1375 Daughters of women

Vox Lauri noted this OSU study about daughters of women who shack up are more likely to follow mommy's model. Here.

"Research showed that young adult women whose mothers reported cohabitation were 57 percent more likely than other women to report cohabitation themselves. In addition, daughters of cohabiting mothers tended to cohabit at earlier ages than others."

This sounds like a no brainer, but I suspect there are a few other factors. For instance, at some point in the late 1970s, most girls moving in with boyfriends had mothers who didn't cohabitate. In fact, their mothers ranted and raved and told them not to do it, and the daughters blew them off. So what about them? What was their role model? To figure this out, the researchers need to be looking at the women of the 21st century who have some pride, independence and standards and find out what in society (besides parents) made the difference. Was it confidence? Education? Moral core? Religion? Allergies to his pets?

"“As more people enter into cohabiting relationships and have children, we have to recognize that this could have long-term effects on these children as they enter adulthood,” Qian said." Gee, they crucified Dan Quayle for saying that.

Oh, and guess what? "Black women were 90 percent less likely to have cohabited than their white counterparts."