The marriage rate in the United States is continuing its decades-long downward slide, with fewer American women than ever getting married and others waiting longer to wed.
Nearly half of women ages 15 to 44 say their "first union" was cohabitation rather than marriage, according to a new survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
According to a new study by the National Center for Health Statistics, couples who are living together have more unplanned pregnancies than those who are married.