Single adults in early midlife often prefer cohabitation over marriage, study finds
A recent survey of unmarried adults in their thirties and forties shows wide variation in future relationship goals. While many prefer cohabitation to marriage, others are unsure or have no interest in living with a partner again.
A recent study published in the journal Family Transitions has found that unmarried adults in their thirties and forties often prefer cohabitation over marriage. The research, conducted by sociologists Susan L. Brown, Wendy D. Manning, and Karen Benjamin Guzzo from Bowling Green State University and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, reveals that these individuals have diverse goals for their future relationships, challenging the notion of a universal relationship path.
Using the life course perspective, the study analyzed data from the 2023 Singlehood in America survey, which included 799 single adults aged 30 to 50. The findings indicate that roughly one in three adults in this age group in the United States currently live without a spouse or partner, highlighting a growing trend of singles remaining single into midlife.
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