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Originally posted by blueangel
Thank you for that article. I would love to see their mathematical model. Do you know if their paper is available on the web? I haven't been able to find it.
In the mean time, here are some other studies which have found cohabitating prior to marriage increases the chance of divorce later on:
Alfred DeMaris and K. Vaninadha Rao, "Premarital Cohabitation and Marital Instability in the United States: A Reassessment" Journal of Marriage and the Family 54 (1992):178-190;
Pamela J. Smock, "Cohabitation in the United States" Annual Review of Sociology 26 (2000);
William G. Axinn and Jennifer S. Barber, "Living Arrangements and Family Formation Attitudes in Early Adulthood" Journal of Marriage and the Family 59 (1997):595-611;
Susan L. Brown, "The Effect of Union Type on Psychological Well-Being: Depression Among Cohabitors Versus Marrieds" Journal of Health and Social Behavior 41 (2000):241-55;
Catherine L. Cohan and Stacey Kleinbaum, "Toward a Greater Understanding of the Cohabitation Effect: Premarital Cohabitation and Marital Communication" Journal of Marriage and the Family 64 (2002
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Whyyyyy do you care so much???
And whyyyyy are you still posting old ass statistics?