Survey bares US marital trends
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March 25, 2012, Sunday
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NEARLY half of first marriages in the United States break up within 20 years, a new government study finds. With those odds, you might wonder: Would we be better off living together first?
The new research, part of a marriage survey of 22,000 Americans, suggests times have changed from the days when living together signaled poor chances for a successful marriage later.
"It's not playing as big a role in predicting divorce as it used to," said Casey Copen, lead author of the study.
Living together before marriage has been a long-growing trend. In the late 1960s, only about 10 percent of US couples moved in together first, and they ended up with higher divorce rates.
Today, about 60 percent of couples live together before they first marry.
Researchers with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looked for trends in first marriages. They interviewed men and women aged 15 to 44 during 2006 to 2010. The study found those who were engaged and living together before the wedding were about as likely to have marriages that lasted 15 years as couples who hadn't lived together.
The new research, part of a marriage survey of 22,000 Americans, suggests times have changed from the days when living together signaled poor chances for a successful marriage later.
"It's not playing as big a role in predicting divorce as it used to," said Casey Copen, lead author of the study.
Living together before marriage has been a long-growing trend. In the late 1960s, only about 10 percent of US couples moved in together first, and they ended up with higher divorce rates.
Today, about 60 percent of couples live together before they first marry.
Researchers with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looked for trends in first marriages. They interviewed men and women aged 15 to 44 during 2006 to 2010. The study found those who were engaged and living together before the wedding were about as likely to have marriages that lasted 15 years as couples who hadn't lived together.
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