Thursday, April 30 / 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM   •   Sapphire Ballroom L

Session 50:
Does Marriage Matter? U.S. and Canadian Perspectives

Chair: Shelley Clark, McGill University
Discussant: Laura Wright, University of Western Ontario

  1. Changing Patterns of Cohabitation in Canada, 1981-2011 • Zheng Wu, University of Victoria

  2. Cohabitation in the U.S. Family Life Course • Susan L. Brown, Bowling Green State University

  3. Family Complexity and Canadian Fathers • Lisa Strohschein, University of Alberta

  4. Changing Patterns of Marriage and Fatherhood in the U.S. • Marcia J. Carlson, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Other sessions on Marriage, Family, Households, and Unions