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- Title
DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIPS.
- Authors
Wisensale, Steven K.; Heckart, Kathlyn E.
- Abstract
The article identifies communities, corporations and organizations which have adopted domestic partnership policies. Like many institutions, the American family has been subjected to numerous social and economic pressures that have not only had an impact on its basic structure but have also called into question its general definition. In an effort to keep pace with these changing demographics, particularly with respect to living arrangements, the United States Bureau of the Census revised its survey questionnaire in 1990. For the first time in American history, the Bureau permitted couples of the same or opposite sex to distinguish themselves from those who are not intimately involved. With a rise in cohabitation as a lifestyle, along with a greater acceptance of it by society as a whole, it is not surprising that the rights of so-called spousal equivalents have had to be classified more frequently before the courts. Because very little research has been conducted on domestic partnership laws to date, and because this concept may become a policy trend of the future, an exploratory research project was undertaken to examine the issue in greater detail.
- Subjects
UNITED States; FAMILY policy; PUBLIC welfare; SOCIAL policy; SURVEYS; HOUSEHOLD surveys; LIFESTYLES
- Publication
Family Relations, 1993, Vol 42, Issue 2, p199
- ISSN
0197-6664
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/585455