1. Relationship Quality and Cohabitor’s Family Transitions. How Country Context Shapes (UN)Happy Couples’ Transitions to Marriage, Childbearing, and Partnership Dissolution. • Niels Blom , The University of Southampton; Brienna Perelli-Harris, University of Southampton.

2. Relationship Quality in Hungary – Possible Trajectories and Determinants • Dávid Erát , University of Pécs.

3. Married or Not. A Multifactor Approach to Marriage and Cohabitation in Canada, 1991–2011. • Benoit Laplante , Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS).

4. Marriage Counterfactuals in Japan: Variation by Gender, Marital Status, and Time • Martin Piotrowski , University of Oklahoma; Erik Bond, Miyazaki International College; Ann M. Beutel, University of Oklahoma.

5. How Alternatives Affect the Development of Non-Cohabiting Partnerships: A Multidisciplinary Perspective • Richard Preetz , University of Oldenburg; Andreas Filser, Institute for Employment Research (IAB).