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@article{Zilincikova2020a,
  author = {Zuzana Zilincikova},
  title = {Children’s Living Arrangements after Marital and Cohabitation Dissolution in Europe.},
  year = {2020},
  journal = {Journal of Family Issues},
  month = {May},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X20923721},
  timestamp = {27.08.2020},
  abstract = {The rapid increase of the number of children being born in cohabitation appears to have an important impact on their lives, since they face a higher risk of parental breakup than children born in wedlock. This article aims to provide a cross-national overview of the living arrangements of children following breakup of cohabiting unions and to investigate whether the post-dissolution living arrangements differ between formerly cohabiting and married families. Analyzing the first wave of Generations and Gender Survey for 9 European countries shows that former cohabiters are not more or less likely to establish shared physical custody of their children than formerly married couples; however, formerly cohabiting fathers are somehow less likely to have sole custody of their children. The lower odds of sole-father custody among former cohabiters are caused by the selection of individuals into cohabiting unions (i.e., different demographic characteristics of cohabiting parents and union duration).}
}