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Cohabitation

Commentary
Why the Best Valentine's Day Gift Is a Good Night of Sleep
There are some habits and behaviors that help promote sleep. There are some habits and behaviors that get in the way of sleep. If you and your partner are looking to improve your shared sleep together, you might start by looking at how well, or not well, your individual habits and behaviors are working for you.
Feb 11, 2022
Commentary
For Valentine's Day, a Good Night's Sleep May Be the Best Gift
With Valentine's Day approaching, many may be pondering traditional gift-giving strategies. Maybe it's flowers, chocolates, or jewelry? But consider this: As we continue to endure the challenges of pandemic living, perhaps the greatest gift you could give to your partner (and yourself) is a good night of sleep.
Feb 11, 2022
Commentary
How Creating a Pillow Talk Ritual Can Help You Get a Good Night's Rest
Working to bolster your sleep can bolster your relationship quality, and vice versa, and individually or collectively, they can both bolster your health. A simple technique can help build a habit around connecting with your partner.
Jul 6, 2021
Commentary
How to Sleep Better Together (or Not): Advice for Sleep-Deprived Couples
There are many reasons why couples are increasingly choosing to sleep apart. When couples work collaboratively to find the sleep solutions that help them both get better sleep, it can improve their shared lives together in and out of bed.
Jun 3, 2021
Commentary
Why Couples Sleeping Apart Is Sometimes a Good Thing
Sleep occupies a major part of a couples' shared experience. When we are well-slept we are happier, more empathic, better communicators, and better problem-solvers, all critical building blocks of healthy relationships.
Apr 28, 2021
Commentary
Don't Let 'Springing Forward' Set You Back in Your Relationship
When we're sleep-deprived, we're more irritable, more prone to conflict, our communication skills suffer, and we're less empathic. Here are five tips to help you protect the health of your body and your relationship as you and your partner weather the storm of daylight saving time.
Mar 10, 2021
Commentary
The COVID-19 Bed-Spread
Sleep science has traditionally viewed sleep as an individual phenomenon. But how well (or poorly) we sleep is clearly tied to the quality of our closest relationships. COVID-19 has further highlighted the critical importance of both healthy sleep and healthy relationships.
Feb 9, 2021
Journal Article
Sleep-Wake Concordance in Couples Is Inversely Associated with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Markers
The degree to which couples are awake or asleep at the same time throughout the night affects nighttime blood pressure and systemic inflammation, two putative markers of cardiovascular disease.
Mar 14, 2017
Journal Article
Sleep Concordance in Couples Is Associated with Relationship Characteristics
Sleep concordance provides a unique measure of couples' cosleep and varies depending on attachment style and relationship satisfaction.
Jul 8, 2015
Q&A
Your Questions About Sleep, Answered
RAND's Wendy Troxel, an expert on sleep, hosted an “Ask Me Anything” session on Reddit to answer questions about how to improve sleep health, what to do about a snoring partner, and more.
Jul 1, 2015
Commentary
HeForShe Can Start at Home
It's hardly shocking that women do most of the housework, but a recent RAND Europe study found that even where the female partner earns more than the male partner, she still contributes a far larger proportion of her time to household tasks: 21 hours per week compared to 13.
Oct 30, 2014
Report
Emerging trends in earnings structures of couples in Europe: Short Statistical Report No. 5
This report explores the division of labour in the home and finds that domestic tasks are shared unequally between men and women. Women generally take on a larger share of the domestic work while men, regardless of income, take on a lesser share.
Oct 29, 2014
Journal Article
The Role of Perceived Partner Alliance on the Efficacy of CBT-I: Preliminary Findings from the Partner Alliance in Insomnia Research Study (PAIRS)
Despite cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) being effective, barriers to adherence have been documented.
Jan 1, 2014
Journal Article
Emotional Distress and Cognitive Functioning of Older Couples: A Dyadic Analysis
This article examines the relationship between cognitive functioning and emotional distress in a sample of 2,684 married couples from the 2006 and 2008 Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging.
Feb 1, 2012
Journal Article
Applying Risk Assessment to Secure the Containerized Supply Chain
Discusses risk assessment and the container transport industry. The global flow of containers represents the lifeblood of modern economies, rendering the global containerized supply chain a potentially attractive target.
Jan 1, 2007
Journal Article
Measuring Cohabitation in Add Health
Cohabitation is swiftly and increasingly becoming a normative experience, and researchers have been forced to respond quickly to keep up with the rapid changes. The authors document cohabitation data from the recent third wave of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health).
Jan 1, 2007
Report
Beyond single mothers : cohabitation and marriage in the AFDC program
Beyond single mothers : cohabitation and marriage in the AFDC program
Jan 1, 1999
Journal Article
Attitudes, Values, and the Entrance Into Cohabitational Unions
This article argues that marriage and cohabitation are associated with important differences in work patterns, earnings, treatment of money, use of leisure time, social relations with the extended family, the division of household labor, and fertility.
Dec 1, 1995
Report
Living Arrangements of Older Malaysians: Who Coresides with Their Adult Children?
Living arrangements of older Malaysians : who coresides with their adult children?
Dec 31, 1993
Journal Article
Attitudes, Values, and the Entrance Into Cohabitational Unions
Argues that marriage and cohabitation are associated with important differences in work patterns, earnings, treatment of money, use of leisure time, social relations with the extended family, the division of household labor, and fertility.
Nov 1, 1993

RAND Topic:
Cohabitation

Topic Synonyms:
Living Together

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