This statistic shows the results of a survey among American men and women on whether they have ever lived with a partner without being married. The survey was conducted in 2010. As of 2010, 46 percent of the male respondents stated they have lived with a partner without being married, whereas 41 percent of the female respondents stated the same.
Have you ever lived with a partner without being married?
(by gender)
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Pew Research Center. (November 18, 2010). Have you ever lived with a partner without being married? (by gender) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/247146/percentage-of-respondents-having-lived-with-a-partner-without-being-married-in-the-us/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Pew Research Center. "Have you ever lived with a partner without being married? (by gender)." Chart. November 18, 2010. Statista. Accessed March 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/247146/percentage-of-respondents-having-lived-with-a-partner-without-being-married-in-the-us/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Pew Research Center. (2010). Have you ever lived with a partner without being married? (by gender). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/247146/percentage-of-respondents-having-lived-with-a-partner-without-being-married-in-the-us/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Pew Research Center. "Have You Ever Lived with a Partner without Being Married? (by Gender)." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Nov 2010, https://www.statista.com/statistics/247146/percentage-of-respondents-having-lived-with-a-partner-without-being-married-in-the-us/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Pew Research Center, Have you ever lived with a partner without being married? (by gender) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/247146/percentage-of-respondents-having-lived-with-a-partner-without-being-married-in-the-us/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed (last visited March 15, 2025)
Have you ever lived with a partner without being married? (by gender) [Graph], Pew Research Center, November 18, 2010. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/247146/percentage-of-respondents-having-lived-with-a-partner-without-being-married-in-the-us/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
