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Living Apart Together and Cohabitation Intentions in Great Britain

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Coulter, Rory 
Hu, Yang 

Abstract

jats:p A growing number of studies examine how, why, and when people form and maintain living apart together (LAT) relationships. Although this literature shows that LAT is a diverse and ambiguous practice, little is known about whether people live apart together in particular ways under distinct constellations of life course circumstances. Moreover, it is unclear how intentions to convert LAT into cohabitation are configured by life trajectories. Drawing on data from an unprecedentedly large survey of people in LAT partnerships, we construct a fourfold typology of individuals in LAT relationships and show that each of the identified profiles is characterized by a distinctive position in the life course and different cohabitation intentions. These results indicate that LAT is a flexible way to practice partnership within the context of life course circumstances. </jats:p>

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This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from SAGE via https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X15619461

Keywords

Cohabitation intentions, intimate relationships, life course, living apart together, partnership

Journal Title

Journal of Family Issues

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Journal ISSN

0192-513X
1552-5481

Volume Title

38

Publisher

SAGE Publications
Sponsorship
The corresponding author acknowledges support from an ESRC Future Research Leaders award.