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May, 1980

Unwed CouplesCohabitation is becoming so tolerated and popular that the practice of unmarried couples' living together may soon become the national norm. Dr. Graham Spanier, a sociologist at Pennsylvania State University, says that while most social changes occur slowly, living together increased by 19 percent in just one year, from 1977 to 1978, and at that rate could become "almost universal in another generation." He noted that most unwed couples eventually marry, but not necessaril...