1Cohabitation before marriage has become a statistically normative stage in the life course across much of Western Europe.
2Does long-term cohabitation confer the same legal protections as marriage, or does it leave partners vulnerable upon separation?
3The census data revealed that cohabitation rates had risen sharply among adults over sixty, challenging demographic assumptions.
4Distinguish carefully in your analysis between cohabitation as a deliberate lifestyle choice and cohabitation as a pragmatic response to housing costs.
5There is a growing body of sociological literature examining whether premarital cohabitation correlates with marital stability or dissolution.