Rising Rates of Cohabitation and the Odds of Repartnering : Does the Gap between Men and Women Disappear?

KREIDL, Martin and Barbora HUBATKOVÁ. Rising Rates of Cohabitation and the Odds of Repartnering : Does the Gap between Men and Women Disappear? Journal of Divorce & Remarriage. Routledge, vol. 58, No 7, p. 487-506. ISSN 1050-2556. doi:10.1080/10502556.2017.1343580. 2017.

Basic information

• Original name: Rising Rates of Cohabitation and the Odds of Repartnering : Does the Gap between Men and Women Disappear?
• Authors: KREIDL, Martin (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Barbora HUBATKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, Routledge, 2017, 1050-2556.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 50401 Sociology
• Country of publisher: United States of America
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14230/17:00095068
• Organization unit: Faculty of Social Studies
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10502556.2017.1343580
• Keywords in English: Cohabitation; divorce; gender gap; remarriage; repartnering
• Tags: rivok
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

Men are more likely to repartner than women. This pattern might reflect gender disparities in barriers to repartnering. When rates of cohabitation increase, the gender disparity might shrink, as cohabitation is a less institutionalized form of coresidential partnership and therefore has lower entry barriers in comparison to marriage. Using event-history models applied to Czech data from the Generations and Gender Survey, we show that the odds of repartnering were indeed higher among men than among women in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. No significant change in the gender effect, however, was found. Similarly, the analysis revealed no change in the effect of gender on the odds of entering cohabitation rather than marriage.

Links

• GB14-36154G, research and development project: Name: Dynamika změny v české společnosti

Investor: Czech Science Foundation