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"Are we bowling alone? Findings from the American Time Use Survey
Vincent Louis, Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Minnesota Population Center; and Sarah Flood, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota and Research Fellow at the Minnesota Population Center
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February 18, 2008 12:15 PM
February 18, 2008 01:15 PM
February 18, 2008 from 12:15 pm to 01:15 pm |
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Abstract: Rapid changes in living arrangements and marital status suggest the need for
further consideration of the behavior of individuals in diverse households,
especially those with individuals who are divorced or cohabiting. Using new
data from the American Time Use Survey, we examined how gender, living
arrangements, and marital status affect social relationships with kin and
non-kin. This paper focuses in specifically on the differences between married
and cohabiting individuals. Findings indicate that both women and men in
cohabiting relationships have higher odds of spending time with non-kin and
lower odds of spending time with kin than those who are married. However, when
cohabiting partners were included as kin in the analyses, there were no
significant differences between married and cohabiting individuals. Results
suggest the importance of conceptualization of kin and non-kin groups. They
also suggest that cohabiting and married couples may be more similar to one
another than previously thought
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