Shani Campbell English 1102-01 Ms.

Ingram February 27, 2013

Annotated Bibliography

Anderson, Kerby. "Cohabitation." Probe Ministries - A Christian Worldview and Apologetics Ministry-Probe Ministries. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Apr. 2013. <http://www.probe.org/site/c.fdKEIMNsEoG/b.4219319/k.957C/Cohabitation.htm>. This article is about the religious aspect of premarital cohabitation and how this trend is going against Gods word about marriage. This article is very detailed and provides a lot of insight on the Christian perspective of premarital cohabitation. I am planning on using this information to give my audience a view of how people of the Christian Church look at premarital cohabitation. This is a very good source because it is very detailed and the author backs up their beliefs by referring back to the Bible. Batalova, Jeanne A., and Philip N. Cohen. "Premarital Cohabitation And Housework: Couples In Cross-National Perspective." Journal Of Marriage And Family 3 (2002): 743. JSTOR Arts & Sciences II. Web. 12 Mar. 2013. This article is about a study that first establishes the fact that across all countries, women do more housework than men. Then the study further investigates how married couples who cohabitated before they married share a more equal responsibility for housework. Finally the author concludes that since cohabitating is becoming more of a trend in society that there will also be a trend of more married couples having equal division of housework amongst themselves. I do not know what I will do with this information, but I do believe that it could be valuable to my research as well as the papers that I will be writing in the future. I also believe that this is an interesting subject to look at as far as cohabitating is concerned. "Premarital Cohabitation: Pros, Cons, and Stats." This Is My Broomstick. N.p., 19 Jun 2012. Web. Web. 27 Feb. 2013. <http://alisonsboomstick.blogspot.com/2012/06/premaritalcohabitation-pros-cons-and.html>. This author discusses the pros and cons as well as the statistics about premarital cohabitation. She also touches bases on how people who are considering premarital cohabitation think about this decision and think about how it is the right or wrong decision for them to make. Next she discusses how the correlation between premarital cohabitation and the high risk of divorce does not actually cause the divorce itself. She also discusses the emerging statistics on premarital cohabitation and how the risk of divorce looks now. I believe that this is a credible

source because she makes sure that her sources are accredited for as well as elaborating on her sources so that her audience could understand what her sources were stating. Svarer, Michael. "Is Your Love In Vain? Another Look At Premarital Cohabitation And Divorce." The Journal Of Human Resources 2 (2004): 523. JSTOR Arts & Sciences IV. Web. 27 Feb. 2013. This author performed a study on if premarital cohabitation could put the future marriage at risk. He theoretically formed a hypothesis on his study stating, Couples who cohabit should have a lower subsequent risk of divorce since cohabitation enables you to gather information about match quality, and only good matches evolve into marriage. He shows evidence about how he found completely different results from the theory that he had came up with. I believe that this is a credible source because he gives statistics for the data that he gathered during his research as well as accrediting many sources of his own.

Watson, Roy. "Premarital Cohabitation vs. Traditional Courtship: Their Effects on Subsequent Marital Adjustment." Family Relations. 32.1 (1983): 139-147. Web. 28 Feb. 2013. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/583989>. This author discusses cohabitating couples and compares them to married couples who did not cohabitate before marriage. He pulled his sample from the general population and then conducted a survey finding out the differences between couples who are cohabitating and married couples who went the more traditional route when it came to cohabitating. I believe that this source is credible because the author accredits his sources as well as giving information on the demographics of his sample and letting his audience know what was included within the survey that he provided to his sample. Willoughby, BJ, JS Carroll, and DM Busby. "The Different Effects Of "Living Together": Determining And Comparing Types Of Cohabiting Couples." Journal Of Social And Personal Relationships 29.3 (n.d.): 397-419. Social Sciences Citation Index. Web. 13 Mar. 2013. This article is a study that was put together of five different cohabitating couples that ranged from engaged to non-engaged and the couples were compared on various measures. The results then showed that engaged cohabitating couples did how have an increased risk of divorce like the non-engaged couples who were unsure of if they were going to marry or not. This source seems very credible and it seems like it will be a great asset to my research on my topic as well as being a very well-put study with very elaborate results.