Marriage loses ground

 USA TODAY:  Marriage is losing ground to a grinding economic slowdown that has prompted more couples to live together without tying the knot…

Unmarried couples made up 12% of U.S. couples in 2010, a 25% increase in 10 years, according to Census data out today….

Couples at both ends of the economic spectrum are opting to live together rather than marry, largely because women increasingly rely less on men to take care of them financially…   (more)

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