Table 2.

Trends by age in the percentage ever cohabiting and currently cohabiting: U.S. Women 1995 and 2002

	% ever cohabited		Percentage currently cohabiting of not currently married						% cohabiting, of current unions
			Total unmarried		Never married		Previously married
Age	1995	2002	1995	2002	1995	2002	1995	2002	1995	2002
19−24	36	38	15	19	14	19	21	15	30	43
25−29	49	58	20	26	19	28	26	16	16	19
30−34	50	61	21	20	19	21	23	18	10	10
35−39	49	59	16	18	11	19	20	17	7	9
40−44	42	54	13	14	8	13	16	15	6	6
Total	45	54	17	19	15	20	20	16	12	15
n	9554	6440	4350	3494	2866	2562	1484	932	5908	3593