Partners Cohabit To Spend More Time Together

USA TODAY -- July 8 -- Most unmarried couples who live together aren't trying to test their relationship. They just want to spend more time together. The latest U.S. Census for 2008 reported 13.6 m unmarried, heterosexual couples living together. Researchers say 50% to 60% of couples who marry today lived together first; some note that 70% of young adults will cohabit. Most couples who live together either marry or break up within two years. FULL ARTICLE @ USA TODAY