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5) Should we live together or not?  There are many good reasons for people to stop living together before marriage, and the statistics and social science data bear this out. Drawing on this data may help people to make a wise choice, and hopefully see the practical implications of not living according to God's plan. An excellent study on cohabitation is available from Rutgers, here and another recent study, "Life Without Children", marriage, cohabitation, and divorce, and their effects on children here (PDF File)  Please email the Theology of the Body Apostolate of the Archdiocese of New York, for more assistance on social science data / statistics, here.