The meaning of marriage vis-à-vis childbearing in the United States and Europe • Jennifer A. Holland, University of Southampton and Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI)

The changing meaning of cohabitation. A sequence analysis approach • Paola DiGiulio, Wittgenstein Centre (IIASA, VID/ÖAW, WU) ; Roberto Impicciatore, Università degli Studi di Milano ; Maria Sironi, University of Oxford

Cohabitation in Brazil: historical legacy and recent evolution • Anny Carolina Saavedra Morales, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ; Antonio López-Gay, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ; Ron J. Lesthaeghe, University of Michigan and University of California, Irvine ; Julián López-Colás, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ; Maira Covre-Sussai, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven ; Albert Esteve, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

A dirty look from the neighbors. Does living in a religious neighborhood prevent cohabitation? • Irena E. Kotowska, Warsaw School of Economics ; Anna Baranowska-Rataj, Umeå University ; Monika Mynarska, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University

Are cohabiting couples "better" parents than the married ones? Evidence from the Italian Time Use Survey • Maria-Letizia Tanturri, Università di Padova ; Silvia Meggiolaro, Università di Padova