2.3.4. Cohabitation Scales

The authors elaborated a sequence of scales for the evaluation of the cohabitation construct with respect to the different housing contexts (positive and negative relationship scale). In particular, three different types of scales were developed to measure cohabitation habits in cases where the respondent lived with their partner, their partner and their children or family members/relatives. For two of the cohabitation scales, 10 items were developed, while the scale on cohabitation with children included 12 items; all were evaluated on a 5-point Likert scale from "Never" (1) to "Very often" (5).
