Types of cohabitation in Latin America • Maira Covre-Sussai, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven ; Koen Matthijs, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

First union entries: the choice between cohabitation and marriage among women in Italy and Spain • Thaís García Pereiro, Università degli Studi di Bari ; Maria Grazia Didonna, Università degli Studi di Bari ; Roberta Pace, Università degli Studi di Bari

Partnership transformation in three former socialist countries: Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary. Effects of non-marital childbearing • Mihaela Hărăguş, Babes-Bolyai University

The meaning of cohabitation across Europe • Nicole Hiekel, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI) ; Aart C. Liefbroer, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI) ; Anne-Rigt Poortman, Utrecht University

When the first union comes to an end: is it less distressing if we were cohabiting? • Lara Tavares, Università Bocconi ; Arnstein Aassve, Università Bocconi