambiguous practice, little is known about whether people live apart together in particular ways under distinct constellations of life course circumstances. Moreover, it is unclear how intentions to convert LAT into cohabitation are configured by life trajectories. Drawing on data from an unprecedentedly large survey of people in LAT partnerships, we construct a fourfold typology of individuals in LAT relationships and show that each of the identified profiles is characterized by a distinctive position in the life course and different cohabitation intentions. These results indicate that LAT is a flexible way to practice partnership within the context of life course circumstances.
KW - cohabitation intentions
KW - intimate relationships
KW - life course
KW - living apart
KW - partnership
KW - together
U2 - 10.1177/0192513X15619461
DO - 10.1177/0192513X15619461
M3 - Journal article
VL - 38
SP - 1701
EP - 1729
JO - Journal of Family Issues
JF - Journal of Family Issues
SN - 0192-513X
IS - 12
ER -