1. Cohabitation
Hanoi , dd/mm/yy
Group : Bao Ngoc – Phuong Lan – Thuy Linh

2. Contents
Definition of “cohabitation”
The facts of cohabitation
-Who cohabits?
-Types and reasons
Some ideas about cohabitation
• Supporting ideas
• Opposing ideas

3. Definition
What is “cohabitation”
meaning?
Cohabitation means that a couple
lives together before marriage

4. The facts
Who cohabits?

Young people (mostly
under 35)

Unemployed people

Less educated people
(according to Field 2004)

5. The facts
Types of cohabitation
Convenience
Testing
-Who?
-Who?
People want
to be free
from family
People want to
have sexualrela without
security
People intend
to marry
-Purpose?
-Purpose:
Prove
themselve
and gain
indepence
Someone to
care home (for
man) and
finance (for
women)
The trial
marriage
before having
the real one
Linus blanket
Emancipation
-Who?
-Who?
Insecure or
dependent
people
-Purpose?
finding
someone to
rely on
-Purpose?

6. What do people think
about cohabitation
Agree
Disagree

7. Some ideas about cohabitation
 Supporting

ideas
A chance to share the rising costs of
daily living without the commitment of
marriage

Avoiding the high costs and
complications that go with a divorce.

A mean of testing the relationship
before marrying

8. Some ideas about cohabitation
Opposing ideas

Having higher rate of being single or divorcing

Suffering from a lot of disadvantages (especially
women)

Receiving less consideration

9. References
Marriage and Family 90/91
Marriages and Families – Quest for
intimacy
Marriages and Families –
Changes,choices and constraints