Unmarried cohabitation in Czechoslovakia
Language English Country Czech Republic Media print
Document type Journal Article
PubMed
12343919
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- Keywords
- Consensual Union *, Czechoslovakia, Developed Countries, Eastern Europe, Europe, Marriage, Marriage Patterns *, Nuptiality *, Remarriage *,
- MeSH
- Marriage * MeSH
- Developed Countries MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Geographicals
- Czechoslovakia MeSH
- Europe MeSH
- Europe, Eastern MeSH
Trends in consensual union in Czechoslovakia are discussed using data from two surveys conducted in 1985 and 1990. "Results showed that 31% and 37% of couples contracting their first marriage lived together in 1985 and 1990, respectively. The proportion of cohabitants among couples contracting a second or third marriage was 73% and 77%. Our conclusion is that unmarried cohabitation in Czechoslovakia...is not of a Scandinavian type.... We call it 'engaged cohabitation', which is oriented toward marriage."