Educational differentials in cohabitors' marriage intentions at different childbearing stages in seven European countries
Vergauwen, J., Neels, K., & Wood, J. (2017). Social Science Research, 65, 253-267 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2017.03.006
Several studies have looked into the socio-economic gradients of cohabitation and non-marital fertility. According to the theory of the Second Demographic Transition, highly educated individuals can be considered as forerunners in the western European spread of non-marital family forms after the 1970s. In central and eastern Europe (CEE), however, research has provided evidence for a Pattern of Disadvantage where those …