Love, marriage, then the baby carriage? Marriage timing and childbearing in Sweden • Elizabeth Thomson, Stockholm University and University of Wisconsin-Madison ; Jennifer A. Holland, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI)

Closer than expected: comparing changing family patterns in Italy and Poland • Irena E. Kotowska, Warsaw School of Economics ; Gustavo De Santis, University of Florence ; Silvana Salvini, University of Florence

The influence of regional context on childbearing in cohabitation in Europe • Trude Lappegård, Statistics Norway ; Sebastian Kluesener, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Daniele Vignoli, University of Florence

Partner relationships at the dawn of the 21st century: the case of the Netherlands • Jan Latten, University of Amsterdam ; Clara H. Mulder, University of Groningen

Transitions of non-marital unions within three years in comparison between Turkish nationals in Germany and Germans without migration background • Robert Naderi, Federal Institute for Population Research, Germany ; Jürgen Dorbritz, Federal Institute for Population Research, Germany