title: Marriage risks, cohabitation and premarital births in Canada.
abstract: "This paper is an attempt to examine the trends in union formation among various cohorts and to identify some of the socio-demographic correlates of marital timing.  The data for this study are taken from the Canadian Fertility Survey of 1984.  The results indicate that there is no immediate crisis for the family in Canada, but that many are choosing cohabitation as a preferred mode of first union formation at early stages. Young women (below 25 years of age), residents of large metropolitan areas, those with a university education and those with low religious commitment are more likely than others to be delayers of marriage." (SUMMARY IN FRE)
authors.forename: K V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Rao
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000569:Americas; D002170:Canada; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D005191:Family Characteristics; D007086:Illegitimacy; D008393:Marriage; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D012067:Religion; D012923:Social Class; D012940:Social Problems; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Age Factors; Americas; Canada; Consensual Union; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Educational Status--women; Family And Household; Illegitimacy; Marriage; Marriage Age; Marriage Patterns; Marriage Postponement; North America; Northern America; Nuptiality; Population; Population Characteristics; Religion; Social Problems; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status