[thechat] Living together means more chance of divorce

[Madhu Menon]

http://www.realwomenca.com/newsletter/1999_May_June/article_8.html

 From the "Where did my marbles go?" department:

<quote>

In April, a professor of sociology, Professor Zheng Wu, at the University 
of Victoria, completed a study on common-law relationships, published in 
the Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology. According to this study, 
cohabitation before marriage greatly increases the odds of divorce. Women 
who have lived with a man out of wedlock are 80% more likely to eventually 
divorce or separate than are women who have never had a live-in 
relationship. Men who have been in a common-law union are 150% more likely 
to experience marital breakdown.

</quote>

To summarise, according to researcher Zheng Wu of the University of 
Victoria, some reasons are:

* The couples may have qualms about marriage

* People who live together tend to be non-religious

* Individuals who co-habitate are generally liberal and unconventional and 
are not inclined to stay together for the sake of children

* Living together promotes a casual attitude towards marriage


I found this quite funny.

Regards,

Madhu

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