Things I Wish I Had Known Before We Got Married

Re:Things I Wish I Had Known Before We Got Married by jacques_chester on Saturday April 20, 2013 @01:25AM (#5580393)

> There's also some reasons to believe that cohabitating before marriage (to the same person) leads to higher rates of divorce

The problem with seeing this as a causal relationship from cohabitation to divorce is that there's no control for religious belief.

The same religious beliefs and social structures that deter pre-marriage cohabitation also create pressure not to divorce.

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Re:Things I Wish I Had Known Before We Got Married by ahoyhere on Saturday April 20, 2013 @07:20PM (#5583208)

And I quote:

"...however, studies have shown that the effect is not entirely explained by individual characteristics like religion, education or politics. Research suggests that at least some of the risks may lie in cohabitation itself."

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Re:Things I Wish I Had Known Before We Got Married by jacques_chester on Sunday April 21, 2013 @04:47AM (#5584335)

TIL.

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