The ties that bind

• Acknowledgments
• p. ix

• Introduction
• p. 1

• 1
• The Changing Shape of Ties That Bind: An Overview and Synthesis
• p. 3

• I.
• Trends in Marriage and Cohabitation

• 2
• Recent Trends and Differentials in Marriage and Cohabitation: The United States
• p. 19

• 3
• European Perspectives on Union Formation
• p. 40

• 4
• Historical Trends in Marriage Formation: The United States 1850-1990
• p. 59

• II.
• Perspectives on How Unions Are Formed

• 5
• The Evolutionary Psychology of Marriage and Divorce
• p. 91

• 6
• Theorizing Marriage
• p. 111

• 7
• Toward a New Home Socioeconomics of Union Formation
• p. 126

• III.
• Values, Attitudes, and Norms about Marriage

• 8
• The Transformation in the Meaning of Marriage
• p. 147

• 9
• Marital Values and Expectations in Context: Results from a 21-City Survey
• p. 166

• 10
• Ethnicity, Immigration, and Beliefs about Marriage as a "Tie That Binds"
• p. 188

• 11
• Values and Living Arrangements: A Recursive Relationship
• p. 212

• 12
• Religion as a Determinant of Entry into Cohabitation and Marriage
• p. 227

• 13
• A Typology of Processes of Commitment to Marriage: Why Do Partners Commit to Problematic Relationships?
• p. 253

• IV.
• Economics, Role Specialization, and the Returns to Marriage

• 14
• The Continuing Importance of Men's Economic Position in Marriage Formation
• p. 283

• 15
• Female Wages, Male Wages, and the Economic Model of Marriage: The Basic Evidence
• p. 302

• 16
• Marriage, the Costs of Children, and Gender Inequality
• p. 320

• 17
• Understanding the Distribution of Housework between Husbands and Wives
• p. 343

• 18
• On the Determination of Wages: Does Marriage Matter?
• p. 356

• 19
• Trends in Men's and Women's Well-Being in Marriage
• p. 368

• Index
• p. 393