0 present participle of cohabit
1 If two people, especially a man and woman who are not married, cohabit, they live together and have a sexual relationship:
A higher percentage of cohabiting people received care from the cohabitee in 2002/03, although the difference was statistically insignificant.
This group explored the concept of spiritual correspondences (having an invisible lover cohabiting one's body - a concept invoking transmigration) and sought a promised land.
Significant difference in the health state score is also observed for cohabiting status and the score is about 4.1% lower for the single.
A married man, who had risked losing his cohabiting girlfriend if he had not agreed to marriage, commented that 'she seemed worth gambling on'.
This second dataset is composed of the responses of the surveyed married or cohabiting parents of secondary school students from all six communities.
Marital status distinguishes between partnered men (married or cohabiting) and those who are currently widowed, divorced (or separated), or never married.
Individuals in first or remarried relationships showed a marked increase in depressive symptoms following separation that was absent in those in cohabiting relationships.
The main part of the research involved qualitative interviews with 17 married and 12 cohabiting 'intact' couples.
