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Cohabitation

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

COHABITATION About a third of first births among white women come before marriage, compared with three-quarters among black women. As for children, 55% of blacks, 40% of Hispanics and 30% of whites spend ...read more

Tags: Family

Cohabitation ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009

COHABITATION STUDIES The Australian Institute of Family Studies had a Family Formation Project cited in this government report. The study found that after five years of marriage, 13 percent of those who had cohabited were divorced, compared to 6 percent of those who had not cohabited - that ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Cohabiting ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009

COHABITING COUPLES The National Marriage Project study of a sampling of Western European and Scandinavian nations, Australia, Canada and New Zealand found 15% to 30% of couples live together, compared with about 10% in the U.S. Since 1970, cohabitation has risen from 500,000 to 5 ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Co-Habitation: During The Period Which They Were ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Co-Habitation: During the period which they were single, 33% of American adults have lived with someone of the opposite gender, other than family or relatives. 39% of men and 28% of women have cohabited. Age seems to be a critical factor. Co-Habitation By Age Age % who have cohabited Under ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Cohabitating Families Falling Apart: In Great ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Cohabitating Families Falling Apart: In Great Britain 75% of all family breakdowns affecting young children now involve unmarried parents, finds new research. An estimated 88,000 children aged under 5 were affected by the separation of their unmarried parents in ‘03, compared with about 31,000 ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

One-Sixth Of Cohabiting Couples Stay Together ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

One-sixth of cohabiting couples stay together for only 3 years; 1 in 10 survives 5 or ...read more

Tags: Dating

About 70% Of The Couples That Cohabit Will End Up ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006

About 70% of the couples that cohabit will end up divorced, not counting breakups of those who never marry. (The Foster ...read more

Tags: Divorce

Cohabitation Up More Than 50% Of Couples Live ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Cohabitation Up More than 50% of couples live together before marriage, up from 10% in ’65 according to USA Today. Couple who do so face a 48% higher risk of divorce than those ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Compared To Children Of Married Biological ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

Compared to children of married biological parents, children age 12-17 with cohabiting parents are 6 times more likely to exhibit emotional and behavioral problems. Likewise, adolescents from cohabiting households are 122% more likely to be ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Rates Of Serious Child Abuse Are Lowest In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

Rates of serious child abuse are lowest in intact families; 6 times higher in step-families; 14 times higher in always-single-mother families; 20 times higher in cohabiting biological-parent families; and 33 times higher when the mother is ...read more

Tags: Children

Purity

Contributed by Davon Huss on May 1, 2015

A mother was concerned when she heard that her son had a live in girlfriend. She went to his house. Her son was the only one home. The son said, “It’s not what you think, Mom. She needed a place to stay. She has her bedroom and I have mine.” The son then showed his mother the guest bedroom ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8

Tags: Cohabitation, Shacking Up, Sexual Purity, Living Together

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

75% Of Children Involved In Criminal Activity ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

75% of children involved in criminal activity are from cohabiting ...read more

Tags: Dating

Marriage Mayhem: Recent Research Data Reveals A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Marriage Mayhem: Recent research data reveals a continued erosion of marriage in America. * More than half of all couples now live together before getting married compared to just 10% three decades ago, claims a study, The Relationship Between Cohabitation and Marital Quality and Stability, by ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

10 Million People (8% Of U.s. Coupled Households) ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

10 million people (8% of U.S. coupled households) are cohabiting with a partner of the opposite sex. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Living Together Before Marriage Is Nothing More ...  PRO

Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 8, 2002

Living together before marriage is nothing more than “playing house.” It’s being shown that living together is not best. Charles Colson sites the National Survey of Families & Households. In that survey they came up with some startling data. It found that almost half of all couples who cohabit ...read more

Tags: Marriage Commitment, Divorce

Denomination: Christian Church

For Many, Marriage Vows Are Unimportant. A Study ...  PRO

Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000

For many, marriage vows are unimportant. A study cited in a recent edition of Time Magazine indicates that cohabitation before marriage ...read more

Tags: Marriage Commitment, Divorce, Sexuality

Denomination: Baptist

Cohabitors Who Never Marry Have 78% Less Wealth ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

Cohabitors who never marry have 78% less wealth than the continuously married; cohabitors who have been divorced or widowed once have ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

In '00, Some 9.7 Million Unmarried Couples Were ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

In ’00, some 9.7 million unmarried couples were co-habiting in the U.S. 266,600 were over age 65. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Marriage Commitment

No Marriage—no Divorce: Couples Who Once Might ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

No Marriage—No Divorce: Couples who once might have wed and then divorced now are not marrying at all, reports The State of our Unions 2005, an annual report issued by the National Marriage Project at Rutgers University. The U.S. divorce rate is 17.7 per 1,000 married women, down from 22.6 in ‘80. ...read more

Tags: Divorce

Marriage In A Recent Religion & Ethics Newsweekly ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Marriage In a recent Religion & Ethics Newsweekly poll 71% of Americans agree “God’s plan for marriage is one man, one woman, for life.” Only 22% think divorce is sin while 49% say cohabitation is acceptable. Only 34% of evangelical Christians and 30% of traditional ...read more

Tags: Marriage General