Class Differences in Cohabitation Processes.
Class Differences in Cohabitation Processes.
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同居过程中的阶级差异。
DOI：
10.1111/j.1741-3729.2010.00640.x
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发表时间：
2011
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影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Miller,AmandaJ
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作者：
Sassler,Sharon;Miller,AmandaJ
尽管同居文学蓬勃发展，研究未能研究形成和推进这种联盟的过程中的社会阶层变化。根据对122名工人和中产阶级同居者的深入采访，我们研究了约会和同居之间的持续时间，同居的原因以及随后的计划。在工人阶级中，向同居的转变更为迅速。受访者同居通常是出于实际原因出于经济需要，因为方便，或者满足住房需求。不管社会阶层地位如何，很少有夫妇以“试婚”的方式同居。尽管如此，中产阶级的同居者比工人阶级的同居者更有可能订婚。我们的研究结果表明，有必要重新评估共同的信念，同居所服务的作用，并建议同居已成为另一个地方，家庭的结果是由社会阶层分化。
Despite the burgeoning cohabitation literature, research has failed to examine social class variation in processes of forming and advancing such unions. Drawing upon in‐depth interviews with 122 working‐ and middle‐class cohabitors, we examine the duration between dating and moving in together, reasons for cohabiting, and subsequent plans. Transitions to cohabitation are more rapid among the working class. Respondents often cohabited for practical reasons—out of financial necessity, because it was convenient, or to meet a housing need. Regardless of social class status, few couples move in together as a “trial marriage.” Nonetheless, middle‐class cohabitors were more likely to have become engaged than their working‐class counterparts. Our findings indicate the need to reassess common beliefs regarding the role served by cohabitation and suggest that cohabitation has become another location where family outcomes are diverging by social class.