Trajectories of Couple Relationship Quality after Childbirth : Does Marriage Matter ?
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Marital quality typically declines after the birth of a (first) child, as parenthood brings new identities and responsibilities for mothers and fathers. Yet, it is less clear whether nonmarital, cohabiting relationship quality follows a similar trajectory, particularly given the greater selectivity of cohabiting relationships that persist over time. This paper uses data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N=2,409) with latent growth curve models to examine relationship quality for co-resident couples over nine years after a child’s birth. Findings suggest that marriage at birth is protective for couple relationship quality, net of various individual characteristics associated with marriage, compared to all cohabiting couples at birth; however, marriage does not differentiate relationship quality compared to the subset of stablycohabiting couples. Also, cohabiting couples who get married after the birth have better relationship quality compared to all cohabitors who do not marry—though less so when compared to stably-cohabiting couples.
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