A Renewed Social Institution: Non-marital Cohabitation

In this article it is shown that cohabitation (not legally married but living under marriage-like conditions) is an old Nordic tradition still remaining to some extent in Iceland and frequently occurring in Sweden and Denmark. Evidence proves that the ancient tradition of cohabitation is returning....

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Published in:Acta Sociologica
Main Author: Trost, Jan
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 1978
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Iceland
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/000169937802100402
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spelling crsagepubl:10.1177/000169937802100402 2024-06-16T07:40:56+00:00 A Renewed Social Institution: Non-marital Cohabitation Trost, Jan 1978 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/000169937802100402 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/000169937802100402 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Acta Sociologica volume 21, issue 4, page 303-316 ISSN 0001-6993 1502-3869 journal-article 1978 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/000169937802100402 2024-05-19T12:59:00Z In this article it is shown that cohabitation (not legally married but living under marriage-like conditions) is an old Nordic tradition still remaining to some extent in Iceland and frequently occurring in Sweden and Denmark. Evidence proves that the ancient tradition of cohabitation is returning. It is assumed that the phenomenon of a post-industrialized society is instrumental in causing the societal change into this renewed social institution of cohabitation. It is also shown that the dyad as a stable unit is still popular, and thus that the nuclear family system is still preferred and prevalent. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland SAGE Publications Acta Sociologica 21 4 303 316
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description In this article it is shown that cohabitation (not legally married but living under marriage-like conditions) is an old Nordic tradition still remaining to some extent in Iceland and frequently occurring in Sweden and Denmark. Evidence proves that the ancient tradition of cohabitation is returning. It is assumed that the phenomenon of a post-industrialized society is instrumental in causing the societal change into this renewed social institution of cohabitation. It is also shown that the dyad as a stable unit is still popular, and thus that the nuclear family system is still preferred and prevalent.
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