Moving in Together Makes You Just as Happy as Getting Married

New research has shown that young couples moving in together get just as much of an emotional boost as those getting married.

As recently as the 1990s, figures showed that young people felt more emotionally secure after getting married than they did after simply moving in together. For young people in the last decade, it seems that living together may be enough.

The study, carried out by researchers at Ohio State University, looked at data from 8,700 people, all born between 1980 and 1984, interviewing them every other year throughout the 2000s. Participants were asked about their emotional states – how often they felt “downhearted and blue”, and other emotional questions.

Researchers found that young women in particular experienced fewer bouts of anxiety after moving in with their partners while, for young men, this was most pronounced when getting married. Previous research has suggested that men who move in with their partners might still be testing the waters, which could explain why there’s less of a marked difference at this stage than for women.

Source: http://thecoupleconnection.net/blog/moving-in-together-makes-you-just-as-happy-as-getting-married