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Cohabitation

Pew: Rising share of Americans see women raising children on their own, cohabitation as bad for society

By Filings on Tue, 03/15/22
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“47% of U.S. adults say single women raising children on their own is generally a bad thing for society, an increase of 7 percentage points…. Roughly a quarter of U.S. adults (24%) now say that couples living together without being married is generally bad for society, up 5 points from three years ago.” - Pew

Research: traditional ‘cornerstone’ marriages compare well with ‘capstone’ marriages

By Filings on Thu, 02/10/22
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“we found weak (mostly nonsignificant) evidence that capstone marriages are more stable than cornerstone marriages. In other words, waiting to marry was linked to slightly more marital stability. However, there is new research that complicates that story.” - C.Today

Study: US divorce rate hits 50-year-low while marriage rate continues to fall

By Filings on Thu, 11/12/20
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“The Charlottesville, Virginia-based research organization [Institute for Family Studies] released the report on Tuesday, drawing data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.” - CPost

9 Things You Should Know About Cohabitation in America

By Filings on Wed, 11/13/19
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“Almost all of the increase in non-marital births in the United States since 1980 has taken place in the context of cohabiting unions. Most adults ages 18 to 44 who are presently cohabitating are also living with children.” - TGC

Love, no marriage: More folks over 50 are 'shacking up'

By Jim on Tue, 05/16/17
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Number of older adults living with an unmarried partner rose 75 percent from 2007 to 2016.

Cohabitation is the "new normal" for nearly half of US women

By sifilings on Thu, 04/04/13
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‘The new normal’: Cohabitation on the rise, study finds

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