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The Determinants of Cohabitation
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Farhad Nosratinejad1   , Giti Bahrami2 |
1- University of social welfare and rehabilitation sciences
2- Department of social welfare management, school of education sciences and social welfare, University of social welfare and rehabilitation sciences, Tehran, Iran. , bahramigiti@gmail.com |
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Abstract: (6003 Views) |
Introduction: In today's world, men and women live together in different ways. According to statistics; cohabitation as a new form of living together is increasing. Since cohabitation challenged family institution, logical facing to these challenges is a must and need policymaking. Policymaking, in turn, requires an understanding of the factors leading to cohabitation. So this review article aimed to examine the determinants of cohabitation.
Methods: This article is a systematic review article. Cohabitation keyword was searched in most important Persian and English databases limited to years between 2000 to 2016. Finally, twelve articles were selected and reviewed.
Results: The results explained three factors affect tend to cohabitation. At the macro level, liberal and neoliberal policies, commodification and fluidity of modern life; in the middle level, family status, religion and culture; and in the micro level, wellbeing, economic rationality, age, gender, and education; were determinants of tending to cohabitation.
Conclusions: The tendency to cohabitation could be reduced by changing in economic and social policies, facilitate the marriage condition, creating economic security, eliminating gender-based discrimination and providing training for young. |
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| Keywords: Cohabitation, Determinants of Cohabitation, Social Policy |
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Type of Study: Review Article |
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Received: 2017/04/29 | Accepted: 2018/01/23 | Published: 2018/01/23
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