title: Unmarried cohabitation in Czechoslovakia.
abstract: Trends in consensual union in Czechoslovakia are discussed using data from two surveys conducted in 1985 and 1990.  "Results showed that 31% and 37% of couples contracting their first marriage lived together in 1985 and 1990, respectively.  The proportion of cohabitants among couples contracting a second or third marriage was 73% and 77%.  Our conclusion is that unmarried cohabitation in Czechoslovakia...is not of a Scandinavian type.... We call it 'engaged cohabitation', which is oriented toward marriage."
mesh_terms: D003604:Czechoslovakia; D019049:Developed Countries; D005060:Europe; D005061:Europe, Eastern; D008393:Marriage
keywords: Consensual Union; Czechoslovakia; Developed Countries; Eastern Europe; Europe; Marriage; Marriage Patterns; Nuptiality; Remarriage