... number of people marrying decreases, the number of people cohabiting increases, however Robert Chester (1985) suggests that the majority of couples who cohabit see it as a trial before marriage, Ernestina Coast (2006) supports this as she discovered 75% of the cohabiting couples said they planned on getting marred in the future if their relationship is healthy. For some cohabiting couples it ... were to have a child it would create and unstable relationship as there is no guarantee that either of the parents would stay together, however in a lot of cases, as Ernestina Coast (2006) point...

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