Risk-avoidance or utmost commitment? Dutch focus group research on cohabitation and marriage

BACKGROUND Dutch adults grew up in a highly individualized country, characterized by high divorce rates, which may have influenced their views on cohabitation and marriage. OBJECTIVE We examine Dutch adults‘ perceptions of how similar or different cohabitation and marriage are, whether they believe that cohabitation would be a strategy to avoid the risk of divorce, as well as their views on why people marry in individualized societies. METHODS We analyze seven focus group interviews with 40 Dutch participants, collected in 2012 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. RESULTS Many participants discussed... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Hiekel, N.
Keizer, R.
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
Reihe/Periodikum: Hiekel , N & Keizer , R 2015 , ' Risk-avoidance or utmost commitment? Dutch focus group research on cohabitation and marriage ' , Demographic Research , vol. 32 , 10 , pp. 311-340 . https://doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2015.32.10
Schlagwörter: cohabitation / marriage / focus group / Rotterdam / Netherlands / perception / commitment / risk avoidance / SSCI
Sprache: Englisch
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