Study: Cohabiting Normative But Harmful

Written By: Erin Roach  |  Posted: Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Cohabitation is increasingly becoming the first co-residential union formed among young adults, a new study has found, but those who practice some facets of marriage without the foundation of commitment are harming their relationship.

"Over the past several decades, there have been large increases in the number of persons who have ever cohabited, that is, lived together with a sexual partner of the opposite sex, " said the study, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics March 2.

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