Has there been a return to traditional patterns of education and cohabitation in Britain?

New research published in Population and Development Review examines cohabitation in relation to education. It has found that, in Britain, the relationship between the two seems to be reinstating longstanding social patterns usually associated with marriage.

The research, carried out by CPC member, Professor Maire Ni Brolchain, and CPC associate, Dr Eva Beaujouan, looks at how even though well-educated women pioneered cohabitation in Britain in the 1970s and 1980s, in the most recent cohorts, the less educated are cohabiting more at a younger age. The main difference is mostly a matter of timing: the less educated start cohabiting earlier than the best educated.

Read the full open access article on the Population and Development Review website (DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2013.00611.x)

Posted 16/09/2013 16:08