О научных исследованиях по теме сожительства идет речь в следующих работах: C. C. Cohan, S. Kleinbaum. “Toward a Greater Understanding of the Cohabitation Effect: Premarital Cohabitation and Marital Communication” / Journal of Marriage and Family 64 (2004):180–192; S. M. Stanley, G. K. Rhoades, H. J. Markman. “Sliding Versus Deciding: Inertia and the Premarital Cohabitation Effect” / Family Relations 55 (2006): 499–509.