"Cohabitation increasing in the US" by Elizabeth Lopatto | Bloomberg News, April 05, 2013
Three of four women in the United States have lived with a partner without being married by age 30, an increasing trend that suggests cohabitation is now a regular part of family life, researchers said....
More people are putting off marriage either because they can’t afford it or because it’s financially risky, said Gail Wyatt, director of the University of California Los Angeles’s sexual health program....
Others may view cohabitation as a way of test driving a relationship to see if a marriage will work.
‘‘Marriage is for people who have money and want to spend money just on the wedding itself,’’ Wyatt said. She wasn’t involved in the study. ‘‘Some people would rather buy a house, or just pay the rent.’’ People who are poor or less educated may shy away from marriage and its legal complications, she said.
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