Health and well-being in cohabitation versus marriage: are cohabitants' marriage intentions important?
Hewitt, Belinda (University of Melbourne)
Vidal, Sergi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Sociologia)
Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics

Data:	2015
Resum:	We investigated the similarities and differences in health and well-being for individuals in cohabiting relationships compared to marriage, enriching the extant literature by differentiating cohabitants with the intention to marry from those with no intention to marry. We used 18 waves of panel data from the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey (n = 2820) and fixed-effects models to examine within-individual differences in general health, mental health, and life satisfaction across different relationship states and transitions among men and women. Differentiating outcomes when respondents are cohabitants with and without intention to marry was important, and our results suggested notable health differences when respondents were cohabiting but likely to marry, cohabiting but not likely to marry, and married. We did not find consistently that being married was associated with the best overall health and well-being. The findings contribute to a growing body of research suggesting that the health and well-being benefits of marriage are also evident when people are cohabiting.
Nota:	Altres ajuts: Australian Research Council to Hewitt FT140100861
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Marriage ; Cohabitation ; Health ; Well-being ; Life course ; Transitions
Publicat a:	Social sciences & humanities open, Vol. 11 (2015) , ISSN 2590-2911

DOI: 10.1016/j.ssaho.2025.101488

10 p, 1.5 MB

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