Sociology / Unit 8 Soc 1303 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Cohabitation
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The idea
Cohabitation is a couple sharing a residence in a committed relationship without being legally married.
In practice
Rising cohabitation among young adults has coincided with delayed first marriage, though the two trends are not the same thing.
Where people slip
Cohabiting before marriage is not consistently linked to greater marital success in the research the anchor reviews.
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