Cohabitation vs marriage

Document Type:Coursework

Subject Area:Sociology

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Most of the regulations found in marriage unions like the age at which an individual gets married are also not in a cohabitation relationship. One of the other differences found between cohabitation and marriages is that when the relationship needs to be ended, their lots of formal procedures followed in marriage as compared to coexistence. The process is more time to consume and emotionally draining. After a divorce, a financially stable partner may have an obligation to support the other. On the other hand, individuals who have been living together in an unofficial do not have to help each other after they are separated. However, some couples get married while in school, although others are too careful with the people they want to be married to get married so soon.

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