“ Among married individuals, premarital cohabitation is related to lower marital satisfaction, less time spent together in shared activities, higher levels of marital disagreement, less supportive behavior, less positive problem solving, [and] more reports of marital problems...
” Di antara pasangan yang telah menikah, pasangan yang pernah hidup bersama sebelumnya cenderung kurang bahagia, kurang waktu untuk melakukan kegiatan bersama, lebih sering cekcok, kurang dukungan dari pasangannya, kurang berhasil mengatasi problem, [dan] banyak lagi laporan tentang problem - problem perkawinan...