Cohabitation has plateaued among young adults – it no longer offsets the decline in marriage. This stall in cohabitation portends a shift to lower levels of overall union formation during young adulthood. In the U.S., if current trends among young adults continue across age groups, cohabitation will no longer supplant marriage.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35058737

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Older adults in intimate romantic relationships who live separately (live apart together, LAT) were less likely to expect to marry than those who cohabit. LAT relationships appear to be long-term intimate unmarried partnerships

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36176330

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Overall divorce rates hide a growing trend: divorce is declining for people with high education but increasing for those with the lowest education levels.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35386929

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