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THE number of cohabiting couples in the UK surged over the past decade, while the number of married people is down

Date: 2007-10-06

Between 1996 and 2006, cohabitation rates soared by 65 per cent to total 2.3 million couples, but the number of married couples dropped 4 per cent to 12.1 million.

There was also an 8 per cent rise in the number of one-parent families, including those with non-dependent children, to 2.6 million, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) report Focus on Families.

"The biggest growth, both proportionately and in numbers, is cohabiting couples, which have grown by around 60 per cent," Steve Smallwood, the ONS's head of family demography, said.

Couples who live together but are not married tend to be younger than married couples, the report said.

Figures from 2001 showed about 50 per cent of cohabiting couples in the UK were headed by a person under 35, compared with a figure of just over a tenth for married couples.

"The fact that cohabitation is more prevalent at younger ages reflects both the fact that cohabitation is often a precursor to marriage and a greater acceptance of cohabitation among younger generations," the ONS report said.

There is still "quite a way to go" before the number of cohabiting couples overtakes that of married couples due to the "dominant" group who were married in the 1950s and 1960s, Mr Smallwood said.

"Families have become much more diverse for younger generations compared with older generations," he added.

Between 1976 and 2004, the proportion of women aged 18 to 49 who were not married and were cohabiting trebled from 9 per cent to 23 cent.

Denise Knowles, a Relate councillor, said "Increasingly people are deciding that they can be equally committed to each other without necessarily getting married.

"It's a lifestyle choice for people, for whom it is often a lead up to getting married."

A spokeswoman for the Scottish Episcopal Church said: "These figures indicate the rapid change which has been taking place in the patterns of relationships and the increase in the average age at which people get married. Many of those who are living together are mature young adults who are building strong and faithful relationships, which often lead to marriage. We welcome and affirm those people in our churches."

Morag Mylne, convener of the Kirk's Church and Society Council said: "Marriage is at the heart of the Christian way of life. We believe that it is good for society and good for people to express love in a stable, long term way.

"But the church accepts that single people have brought up children and have done a good job."

WILLING TO COMMIT

JOHNNY, 32, and Siobhan Fairhurst, 25, from Glasgow, lived together for two years before deciding to marry.

Siobhan explained: "We met while we were both working in a call centre seven years ago.

"We had been going out for about six months, when I fell seriously ill. We had been spending a lot of time together at Johnny's sister-in-law's, and so I stayed there while he cared for me.

"It took eight months for me to recover and it would have seemed strange to separate again after that, so we decided to find our own place together.

"We cohabited for a couple more years, before we married and it definitely helped me decide that Johnny was the one.

"I do think that living together before you marry is important. I think it shows the other person that you are willing to show that you can commit."

WAITING GAME MADE MARRIAGE SPECIAL

WHILE a growing number of couples live together before marriage, Ruth, 24, and Craig Bishop, 25, decided to wait.

The couple, from Kilmaurs in Ayrshire, said their main reason was a religious one. But they also wanted their marriage to mark a new phase in their relationship.

"We are Christians and believe in what the Bible says about not living together and [not] having sex before marriage," said Mrs Bishop. " There was also the idea that for many people who live together before getting married, it can seem after the honeymoon it is 'business as usual'.

"For us, when we came back from our honeymoon it was a whole new experience and gave an extra significance to our wedding.

"I don't think we had much of a conversation about not living with each other first - it was something that was pretty natural as we were of the same mind."

By CRAIG BROWN





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