premarital

Sexual activity outside the marriage and 'premarital' pregnancy rates were on the rise as well.

So she did not seem to be as concerned about the 'premarital' agreement, and somehow had felt perhaps it would benefit her more than him, which did not turn out to be the case.

After the 1960s, the proportion of young people engaging in 'premarital' sex rose dramatically.

Also, the younger and more educated the couples were, the more likely it was that they had had 'premarital' sex.

Consistent with changes in attitude toward 'premarital' sex, researchers found a decrease in sexual guilt among young people of both genders.

Those who seek to justify 'premarital' sex find it difficult to explain what marriage means, and what difference it makes to marry.

Screening was included as part of existing mandatory 'premarital' blood tests.

This book attempts to capture the paradoxes of marriage and to enhance 'premarital' and remarital counseling.

I told her I didn't believe in 'premarital' sex, but she really didn't care.

A 2004 study by psychologist Scott Stanley, based on a national phone survey of nearly 1,000 people, found that men who had lived with their spouse 'premaritally' were on average less committed to their marriages than those who hadn't.

In the early 1960s, 60 percent of all 'premaritally' pregnant women under 30 married before the birth of their child.