The Effects of Family Structure of Origin on Offspring Cohabitation Duration Research has been done to understand if different family structures, or living situations, have an effect on offspring cohabitation duration. Research in such areas as divorce, living separations, parental education, remarriage, and death has been done to help one understand cohabitation. Different tests, exams, and observations have been produced to exam this sociological question. Researchers on the contrary have decided that children of divorce …showed first 75 words of 847 total…

…showed last 75 words of 847 total…presence of a stepparent may renew children's faith in marriage. Wolfinger states that cohabitation has become less stable in recent years, with higher dissolution rates and fewer couples getting married. All of these observations were taken from experiments of Wolfinger. One limitation of his research is the inability to rule out genetic explanations. Some researchers agree with the conclusions that Wolfinger has made, while others do not. Therefore all of these conclusions are just theories.