Living Together
Over 12 million unmarried partners live together in 6,008,007 households. - U.S. Census Bureau. “American Community Survey: 2005-2007.”
The number of cohabiting unmarried partners increased tenfold between 1960 and 2000. - U.S. Census Bureau. “America’s Families and Living Arrangements: 2000.”
The number of cohabiting unmarried partners increased by 88% between 1990 and 2007. - U.S. Census Bureau. “America’s Families and Living Arrangements: 2007.”
The majority of couples marrying today cohabited first. - Bumpass, Larry and Lu, Hsien-Hen. 2000. "Trends in Cohabitation and Implications for Children's Family Contexts in the United States." Population Studies, 54: 29-41.
About 75% of cohabiters plan to marry their partners. - Smock, Pamela. 2000. "Cohabitation in the United States." Annual Review of Sociology.
55% of different-sex cohabiters do marry within five years of moving in together. 40% break up within that same time period. About 10% remain in an unmarried relationship for five years or more. - Smock, Pamela. 2000. "Cohabitation in the United States." Annual Review of Sociology.
41% of American women aged 15-44 have cohabited at some point. - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2002. “Cohabitation, Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage in the United States.” Vital Health and Statistics, 23; 22.
In 1995, 24% of women aged 25-34 were cohabiting, compared to 22% of women aged 35-39, and 15% of women aged 40-44. In every age group, the percentages have increased since 1987. - Bumpass, Larry and Lu, Hsien-Hen. 2000. "Trends in Cohabitation and Implications for Children's Family Contexts in the United States." Population Studies, 54: 29-41.
10.7% of the unmarried population report living together with unmarried partners. - U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey: 2005-2007. 12.8% of unmarried-partner households report being same-sex - U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey: 2005-2007.
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