pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8847607/
It’s not just divorce, there’s a variety of factors that are correlated with decision to cohabit. This article goes through a bunch, including for example, martial satisfaction (they call it “adjustment” in this paper) which in their sample was slightly lower in men who cohabit before marriage and a lot lower in women who cohabit before marriage. They don’t really speculate on the reasons for this, but I’ve heard it suggested that cohabitation increases marriages out of convenience among couples who probably wouldn’t have gotten married otherwise.
Also important is that these impacts are long-term, and both cohabitation and marriage have positive outcomes in the short-term.
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Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoA large percentage of the people who wait for marriage don’t believe in divorce at all. That doesn’t mean that they are all happily married.
isyasad@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Flagstaff@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
I… don’t disagree with you there.