Cohabitation and partner relationship in Japan

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This research analyses the effect of cohabitation on the division of household labor and partner relationship based on the data derived from Japanese Life Course Panel Survey. The results indicate that married couples with cohabitation experiences and cohabiting couples have a more egalitarian division of household labor. Furthermore, married couples with cohabitation experiences have more active interactions (in terms of the frequencies of conversation and having meals together) between the spouses than their counterparts who do not have cohabitation experience.