Finding

 


This finding looks at the relationship between premarital cohabitation and subsequent marital conflict.

The longer couples cohabited before marrying, the more likely they were to resort to heated arguments, hitting, and throwing objects when conflicts arose in their subsequent marriage. A longer length of cohabitation was linked to a greater frequency of heated arguments, even when controlling for spouses' age.


Sample or Data Description
1,346 respondents to the first wave of the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH)(1987-1988)


Source
"Effects of Cohabitation Length on Personal and Relational Well Being"
Hill, John R.
Evans, Sharon G.
Alabama Policy Institute Vol. API Study, Number . August, 2006. Page(s) 1-13.


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