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Title: Living Together No Longer 'Playing House'
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Jayson, Sharon |
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Living Together No Longer 'Playing House' USA Today, July 28, 2008: Health and Behavior. Also: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-07-28-cohabitation-research_n.htm?loc=interstitialskip Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: USA Today Keyword(s): Cohabitation; Divorce; Marital Stability; Marital Status Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Most people today reject the notion that couples who live together before marriage are more likely to get divorced, finds a weekend USA TODAY/Gallup Poll of 1,007 adults. Almost half (49%) said living together makes divorce less likely; 13% said it makes no difference. Just 31% said living together first makes divorce more likely; 7% had no opinion. "If you're living with someone, you actually get to know somebody more than you would not living with them," says Christopher Sekulich, 37, of Melvindale, Mich. Similarly, most respondents don't worry about the effect on children of living in a cohabiting household: 47% said it makes no difference, and 12% said it would have a positive effect. Respondents also appeared open-minded on whether unmarried couples can have a committed relationship. Half the sample was asked if an unmarried couple who have lived together for five years is as committed as a couple married five years; 57% said yes, they are. |
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Jayson, Sharon. "Living Together No Longer 'Playing House'." USA Today, July 28, 2008: Health and Behavior. |