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The Effects Of Cohabitation On Subsequent Marital Satisfaction, Brenda Fague
The Effects Of Cohabitation On Subsequent Marital Satisfaction, Brenda Fague
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Most research on cohabitation has focused on the subsequent marital instability of cohabitors. However, these findings are inconsistent and. considering the great number of stable unhappy marriages, marital stability is not an accurate measure of relationship success.
The purpose of this research is to compare the relationship satisfaction reported by married couples who cohabited prior to their marriage with the satisfaction of married couples who did not cohabit premaritally. This research uses respondents' self-reported relationship satisfaction as a measure of relationship success.
General Social Survey data co11ected in 1988 and 1994 were analyzed to determine the relationship between premarital cohabitation …