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Pew: 77% of Educated Cohabitors Marry

8/18/2026

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  • Pew Research Center finds that more than three-quarters of U.S. adults have lived with an unmarried partner by their early 40s.
  • The Pew report shows that more than a third of U.S. adults have lived with two or more partners.
  • About two-thirds of cohabiting couples eventually marry, according to the Pew report.
  • The marriage rate rises to 77 percent for cohabiting couples where at least one partner holds a bachelor’s degree.