Polygamy
Why do people cohabit and not marry? It is a decision that entails many motives. Mistrust of marriage is increasing, as a result of very high divorce levels, which causes many to be cautious about entering such a legally binding relationship. Support for the religious views of marriage and many traditional moral standards are declining. There is more acceptance of unwed motherhood, homosexuality, premarital sex and divorce(baker, 1996). One-sixth of never-married cohabiting couples have a child that was born since they began living together.This represents a significant component of unmarried births (about a quarter) that are not born into single-parent households (Bumpass and Sweet, 1989a). Advantages for living in a cohabitation and as a temporary or permanent solution to marriage include the following. Marriage is much easier to end than a cohabiting relationship than a marriage. About 40% of cohabiting unions i
To form a conclusion about the research question, the information was separated into three separate categories on the subject of cohabitation; why people cohabit, advantages of cohabiting, and effects on future relationships. With this done, it can be concluded that positive reasons as to why people choose to cohabit are present, often the same reasons that couples choose to marry. Mainly, these reasons have to do with a step to marriage or an alternative path to marriage. The quality of the given research, is accurate to its time, however, it is back dated and would be of greater use if it entailed research from the last decade at the very latest. This research is of importance to anyone who is presently considering cohabitation. Cohabiting will effect future relationships in the following ways. Those who cohabit less than one year are most likely to marry, 1 to 2.9 years is in between, 3+ years of cohabitation is least likely to marry (N
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