The Economic Consequences of the Dissolution of Cohabiting Unions

By Sarah A. Avellar, P. Smock. 2005

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Subfields: Demography, Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science

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For Better or For Worse? The Consequences of Marriage and Cohabitation for Single Mothers (2008, background): “Yet cohabitation does provide economic benefits, reducing financial hardship, particularly for black and Hispanic women (”
Household composition and poverty among female-headed households with children : Differences by race and residence (2006, background): “Moreover, women experience considerable financial hardship when a cohabiting union ends (Avellar and Smock 2005).”
Poverty and the American Family: A Decade in Review (2010, background): “Indeed, since Bane and Ellwood published their seminal paper, ‘‘Slipping into and out of Poverty’’ in 1986, a slow but steady stream of scholarship on triggering events has developed. In their review of the literature on poverty triggers, Cellini et al. concluded that findings regarding poverty entr”
Socioeconomic Status, Family Processes, and Individual Development (2010, background): “…both cohabiting and married couples, such relationship disruptions are related to physical and psychological difficulties and to economic dislocations, especially for women (e.g., Avellar & Smock, 2005; Blekesaune, 2008; Liu & Umberson, 2008; Williams & Dunne-Bryant, 2006: Zhang & Hayward, 2006).”
Breaking up Romantic Relationships: Costs Experienced and Coping Strategies Deployed (2008, background): “…romantic relationship termination, researchers have focused mostly on the divorces of married couples, examining proximate factors such as division of shared resources and effects of divorce on dependent children (Amato, 2000; Avellar and Smock, 2005; Gray and Silver, 1990; Sbarra and Emery, 2005).”
Partnership Instability and Child Well-Being (2007, background): “Separation from cohabitation is also associated with a decline in resources (Avellar & Smock, 2005).”