Advantages of cohabitation
advantages. Loneliness and lack of companionship, being excluded from couple events, not having children, and social disapproval are some major disadvantages.
¡ì Push and Pull Factors:
¡ì Push factors include loneliness, high expenses of living alone, , sexual frustration, and education/career demands that preclude early marriage.
¡¤ Cohabitation and Marital Stability.
¡ì Research has yielded contradictory findings.
¡ì Some researchers have found that cohabitants who married eventually are more likely to remain together.
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¡¤ Most couples will eventually marry. However, those who do not formally wed decide not to do so for a number of reasons:
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¡¤ Growing numbers of senior citizens find that they lose governmental benefits if they marry.
¡¤ Some associate marriage with religion while rejecting any kind of religious connection.
¡¤ In the event that there is a breakup, the financial considerations are not anywhere near as serious as that which is involved in a legal marriage such as child support and alimony/spousal support.
¡¤ It is cheaper than living alone.