COHABITATION

QUICK FACTS

• More than half of young adults will live with someone prior to marriage
• Cohabitation is more common among African Americans, among people who are poor, and among people who are not religious.
• Cohabiting is also more prevalent among young adults whose parents were divorced or who are from single-parent homes
• Almost half of all cohabiting couples have one or more children (Fields, 2004), and many have been previously married.

ADOLESCENT MARRIAGE

• 5.1 percent of girls and 2.3 percent of boys ages 18 and 19 were or had been married.
• 21.1 percent of young women and 12.7 percent of young men were or had been married by age 24
• Hispanic youths were much more likely to be or have been married than non-Hispanic White or Black youth.
• Very young married couples are usually from low socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Premarital pregnancy

REFERENCES

• Bumpass, L., & Lu, H. H. (2000). Trends in cohabitation and implications for children s family contexts in the United States. Population studies, 54(1), 29-41.

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