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Sexual Frequency and the Stability of Marital and Cohabiting Unions


  Author: Scott Yabiku, Constance Gager
Publisher: School of Family and Social Dynamics and Center for Population Dynamics, Arizona State University
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Document Date:                  2007
Category: Marriage > Relational Stability
Related Categories:
Marriage > Domestic Partnership/Civil union
Sexuality > Premarital Sex
Sexuality > Sexual Attitudes
 

In this study, the authors utilize data from the National Survey of Families and Households to suggest that low sexual frequency is associated with significantly higher rates of union dissolution in cohabitating relationships than in marital unions.

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