Cohabitation (sociology)

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Cohabitation describes a marriage-like connection - i.e. the intimate coexistence of at least two people over a long period of time ( life partnership ). The term cohabitation is used in the social sciences and above all in sociology and is used particularly frequently in population sociology .

Scientific importance

The term cohabitation can close conceptual and content-related gaps within population sociology : For example, Yasemin Niephaus suggests in her book Population Sociology that the population- relevant process of nuptiality - i.e. marriages as a precondition for children - due to the current low importance in society for the desire to have children should be expanded through cohabitation. In this way, the focus in demographics could also be directed towards “unmarried partnerships as a place where families can be started” (Niephaus, 2012: 13).

literature

  • Yasemin Niephaus: Population Sociology . An introduction to subject matter, theories and methods. , VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2011, ISBN 978-3-531-15552-4 .