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  2. Cohabitation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 2005, the Census Bureau reported 4.85 million cohabiting couples, up more than ten times from 1960, when there were 439,000 such couples. The 2002 National Survey of Family Growth found that more than half of all women aged 15 to 44 have lived with an unmarried partner, and that 65% of American couples who did cohabit got married within 5 years.

  3. Cohabitation - Wikipedia

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    The state of cohabitation of a couple often ends either in marriage or in break-up; according to a 1996 study about 10% of cohabiting unions remained in this state more than five years. [24] According to a survey done by The National Center for Health Statistics, "over half of marriages from 1990-1994 among women began as cohabitation." [22]

  4. Living apart together - Wikipedia

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    By 2006, in Britain, a majority (54 per cent) agreed that "a couple do not need to live together to have a strong relationship", with only 25 per cent disagreeing. [22] By 2000 about one fifth of people aged 16–44 in Britain described 'living together apart' as their 'ideal relationship', compared to over 40 per cent for exclusive marriage ...

  5. Do Lesbians Really Move In Together Faster Than Straight ...

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    Queer women of color were rarely shown other queer women of color on dating apps, and participants wondered if this represented the number of potential matches (or lack thereof) in the offline world.

  6. Matrilocal residence - Wikipedia

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    Technically, uxorilocality differs from matrilocality; uxorilocality means the couple settles with the wife's family, while matrilocality means the couple settles with the wife's lineage. Because the !Kung do not live in lineages, they cannot be matrilocal; they are uxorilocal.) [citation needed]

  7. 'A long fight full of tears': Why Thailand became a haven for ...

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    The legal recognition they can get for their marriages will allow them to raise children and grow old together with nearly all the rights and protections given to heterosexual couples.

  8. Common-law marriage in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, common-law marriage, also known as sui juris marriage, informal marriage, marriage by habit and repute, or marriage in fact is a form of irregular marriage that survives only in seven U.S. states and the District of Columbia along with some provisions of military law; plus two other states that recognize domestic common law marriage after the fact for limited purposes.

  9. Domestic partnership - Wikipedia

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    The law, which took effect July 22, 2007 and expanded to all areas except for marriage in 2008 and 2009, permits same-sex couples (as well as heterosexual couples when one individual is at least age 62) to register in a domestic partnership registry that allows couples hospital visitation rights, the ability to authorize autopsies and organ ...