Concept
How does cohabitation differ from marriage?
Health Education Health 100 Version 3 / Cohabitation
"Cohabitation involves partners living together without the formalities of legal marriage and can occur among heterosexual, bisexual, or homosexual couples. Cohabiting couples may have less clarity about the intention and direction of their relationship than married couples. The text also reports that people who cohabit before marriage have a higher risk of divorce than those who never cohabited."
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