Moving in or breaking up? The role of distance in the development of romantic relationships


Krapf, Sandra



DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10680-017-9428-2
URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10680-0...
Weitere URL: https://ideas.repec.org/a/spr/eurpop/v34y2018i3d10...
Dokumenttyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Titel einer Zeitschrift oder einer Reihe: European Journal of Population = Revue Européenne de Démographie
Band/Volume: 34
Heft/Issue: 3
Seitenbereich: 313-336
Ort der Veröffentlichung: Dordrecht [u.a.]
Verlag: Springer Science + Business Media B.V.
ISSN: 0168-6577 , 1572-9885
Sprache der Veröffentlichung: Englisch
Einrichtung: Außerfakultäre Einrichtungen > MZES - Arbeitsbereich A
Fachgebiet: 300 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie
Abstract: Most romantic relationships start with a living apart together (LAT) phase during which the partners live in two separate households. Over time, a couple might decide to move in together, to separate, or to remain together while maintaining their nonresidential status. This study investigates the competing risks that partners in a LAT relationship will experience the transition to coresidence or to separation. We consider the amount of time LAT partners have to travel to see each other to be a key determinant of relationship development. For our statistical analyses, we use seven waves of the German Family Panel Pairfam (2008/2009–2014/2015) and analyze couples in the age group 20–40 years. We distinguish between short-distance relationships (the partners have to travel less than one hour) and long-distance relationships (the partners have to travel one hour or more). Estimating a competing risks model, we find that couples in long-distance relationships are more likely to separate than those living in close proximity. By contrast, the probability of experiencing a transition to coresidence is lower for LAT couples in long-distance than for those in short-distance relationships. Interaction analyses reveal that distance seems to be irrelevant for the relationship development of couples with two nonemployed (unemployed, in education or other inactive) partners.




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