Premarital Cohabitation and Marital Stability

Author: Ruth Weston, Lixia Qu, David de Vaus Publisher: Australian Institute of Family Studies Publication: Document Date:                  March 13, 2003 Category: Family Transitions > Premarital Cohabitation Related Categories: Family Structure > Cohabitation/Common-Law Marriage Marriage > Domestic Partnership/Civil union Marriage > Marital Duration Marriage > Marriage Marriage > Other Marital Forms Marriage > Relational Stability   This paper investigates the stability of cohabiting versus married relationships, and finds that premarital cohabitation increases marital instability as well as the risk of separation and divorce. Click to read this article... (PDF) Send us feedback on this article Bookmark this link