Edited by Dimitri Mortelmans, Centre for Population, Family and Health (CPFH), University of Antwerp, Belgium, Laura Bernardi, Swiss Center of Expertise in Life Course Research (LIVES), University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and Brienna Perelli-Harris, Department of Social Statistics and Demography, University of Southampton, UK

• Contents1 Introduction to Research Handbook on Partnering across the Life Course 1Dimitri Mortelmans, Laura Bernardi and Brienna Perelli-HarrisPART I THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON PARTNERSHIP2 Historical perspectives on partnering 14Rebecca Probert3 Anthropological perspectives on partnering 24Julia Pauli4 Sociological perspectives on partnerships 38Brienna Perelli-Harris and Sharon Sassler5 Psychological perspectives on partnering 50Esther Kluwer and Tea TrillingsgaardPART II PARTNERSHIP DIVERSITY6 Married and cohabiting partnerships 64Nicole Hiekel7 Arranged marriage 76Keera Allendorf8 LGBTQ+ partnerships 89Isabeau Van Acker, Chao Song, Els Elaut and Alexis Dewaele9 Living apart together 102Arnaud Régnier-Loilier10 Polyamory 117Tonina Liriel Aurel and Cornelia Schadler11 Being single in the twenty-first century 129Elyakim KislevPART III PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS THE LIFE COURSE12 Dating and online partnership formation 141Gina Potarca13 Re-partnering across the life course 153Katya Ivanova14 Partnerships in later life 165Pearl A. Dykstra15 Widowhood and grey divorce 178Michaela Kreyenfeld and Sarah SchmaukPART IV CORRELATES AND CONSEQUENCES OF PARTNERSHIPS16 Parental influences on partner relationships 192Aart C. Liefbroer17 Health and partnerships 203Gerald R. Nowak III and Hui Liu18 Migration, ethnic diversity, and partnerships 214Nadja Milewski19 Biopsychosocial perspectives on close relationships 228Lane BeckesPART V PROCESSES INSIDE PARTNERSHIPS20 Money, work, and wealth in partnerships 241Nicole Kapelle21 The partnership context of childbearing 254Júlia Mikolai22 Relationship quality 265Jeremy Kanter, Susan Sprecher and Terri OrbuchPART VI PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN SOCIETIES23 Social stratification and partnerships 279Diederik Boertien24 The economy and partnerships 291Daniele Vignoli and Raffaele GuettoPART VII PARTNERSHIPS AROUND THE WORLD25 Partnering in Africa 304Oluwaseyi Dolapo Somefun, Boladé Hamed Banougnin, Kirsten Stoebenauand Emily Smith-Greenaway26 Partnering in the Middle East and North Africa 316Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi and Meimanat Hosseini-Chavoshi27 Partnering in East Asia 332Yen-hsin Alice Cheng and Chen-Hao Hsu28 Partnering in Latin America 347Pilar Wiegand-Cruz

‘This volume brings together scholars from around the world to explore partnerships and their many forms over time and place. It is a valuable resource for the field—offering an interdisciplinary lens on the diversity and dynamics of partnerships, their interplay with broader social norms and institutions, and their importance for health and well-being.’