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"  For years scientists have been saying that couple who live together before marriage are more likely to get divorced later than those who don&amp;#039;t. Now, according to a new study in the upcoming issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family, they&amp;#039;re taking it back (via Time).  As Arielle Kuperberg, assistant professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro says,&amp;quot;It turns out that cohabitation doesn&amp;#039;t cause divorce and probably never did.&amp;quot; Oh good! The study found that younger couples who live together are considerably more likely to get divorced, though. Couples who move in together before the age of 23 generally don&amp;#039;t have a promising future. According to the research, the longer a couple waits to move in \u2014 up until the age of 30, when it levels off \u2014 the more successful their long-term relationship/marriage will be. Obviously there are reasons people move in together early other than the desire to be around each other nonstop. Lower income couples are more likely to move in together more quickly, usually out of a desire to split the rent than actual love. Couples who moved in together because of an unplanned pregnancy are the most likely to wind up divorced down the road. But, you know, other than those reasons, are you really in a huge rush to have a bunch of beard stubble in your bathroom sink? RELATED: 12 Things That Happen When You Move In Together Should You Move in With Your Guy? Want more from Frank? Follow him on Twitter. Photo Credit: Getty "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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