«Some characteristics increase
the likelihood of getting married and living together.»
For men, having an above average personality has the strongest association with
the likelihood of getting married.
Dora Gicheva, an economist at the University of North Carolina, has found that for every $ 10,000 young people carried in student debt,
the likelihood of getting married in the seven years following graduation dropped by some three or four percentage points.
Not exact matches
Researchers at Emory University found that waiting three years or more to
get married decreases the
likelihood of divorce by 50 %.
There's a high
likelihood that you'll encounter some major milestones between the ages
of 20 and 30: Accepting your first «real» job, deciding between buying and renting a home,
getting married and even becoming a parent are very real possibilities.
While research suggests that living together tends to predict
likelihood of unhappiness and / or a breakup, psychologists say that's not true if the couple only starts living together after having «clear, mutually understood plans» to
get married.