title: Marriage and cohabitation in a changing society:  experience of Norwegian men and women born in 1945 and 1960.
abstract: "Retrospective survey data are used to estimate the effect of various factors on the transitions to first marriage or first cohabitation among single Norwegian men and women born in 1945 and 1960. A high educational level is not found to reduce marriage intensities for women, although educational enrollment appears to be less compatible with marriage for women than men.  The effect of employment varies according to prevailing sex-role expectations.  The data support the assumption that modern cohabitation developed from two socially opposite origins, the educated elite and the working class.  A social value dimension is assumed to have a major effect upon the present-day choice between marriage and cohabitation." (SUMMARY IN FRE)
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Blom
mesh_terms: D001519:Behavior; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment; D005060:Europe; D017533:Marital Status; D008393:Marriage; D009664:Norway; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011584:Psychology; D012537:Scandinavian and Nordic Countries; D012737:Sex Factors; D012919:Social Behavior; D012923:Social Class; D012945:Social Values; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Behavior; Consensual Union--determinants; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Educational Status; Employment Status; Europe; Female Role; Male Role; Marital Status--determinants; Marriage Patterns; Marriage--determinants; Northern Europe; Norway; Nuptiality; Population; Population Characteristics; Psychological Factors; Scandinavia; Sex Factors; Social Behavior; Social Class; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Value Orientation