Based on Research Findings, Which Is the Main Reason Today

question 86

Multiple Choice

Based on research findings, which is the main reason today why marriages preceded by cohabitation are shorter?

• A) Cohabiting couples are less traditional and so are more willing to divorce.
• B) Live-in relationships are time limited, and time spent cohabiting leaves less time for marriage.
• C) The experience of premarital cohabitation destabilizes marriages.
• D) Both a and b
• E) All of the above

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