Abeer Jiries*

Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania. 

*Correspondence: abeerglobal7@gmail.com (Abeer Jiries, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania).

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ABSTRACT 

The trend of unmarried couples choosing to share a home has become more main stream in recent years. In this study, researchers compare the attitudes of cohabiting and newlywed couples toward the decision to have a family. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between cohabitation and reluctance to have children by comparing the attitudes of cohabiting couples and newlyweds. The purpose of this study is to examine the variables that impact family planning choices in contemporary partnerships. There were 40 participants in this quantitative study, including 20 cohabiting couples and 20 newlywed couples from Israel. Participants filled out a separate questionnaire designed to probe their feelings about having children and family planning. T-tests and other statistical analyses were used to evaluate differences in responses between the two groups. The average score for newlyweds was 4.3, while the average score for cohabiting couples was 2.8 on a Likert scale measuring agreement with the value of having children within families. Statistical tests verified the significant gaps in perspectives on family planning between the two groups. The research shows that cohabiting couples and newlyweds have quite different perspectives on motherhood. Despite certain caveats, the results seem to indicate that cohabiting couples are less likely to want to have a family than married ones. This study adds important context to the conversation about how relationships and social norms are changing over time, and it highlights the need to do future research with more significant and varied populations.

Keywords: Cohabitation, Marriage, Children, Family planning, Newlyweds, Quantitative study, and Motherhood.

Citation: Jiries A. (2024). The relationship between cohabitation and the reluctance to have children, Br. J. Arts Humanit., 6(2), 80-85. https://doi.org/10.34104/bjah.024080085

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