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1.	Beattie, Brett
1.	Non-marital and Marital Cohabitation Partners: Are the Effects on Marital Quality the Same? Presented: Atlanta GA, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2010 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: American Sociological Association Keyword(s): Cohabitation; Marital Satisfaction/Quality; Marriage; Propensity Scores Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, propensity score matching is used to estimate the effect of cohabiting on subsequent marital quality as compared to those who marry without experiencing a cohabitation. I divide the sample into two, those who only cohabited with their eventual marriage partner and those who experienced a cohabitation with a non-marital partner. I find there is no treatment effect among those whose cohabitation experience is restricted to their future spouse, while those who had a different partner experienced a decline in marital quality as compared to those with no cohabitation experience. Various matching algorithms are used and robustness tests are performed. These results suggest that it is experience of different residential partners that decreases subsequent marital quality, rather than cohabitation itself.
	Bibliography Citation Beattie, Brett. "Non-marital and Marital Cohabitation Partners: Are the Effects on Marital Quality the Same?" Presented: Atlanta GA, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2010.

2.	Beattie, Brett
2.	Relationship Transitions among First-Time Cohabitors: Predicting Marriage or Dissolution in a Competing Risks Framework Presented: San Francisco CA, Population Association of America Meetings, May 2012 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Cohabitation; Fertility; Marital Dissolution; Marriage Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This study assesses the relative risk of moving into a marriage relationship among cohabiting couples as opposed to dissolution. Exchange theory is used to explore the link between human and economic capital attainment and the likelihood of marriage. Using longitudinal data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth 1997 we are able to assess how both personal and couple level variables affects the competing risks of marriage and dissolution as compared to continuing to cohabit. It was found that income variables did little to increase the risk of marriage; however, not knowing your partner's income had strong effects on the hazard of both marriage and dissolution. It was also found that fertility variables play a large role, with pregnancy increasing marriage risk and decreasing dissolution. Interestingly, having a biological child present decreased the risk of dissolution and this effect grew stronger over time.
	Bibliography Citation Beattie, Brett. "Relationship Transitions among First-Time Cohabitors: Predicting Marriage or Dissolution in a Competing Risks Framework." Presented: San Francisco CA, Population Association of America Meetings, May 2012.

3.	Beattie, Brett James, Spencer
3.	Pathways to Marriage and Union Formation among Young Adults Presented: Las Vegas NV, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2011 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: American Sociological Association Keyword(s): Cohabitation; Marriage Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Union formation among young adults has changed drastically over the past few decades. This paper provides an overview of the changes in union formation pathways for American young adults with an emphasis upon multiple cohabitation relationships. Using data from the NLSY97, young adults are tracked from 12-16 years of age till 24-28 years, which encompasses the prime union formation years. Approximately 60% of first coresidential relationships were a cohabitation relationship, over a half of which would end in dissolution (with approximately equal numbers having married and that are still cohabiting.. It is found that of those who dissolve their first cohabitation relationship, just under two-thirds will enter a second cohabitation. This paper includes the identity of the partners and finds around a third of the second cohabitation relationships were started with the same partner from the first. This paper also examines the variations in pathways by education levels and race. By including both higher order relationships and information on partner identity, a nuanced and complex picture of union formation emerges. By emphasizing the numerous union formation pathways young adults can take, this paper urges family researchers to care when using summary measures of cohabitation, as this can omit vital nuances in the pathways taken by young adults.
	Bibliography Citation Beattie, Brett and Spencer James. "Pathways to Marriage and Union Formation among Young Adults." Presented: Las Vegas NV, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2011.

4.	James, Spencer Beattie, Brett
4.	Premarital Cohabitation and Marital Quality: A Reassessment Presented: Washington, DC, Population Association of America Annual Meetings, March 31-April 2, 2011 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Cohabitation; Family Structure; Marital Satisfaction/Quality; Marital Stability Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Prior research has established a relationship between premarital cohabitation and subsequent marital outcomes, with cohabitors generally reporting lower marital quality. Using preliminary data from the NLSY97 and borrowing heavily from the strengths of propensity scores, we employ a novel method for concurrently examining the impact of two perspectives (social selection and experience of cohabitation) commonly used to explain the negative relationship outcomes cohabitors experience. Results reveal that the experience of cohabitation is negatively related to marital quality but only when selection factors are not included in the model. We find (preliminary) support for the social selection perspective, thereby supporting prior work. Procedures for estimating the full model are then articulated. This paper, then, makes several contributions, the primary being the ability to model selection into the experience of cohabitation in the same model. These results serve to underscore the complex pathways between union formation, family structure, and marital outcomes.
	Bibliography Citation James, Spencer and Brett Beattie. "Premarital Cohabitation and Marital Quality: A Reassessment." Presented: Washington, DC, Population Association of America Annual Meetings, March 31-April 2, 2011.

5.	James, Spencer Beattie, Brett
5.	Reassessing the Link between Women's Premarital Cohabitation and Marital Quality Social Forces 91,2 (December 2012): 635-662. Also: http://sf.oxfordjournals.org/content/91/2/635 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Oxford University Press Keyword(s): Cohabitation; Family Structure; Marital Satisfaction/Quality Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Using data from 2,898 women from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-1979, we employ a novel method to examine two perspectives, social selection and the experience of cohabitation, commonly used to explain the negative relationship outcomes cohabiting women report. Results reveal cohabitation is negatively related to marital happiness and communication and positively related to conflict. As in previous research, selection mechanisms appear to increase the odds of cohabitation while decreasing marital happiness. A closer examination of the problem also reveals a negative effect of the experience of cohabitation. This paper's primary contributions are the ability to model selection and experience in the same model and evidence of a robust effect of cohabitation on marital quality. These results underscore the complex pathways between union formation, family structure and marital outcomes.
	Bibliography Citation James, Spencer and Brett Beattie. "Reassessing the Link between Women's Premarital Cohabitation and Marital Quality." Social Forces 91,2 (December 2012): 635-662.

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