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Public and Private Families: An Introduction, 3/e
Andrew J. Cherlin, Johns Hopkins University

Cohabitation and Marriage

Chapter Outline

Looking Forward

Forming A Union

Anglo-American Courtship

The Rise and Fall of Dating

The Trend toward Independent Living

Who Marries Whom?

The Marriage Market

The Changing Marriage Bargain

Union Formation: A Summing Up

Cohabitation

Cohabitation as a Substitute for Marriage

Cohabitation as Part of the Marriage Process

Cohabitation among Gays and Lesbians

Cohabitation: A Summing Up

Marriage

The Companionship Marriage

The Independent Marriage

Explaining the Change in Views of Marriage

Marriage and Religion

Is Marriage Good for You?

Marriage as an Ongoing Project

Looking Back

Thinking about Families

Key Terms

Families on the Internet

Boxed Features

families in other cultures: Love and Marriage in Japan

families and public policy: Domestic Partnerships

how do sociologists know what they know?: Archival Research