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Repartnering: the relevance of parenthood and gender to cohabitation and remarriage among the formerly married
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UNSPECIFIED (1999) Repartnering: the relevance of parenthood and gender to cohabitation and remarriage among the formerly married. In: Annual Meeting of the British-Society-for-Population-Studies, ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND, SEP, 1996. Published in: BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY, 50 (3). pp. 443-465.
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This paper is an exploratory:, analysis of the impact of current and anticipated parenthood on cohabitation:and remarriage among those formerly living in marriage-type relationships. The focus on children is embedded within a broader analysis of repartnering which takes account of other factors, including gender. Quantitative and qualitative analyses are used, with a multivariate analysis:sis of repartnering patterns, using data from the General Household Survey, being complemented by in-depth interview data examining the attitudes of the formerly married to future relationships. The paper demonstrates that parenthood has a statistically significant effect on the likelihood of formerly married women repartnering, with a higher number of children being associated with a lower probability: of repartnering. The presence of children can work against repartnering in a variety of ways. Children place demands on their parents and carl deter or object to potential partners. Parents may see their parental role as more important than, and a barrier to, new relationships. However, mothers are typically looking for partners for themselves rather than fathers for their children. Among formerly married people without children, the desire to become a parent encourages repartnering. The paper concludes that parenthood should be a key consideration in analyses of repartnering.
| Item Type: | Conference Item (UNSPECIFIED) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
| Journal or Publication Title: | BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY |
| Publisher: | ROUTLEDGE |
| ISSN: | 0007-1315 |
| Date: | September 1999 |
| Volume: | 50 |
| Number: | 3 |
| Number of Pages: | 23 |
| Page Range: | pp. 443-465 |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Title of Event: | Annual Meeting of the British-Society-for-Population-Studies |
| Location of Event: | ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND |
| Date(s) of Event: | SEP, 1996 |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/14199 |
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